Terrible showing by the Rockets today. It's like they were satisfied with the Suns victory that they could go on cruise-control. What's worse is that this just puts us out of the running for the #1 seed as well as have the HCA still up for grabs (something Rockets fans have been keying on for the Jazz series). Ugh, they better crush the Jazz at home if they want to prove they are contenders.
Blessing in disguise I think...I much rather have Nuggets in the playoffs than GS and plus if we were 3rd seed, we would facing PHO first round... Big game tomorrow night
Enough with the conspiracies. WE DIDN'T TANK. If we wanted to tank, we would have tanked the game against the Clips and tried to win tonight and tomorrow night. YOU DON'T RISK LOSING HCA JUST SO YOU CAN GET THE 5TH SEED AND MATCH UP AGAINST UTAH!
I don't think Shaq can last seven games. Suns better hope none of their series go 7. Shaq will wear down like he did in Miami while Wade took over.
Perhaps, but there's still a lot to play for besides seeding. Home court advantage plus #1 seed was there to play for. WAS there. Now they might slip, lose the homecourt to the Jazz, and probably not play the Jazz at ALL So they'll end up playing a tougher opponent and no home court advantage. Every game counts.
We could've crashed them nuggets if We still have Yao..the closer we get to the player the more we need a force in the paint.
I think the rockets are trying to draw the jazz. The reason is because they do not have any big men that we cant outplay. Okur and Boozer can be defended without Yao. We can probably shut down there pick and roll. I also think the last thing RA wants is for this team to be a #1 seed because of all the media BS that will go on hating us. Let the Hornets are Lakers deal with that and we can be the underdog.
And Deke is how old? Do you think deke would last longer than Shaq? Who else can guard Shaq besides deke?
Seems like some people think we have a better shot against the Jazz (who are nigh unbeatable at home) WITHOUT HCA vs the Suns.
I think they did sort of tank...... Just look at the lack of effort on D...and the lack of aggressive attacking the basket on O..... Pretty clearly the team did not really care about this game. Whether they tanked to lose, or just mailed it in...no matter....it still feels like tanking.
I didn't say Deke would last longer. I was stating that Shaq can also wear down in a 7 game series. He does have more playoff mileage.
If we lose tomorrow night and the Suns win, we'll be tied with Phoenix. We'd still have the tiebreaker, but that could put us in a position to fall to 6th if we lost again to the Clips and that would us face San Antonio in the first round.
Yep, so in that case, are we still advantageous against suns? They still have stoudamire in the paint.
