Post-Game Analysis: Blazers 90, Rockets 89

Driving to the basket instead of jacking up a jumper to give a try with 3 sec left on the clock? Oh man, the time is pushing and Aaron wanna pull a Warrior game drama on this one? Not twice buddy.

Gotta send shooters back into the game towards the end of the game, shoot it and at least we got 50-50 on it.

Ariza's defense on Roy is great, but not sufficient enough to contain him. I was wondering why Battier didn't guard Brandon Roy in the 4th?

 

i hate this ****in' loss

 

live and learn...that's pretty much the motto this season. gotta learn how to finish games even if its a bitter loss. I said it before and I'll say it again: the rockets go as aaron brooks goes.

ariza was pitiful tonight. why not drive it in instead of taking jump shot after jump shot knowing your shots weren't falling tonight. tough loss.

 

Those two late missed FTs by Lowry really hurt as well. God so many 1 possession losses this year =(

 

last year... against the Suns... Brooks scores game-winner around Shaq

 

maybe, but he didn't exactly get open looks or even the ball at times..

 

tough loss but Carl Mandry played ilke an absolute beast. his play alone makes losing only by 1 ok.

 

Would have put the Rockets a 1 1/2 back of Dallas ......

 

Could have easily gotten the star call if he tried to contest. Hayes is very foul prone normally, Roy's at the superstar level, the Rose Garden is one of the best homecourts in the NBA, and I'm pretty damn sure that the refs were gonna give that game to the Blazers if it was close for the loss of Oden. Keep in mind we're about 48 hours from the Rockets winning a game from a last second foul; must be somewhere in the back of the players' minds.

 

evaluating his defence? really? we all saw Roy go past him and score the previous 2-3 plays, is that not enough evaluation for rick to realize that Ariza should not be defending roy???

 

Totally agree... Lowry FT misses towards the end had me bummed.

 

Ariza played good defense Roy just played better offense.

 

Good game by the Rockets overall. Let us not be too disappointed with this loss. Budinger is starting to really develop and that augurs well for the Rockets run when Yao comes back in 2010.

Let us enjoy this group of Rockets leave everything on the court every single game without their prima donna. Win or lose they are a joy to watch. Win one for us fans next time guys.

 

this team is getting a lot criticism for only lossing by 1 point coming off a three game winning streak....

 

lol, he was fouled....He still should have stop and popped....I wish landry would have took the last shot, no matter how bad it was...He deserved it

 

It's alright, Portland is f'd with Greg Oden out. Let them enjoy this win as their pwning is about to begin.

 

I disagree. Not sure that the Rockets have the luxury of trying out new things with a 1 point lead with 9 seconds. There is the entire game to "experiment."

The most logical reason is that no one else was stopping Roy the last several possessions and RA wanted a taller player on him.

 

You sir have an IQ entirely too high for this forum. Please refrain from making sense. Do not pass go.

 

You've got to give him a chance to correct himself (Ariza, that is).

And another.

And probably another.

 

The Rockets DO have the luxury (or curse, rather) of trying out new things this season, since we really don't have any championship aspirations.