Last time when I checked, Hayes was not able to stop Boozer in the playoffs. Boozer simply shot over Hayes and giving up too much height, Hayes was not able to to anything. And make things worse that Boozer was too acurate a midrange shooter.
As much as I hate Luther Head, I'm giving him props for his play tonight.. And IF just he can maintain this, he'll be a valuable asset to us. But that's a big IF, and I'm still seeing him to have good games consecutively. Not being from a great game to suddenly major suck. So if anyone was asking where were the head haters, I'm here.
Good to see Yao come through in the clutch tonight. He was getting hacked more than I can remember in recent memory, but he still pulled through with that major bucket to put the Rockets up 5. & thanks to the user who posted the justin.tv link today. The stream ran very smoothly for the first time in a while for me. But of course the user who was showing the game on the website, porkk I think, was showing p*rn during commercial breaks and now his account is suspended. Back to the Chinese broadcast it will be come next game.
The justin stream was horrible for me, I switched to sopcast in chinese even though I don't know chinese, but its more peaceful and quality is great. Justin streams are getting more immature than ever before.
Actually, so far this season, the Rockets are 4-1 with Brooks as the starter if you included the two games earlier he started during Rafer's two-game suspension.
And they are absolutely dominant on both ends all the time. They should also be voted into the NBA first team, MVP & DPOY.
story of the game for ya how bout them officiating? thank god for the win, otherwise the Rockets should have pursued a terrible night from the zebras.
what a pity that we cannot watch on Justin.tv if nobody broadcasts come next game. How come nobody shows love for our Rockets,we indeed do well night in and night out,it's def not an ugly game as expected most of time.
BS about the refs. Unbelievable mass denial in here. Jefferson owned Yao and the rest of our frontcourt. No excuses.
What about it's our 2nd game of back-to-back tonight? We lost our focus and stamina somehow we managed a win out of the game. and from my perspectives,refs def ain't showing no love for rox and some bad calls whistled by refs,well,just some of the calls,not all against us.
did you watch the game? seriously, usually people are pretty upfront about Yao getting owned in this forum...but for real, this time he was mad robbed. Just as clear examples, the "charge" on Mark Madsen and the two dunks Big Al threw down, which involved him first pushing his shoulder into Yao's chest to obtain separation...on one occasion, Yao is grimacing in pain and looking to the floor when Al throws it down, that doesn't get anymore f****** obvious.
Another excuse. Jefferson dominated our entire frontcourt. We didn't have anybody long enough and athletic enough to deal with him even if we had 500 days of rest. It's a personnel issue. There may have been a few bad calls (in both directions) but not enough to attribute that level of ownage to bad officiating or scheduling. We don't have an answer for Jefferson as currently constructed.
To be fair: Luther didn't get many minutes either. As long as he enters a game and misses some shots or makes some mistakes, he is pulled out. He is a rythm shooter and needs touches to get himself in.
Not going to complain much after a win, but something that kinda bothered me. Yao with 4 rebs. That's 6,6,4 in 3 games. Also, the more physical Jefferson played, Yao seemed to back down and fade away, just like Utah in the playoffs. They won, brooks has solidified like I said as the starter. People keep believing in this rafer mystique just like hayes defense.
