Really missed Sgt. Artest. - the real floor leader so far this season. (I feel more confident betting $ on the Rockets when he's in there.) Without Battier and Artest, they pretty much scored enough to beat us, except when it really mattered.
First of ALL BAD D again...coach RICK MUST work on it. or else fire him.. second HOW come rockets always get own in the 4th qter?? i dun get it... Last good job team! See i knew it when t-mac touches the ball he will be in rythem.....good job T-mac thnk you for steping up in 4th Quter Big 3!! Yao good job for steping up in 4th Quter too good job!!
The Warriors and the Rockets have played 23 road games, one other team is at 20, and everyone else is 19 and under. Not a bad record for that fact, Toronto and Washington and Philadelphia games notwithstanding.
its funny how the mood of the forum changes with each rox game. when they are losing its like trade so and so and when they win, its like okay we are getting it together. patience people. you dont fire/trade based on one, two, or even five games. you must work hard in the face of adversity and be patient. those who do well in fantasy basketball know this well. lets do it, i feel mutumbo getting his ring size checked by season's end.
just finished watching the game and man was I nervous when it was tied at 83 and no shots were falling....... good win rox
heck... Battier and Artest is out...we're on the road. Alston pulls a terrible game out, decides not to show up, and Yao is having a terrible night Yet we win? I don't care, when you can win with only Brooks and T-mac playing well for the most part...and scola and wafer contributing of course, but man, when you have that and you win...against anyone on the road, that's a good sign in my book.
Thunder are playing Better A win is a win, Rockets got to the Line and the reason this game was close was because of poor three point shooting, we shot 5/20 make that 8-9/20 and we'd win easier, plus the Thunder are an athletic team that forces turnovers and they've got a stud in Durant. Wafer Played well T-mac played fairly Well Scola saved us in the Third Yao hit clutch Ft's in the end and played decent at the end ALSTON just sucked Brooks played well as the sixth man again.
That is because this team, this year has CONSISTENTLY played DOWN to the level of the competition, a HORRIBLE habit, that has cost them already and may cost them dearly before the season is over. Lazy, stupid, and inexcusable. Yea they won, BUT they continue to try to skate through the "easy" games, not the habit of a winner.
stop nagging jesus, the rockets win and yall still nag, be excited for a change, all i hear is "we didn't win by enough" or "we can't blow out easy teams" every team is in the NBA for a reason, any team can have a good game on any given night, oh and to answer those ignorant questions, the fact that we didn't have ron artest nor shane battier is the reason that we didn't win by more, plug them in there and the thunder would of been shut down, but the fact that we won without them, now that's talent!
I don't know about you guys but I just don't want TMac on this team anymore. Our team play completely different without Tmac, the ball never stops moving, players play like they are on a mission, there is a sense of unity and urgency. When TMac is not playing, players on this team actually feel like they belong, the offense is run through Yao, Rafer seems to play better, Brooks gets starter minutes, everyone seems to play harder. Tonight's game is a prime example, even though TMac had 26 points, we barely beat a lottery bound team with only 5 wins, I was cursing at my TV numerous times ,for the amount of bad plays during the whole game. I'm sure most of you here agree with me, that the Boston win and the Atlanta loss, were two of the most exciting games this season. I want us to built on that because I truly believed that is the brand of basketball everyone here enjoys. I'll take that over Tmac one on one ISO trying to break his defender down any day of the week! Thoughts.....
Beating them on a back to back on the last game of a long road trip as well. Got to admire the Thunder fans for being that supportive totally regarding the worthless talent the team possesses. They treated this game like it was a playoff.
