Fourth win on Monday against Phoenix?- Nash possibly out

spdngyns69 · Nov 20, 2010

Dear lawd I hope so.. I live here in Phx and it would be all the sweeter!

smoothie · Nov 21, 2010

boy this is sad.

has it come to this? our only hope to get a win is against an average team with its best player not playing.

aurocketfan · Nov 21, 2010

great~ Nash may be out..but Dragic will easily light us up which means 3-10..

RyanB · Nov 21, 2010

Dragic explodes for 36 points and 18 assists
Richardson put up 15 3 pointers
Rockets lose: 130-93

Happii · Nov 21, 2010

I would like the Rockets to win but considering the bad loses we had over the past week the team's momentum and spirit and probably really low.

Happii · Nov 21, 2010

Happii said:

I would like the Rockets to win but considering the bad loses we had over the past week the team's momentum and spirit and probably really low.
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I would like the Rockets to win but considering the bad loses we had over the past week the team's momentum and spirit is* probably really low.

Sidarma · Nov 21, 2010

cato13 said:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5829129

I really hope he doesnt play so we do have a better chance of getting a W. I know its bad to have a W this way but I will take it considering our fortunes.
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Its really sad that we are hoping for an opponent's star player to be hurt just to get a win.

Sigh wait till we get beaten by the lowliest teams like griz and bobcats .... we barely squeaked by Minny, Indiana and Knicks

Oh the Grizz beat the Heat @_@

Jeff Who · Nov 21, 2010

a) We will finally win because of Suns playing without Steve
b) The absence of Steve will only make our loss more embarrassing.

MightyMog · Nov 21, 2010

We can't even beat the raptors without Chris Bosh...........

3-10

greatpacha1 · Nov 21, 2010

wait...u need superstars to beat us?? i thought it was just scrubs that tore us up..lol

BEAT LA · Nov 21, 2010

At this pace the Rockets are a 27 win team. I don't think you can mark down any wins. When your team is 3-9 you expect the loss no matter who they play. Chances are they will lose.

You know what I like about this year. The record truly indicates how good this team is. I hope they prove me wrong.

ezzie · Nov 21, 2010

more like channing frye hits a career high in 3-ptrs over luis scola's defence

napalm06 · Nov 21, 2010

Sidarma said:

Its really sad that we are hoping for an opponent's star player to be hurt just to get a win.

Sigh wait till we get beaten by the lowliest teams like griz and bobcats .... we barely squeaked by Minny, Indiana and Knicks

Oh the Grizz beat the Heat @_@
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Grizzlies just beat the Heat and the Raptors just beat the Celts.

I'm working on a crazy theory that maybe parity is on the rise in the NBA?

00rocketgirl · Nov 21, 2010

Nice game preview from http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/preview?gid=2010112210#
Hopefully they'll still be shooting poorly from three point land tomorrow night. We've got 2 very defensive lacking teams playing against each other tomorrow.

As much as it hurts to have his starting point guard and center injured, Phoenix Suns coach Alvin Gentry needs his team to play better defense.

Houston Rockets coach Rick Adelman can certainly relate, as he’s in an identical position.

With Steve Nash(notes) expected to miss a third straight game, the slumping Suns will try to avoid a winless trip Monday night when they face the Rockets, who are off to their worst start in five years.

After missing just one game last season, Nash, the team leader with 19.7 points and 8.9 assists per game, has been sidelined the past two with a strained groin. Without the two-time MVP on Saturday, the Suns (6-7) fell to 0-3 on their trip with a 123-105 loss to Charlotte.

Phoenix has been outscored by an average of 20.3 points during its slide.

“This isn’t about Steve, guys,” said Gentry, whose team is 9-19 without Nash since the start of the 2004-05 season. “We had 12 guys out there and didn’t play with any kind of effort.”

With Channing Frye(notes) starting his fourth straight game for injured center Robin Lopez(notes) (two moderate knee sprains), the Suns’ interior defense was nonexistent versus the Bobcats, yielding 64 points in the paint.

“We didn’t guard anyone. We let a team that’s averaging 93 (points) put up 123, and they were nice about it,” Gentry said. “They should have gotten 140.”

Adelman understands that frustration. The Rockets (3-9) are allowing 107.2 points per game - 1.8 fewer than Phoenix - and are in the Southwest Division basement with center Yao Ming(notes) and point guard Aaron Brooks(notes) out with injuries.

Yao is expected to miss at least two more weeks due to a bone bruise in his left ankle, while Brooks could be sidelined another two weeks after missing the last seven games with a sprained left ankle.

Playing without the pair for the fifth consecutive game Friday, Houston lost its third straight, 106-96 at Toronto.

“We put people in games, they’ve got to step up and play,” said Adelman, whose team is committing 19.0 turnovers per game and getting outrebounded by 6.0 during its slide. “Everybody’s in the NBA now and we can’t go in there and try to do it ourselves or not be ready. If you can’t score, then you’ve got to defend or rebound.”

The Rockets, 1-3 at home, might want to start by better defending the 3-point line. Opponents have hit 48.6 percent (17 of 35) from long range in the last three games, which could benefit the Suns’ struggling shooters.

Since making a franchise-record 22 3s - one shy of the NBA record - in a 121-116 road victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Nov. 14, Phoenix has made 17 of 78 (21.8 percent) from 3-point range in four games.

“Regardless of how we’re shooting the ball, we have to play better defense,” said Jason Richardson(notes), who has missed 15 of 16 3-point attempts since making seven versus the Lakers.

The Suns hit four consecutive 3s, two from Frye and one apiece from Nash and Richardson, to spark a late 14-0 run in a 116-106 home win over Houston on April 11. That gave Phoenix its first season sweep of the Rockets since 2005-06.
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glad_ken · Nov 21, 2010

The Suns are going to be partying tonight at Belveldere. Hope they all get wasted!!!! :grin:

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