Damn, I was really hoping for a win tonight. I think that Steve reinjuring his ankle hurt us tonight along with the fact that we had cuttino on KB all night long. Anyone heard of a defensive monster AKA Shandon Anderson???????? When he came in the 2nd quarter, Kobe only scored like 4-6 points. Back comes Cuttino in the 2nd half and guess what, 20+ points for Kobe. I'm really starting to doubt Rudy's decisions now. Why did he pull Mo when Mo was on fire matching Kobe shot for shot in the 1st?? We could've had an early lead. In the 2nd half after Mooch came in for Francis, we self destructed. Mooch was really off his game tonight, he tried to force it in to Mo, tried to force it to Dream, it just wasn't Mooch's night. My main 2 things that I pulled that were negatives tonight were: 1.FOUL SHOTS...PLEASE MAKE THEM!! 2.KOBE...PLEASE GAURD HIM!! Did you see Cuttino playing D on Kobe? If you didn't, it went sort of like this: Kobe comes down, dribbles between his legs, gets ready to shoot, cuttino puts his hands by his chest, Kobe shoots. Cuttino didn't raise his hands but 2 times when Kobe shot the ball. It also ticked me off that the refs were letting Shaq and Kobe have their way. NO CALLS AT ALL!! Mo gets jumped, nothing, Cuttino gets hacked, nothing. That's 2 in a row against Western Confrence teams. 2 teams they could've beat. I'm waiting Rudy, I'm waiting.... ------------------ Francis out top, 9 seconds on the clock, he gives a no look pass to Cuttino Mobley, 4 seconds left, Mobley passes to an open Langhi in the corner with 1 second left! Langhi at the buzzer.......YES!!! How Sweet It Is!!
Maybe it was the NBA.com story that jinxed Cuttino....? maybe maybe no BTW, Can someone please tell me why we weren't double teaming Kobe??? ------------------ Francis out top, 9 seconds on the clock, he gives a no look pass to Cuttino Mobley, 4 seconds left, Mobley passes to an open Langhi in the corner with 1 second left! Langhi at the buzzer.......YES!!! How Sweet It Is!! [This message has been edited by Rockets R' Us (edited December 21, 2000).]
Kobe had 18 points in the first quarter on SA. It was WAY time to double team Kobe, he was all they had, ah man, for a Superstar player like that on the Rockets. DaDakota ------------------ If Mankind evolved from Monkeys and Apes, then why are there still Monkeys and apes?
And the scary thing is someone was in Kobe's face everytime he shot it This dude was unreal tonight. ------------------ President of the Steve Francis, Jamal Crawford,Larry Hughes, and Charles Woodson fan club.
