Playoffs my friend playoffs. Teams and players don't let the tiniest, microscopic things slip away. You'll see Playoffs or regular game its still a basketball game. For basketball players like wafer ( like wafer - players who dont get payed big $$$ and everygame can be the last one) play hard everygame. What can they do to wafer that they are not doing now? You act like other team just let him score. Notice how he gets his points. His 3pointers come from double team of yao. His 2 pointers are almost ALWAYS always always contested. And his dunks and layups comes from very physical plays. The next step to defend him is either double team (which is unlikely) or put the best defender on him( lol?)
Last year was a very, very odd situation. I mean, we were without Yao, Rafer didn't play two of the 6 games and he missed a lot of the 6th game, and our two wing players (McGrady and Battier) needed surgery. Regardless of all of that being stacked up against them, the Rockets still played very hard and had a few things gone their way, they might have even been able to win the series (remember the Kirilenko flop?). Right now, I feel good about this team. I do agree with you TS that nobody fears this team... yet. There are still about 27 games left to play, so a lot could change.
Just confess to this board that you are a Tmac lover, it's ok really, but you need to get a grip of reality that you're man is gone and no amount of cleverly disguised threads like this one will have any effect on us. You see,we have move on from this Tmac drama, you can go on with this BS that nobody is scared of us, but you will never ever convinced me because frankly, I'm starting to enjoy our team playing basketball again, I know they will only get better as they play each game from now on, win or lose I know they will always put forth a 100% effort What more could you ask for? That's all
They are winners in their basketball career, not just NBA here with the Rockets, thats what he means in my opinion Brooks-led okay Oregon team in the Tourney when nobody thought anything of that teams potential Scola-MVP calaber player for his international team Battier-Great guy, played for Coach K. That guy breeds winners Lowry-Villinova anyone? Barry-played on winning playoff teams, knows SA style of Playoff WINNING basketball Mutombo-NBA FINALS? oh ya Artest-wasnt he once deemed Spurs Killer? Led a limited SAC team up against a powerhouse. This team is built with character guys who have won at every level of basketball, many of them helping teams to playoff wins in the NBA What can you say about Tmac? His HS team got knocked out in the playoffs every year, never won a national championship in HS. He has won nothing on any level, just been given respect bc of his sheer ability. Ill take a team of "Winners" over a team of "I was given all the 'respect' without earning it" guys anyday.
we are not scaring anyone? maybe. but whom are we scared of? the lakers? we played them tight some time ago when the team was in disarray. the celts? we're 1-1 with them for the season. no, we are not scared of anybody, either. if there's fear, it's some amongst the fans. i don't see this team being scared of any team.
I would enjoy you telling Ron Artest to his face that he is "scared" of somebody or some team. He would rip your head off and then shoot a 3 with it(fading to his left, of course)
The pressure is off with McGrady gone, the guys still here work their butts off every night and seem to genuinely like each other. I don't see a problem. At least I don't see any problems that were not already here before Tmac quit and Rafer got traded. PG is still a weakness for this squad but the team is still talented enough to make some noise in the playoffs.
Good. I like it when the media is always doubting us. I love it when we beat a great team the least expects it. That's what being a Rocket fan is all about.
Of course we're not scaring anyone. Only Boston, LA and Cleveland scare people. But we have a chance to sneak up on others ....
I call BULLSH** You waiting with pessimism of impending doom Fess up too it Don't throw in BS 'disclaimers' . . . WE SUCK . . . i hope i'm wrong but . . .WE SUCK Man, FUNK DAT!!! <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iOFKU_hwj2o&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iOFKU_hwj2o&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Rocket River
These Rockets are not last year's. Let's list a few points concerning last year's team heading into the playoffs: 1. After our winning streak we actually became fairly mediocre heading into the playoffs. We were 24-20, went to 46-20 from the streak, then proceeded to finish the year 9-7 to get to 55-27. Not exactly blowing anyone away. 2. Rafer was injured for three of our four losses and played in the other three games of which we won two and lost one. Had he been healthy it might bave been another story. 3. Landry was not the same player that he was after he hurt himself during the streak. Injuries pretty much crippled us down the stretch, and it wasn't just to Yao Ming. T-Mac remember was on his last legs as we would later find out. Now about this year's team. 1. We have Yao Ming. Never underscore the importance of the best center in the game in the postseason, with a supporting cast better than he's ever had before. 2. Our poor performance with Tracy McGrady has underscored how good we actually have been when we've played as a team. Nowhere is this more exemplified than our record against the bottomfeeders. Most teams use the worst teams as an opportunity to pad their pt differential stats, but we instead have opted to lose to them in the most embarrassing fashion. In contrast, our record against teams with winning records is 15-10. That might not seem great, but think about it this way: we have wins at Boston, at Orlando, at Dallas (and home against Dallas), at Phoenix, against San Antonio, against New Orleans, against Denver, and against Utah twice. The only good teams we haven't beaten are the Lakers, Cleveland--who we've only played once, in Cleveland where the refs decide to job Yao badly to the point that Yao said "see you in Houston" afterwards--and finally Portland (and ya'll remember that game, I don't even have to say anything). We can hang with anyone at this point; we just need to get our chemistry and our consistency in order and that'll be that. 3. We are finally rid of the walking curse, Mr. Bad Karma himself, and the fact that he has left us of his own volition only strengthens the power with which his bad karma will backfire upon himself. There are no more excuses on this team, no more contemplations about lost potential, only hard workers leading their team by example, pushing each other to become better every day in practice, and spewing hot fi-ah like Dylon. This team has no limits because it places none on itself. Let's see how this incarnation does with a couple weeks' worth of gellin time against a good team before we make any judgments as to how far we will go in this year's playoffs. I'd say...the Wed. March 11 home game vs. the Lakers will be a good game to evaluate us by.
With this great post, McGrady will come back healthy and get us out of the 2nd round. We have all seen McGrady fail year after year. If you repeat the same mistakes over again, you will get the same poor outcomes again.
I'm sure there are only 2 other teams in the West that would 'want' to face us in the first round. Los Angeles and Utah. I seriously doubt the Spurs consider us a layup. Denver can't possibly feel comfortable playing us. Niether should Dallas, New Orleans or Phoenix. Portland probably fears everyone considering how young they are. So there, now you can relax. Cheers.
Critics in the media are saying the Rockets have no chance witthout McGrady because he's a player with the ability to win a series. Yet, McGrady has never won a series to advance out of the first round. Where is the logic?
The only people that need a reality check are those who think other people in this league are "scared" of the Rockets in the playoffs. Yes, we are like the team in the EC who is sitting at seed 8 ... a walk in the park. We have consistently proven that we can barely make the playoffs, if that, much less make it past the first round. We ARE that team everyone wants to play. This leads directly into the second reality check: Those who think we need TMac. There is nothing I can say here. If you don't get it already, you probably never will. With Tmac, even I will bet against the Rockets. W/out him, at least we have a fighting chance.
a certian, self ordainded 'dumbass' on TNT also thinks that the Rafer Alston trade put Orlando ahead of Cleveland for the ECF. Where is the logic in that?
if you think the Mavericks, Nuggets, Blazers or Suns wouldn't be nervous about playing this Houston Rockets team in the first round, I think you need a reality check.
