If they did they are stupid, how many times have they beat the Rox in the past 4 yrs. I can't think of one off the top of my head. Z usually gives a lil trouble to Yao, but Yao has been hitting his shots lately so he will have a good game. Tracy is going to dominate, he is playing incredible even though he is hardly trying. Rox beat the Cavs again. Last year during the streak , they beat the Cavs, and the media said, its just the Cavs. Cavs are overrated.
They're so stupid. The actually think they are good right now with their soft ass schedule. Do you guys know that they have only 3 wins over above .500 teams. The rest have been below .500 teams. Their record is a fluke, I mean the Rockets unhealthy could have that record with that schedule.+
Exactly. There are plenty of Cavs homer fans, just like Rockets homer fans. The irony of some of the statements in this thread alone... Is it so hard to admit that we're going to see 2 great teams go at it tonight? Not to mention there are plenty of fans on this board who have said far worse about our own team.
They are still focusing on TMAC........well, TMAC is due for a big game. However, if they want to win, they need to find a good doctor and heal Rafer back to the stating lineup or Brooks is going to be their problem.
Since McGrady came to Houston we are 6-2 against the Cavs, equally split at 3-1 at home and 3-1 on the road. Average margin of loss is 4 points and average margin of victory is 13. I'd say we have definitely had their number, but every year is different. I feel pretty confident about tonight's game, but I expect it to be anything but easy. 2008 W 93-85 @ Cleveland W 92-77 vs. Cleveland 2007 L 85-91 @ Cleveland W 81-63 vs. Cleveland 2006 W 90-81 @ Cleveland (no Yao) L 102-104 vs. Cleveland (no Tracy...starters were Yao, Howard, Bogans, Head, Alston) 2005 W 98-87 @ Cleveland W 99-80 vs. Cleveland
It's so poorly written, it's almost as if Cleveland has their version of the ***, a ZOF, Zylgauskas-only Fan typing somewhere from Eastern Europe.
Another telling sign--the fans that know what they're talking about are all afraid of Aaron Brooks. I guess they'll breathe a sign of relief when they find out the starting line-up tonight .
i know your are making that point but didnt we just play minnesota on saturday on the second night of a back to back? i think last year battier did as good as a job you can do on Lebron hopefully he can do more of the same tonight and then Ron can muscle him up some. I think Ron is the only guy in the league that can muscle with lebron it just too bad that Lebron is just so freakin fast. Also I expect Tmac to play a great game tonight I dont know why but he always seems to get up when playing against lebron going back to his days in orlando. i think it has to with a lot of critics kept slighting him when comparing him to lebron i dont know. either way even if tmac doesnt score a lot i am sure he will have a good assist night and rebound night. he probably will drive a lot more and try to get to the line tonight. as for cavs fan saying delonte west is just as good as tmac that is more preposterous to me than to say Z is better than yao. also Z tends to play dirty against yao, hooking, grabbing holding all the time we'll see how the refs handle that. and the two losses against cleveland? one was by two points in OT that was only after lebron got a total star call on an and 1 against yao who didnt even touch him. than the other one was yao's first game back where he was tackled by Z and there was no call late in the game (under 2 minutes) that would have put yao to the line to tie the game...then rockets getting a jump ball with under 5 seconds on the shot clock (i think it was at 2) and they reset the shot clock to 5 and the cavs got the ball rafer fouled hughes with 1 left on the shot clock. I hate that reset the clock to the 5 sec rule, if a team plays good defense they should be rewarded for it. in this case that rule hurt the rockets since it gave the cavs 5 seconds instead of 2 to get a shot off. either way the rockets have played well against the cavs i expect the same tonight. if we can give the cavs their first home loss then a lot more national spotlight will be put on the rockets
Their fans are pretty even keel, I thought. They have some good things to say, but have enough worries to say also, and pretty spot on - it is like they have been watching Rox all along.
What some of those Cavs fan forget, is that even though Z is only 3 inches shorter than Yao, he still gives up 50 pounds! If they ask Z to guard Yao all night, expect him to wear down by the 4th quarter. I'm more concerned with how Yao will respond to Varejao and Wallace if they try fronting him. Wallace not so much anymore because he's old, but Varejao is the type of pesky small guy that could give Yao fits.
I feel your pain... Refs obviously hate us. Hopefully the will allow us to play tough defense on LeBron. Because sometimes even when a defender looks at him it is already a foul.
5 games in 4 days, this is a challenge, but im happy when the 2nd back to back game Yao always perfect. This is a good signal. So far, Cavs won all the games at home, Hope Rox can finish their record, thus we are the 1st team steal a win at Cavs..
At least cavs fans got one thing right, West = Tmac..... THEY BOTH SUCK MAJORLY. I cant believe tmac is getting 10+ mio from the rockets. What a waste of $$$. Go jump off the bridge tmac, you are no longer a bball player.
