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Thanks Yao for that Heritage Week Dreamlike Dunk!

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by tinman, Dec 12, 2007.

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  1. tinman

    tinman 999999999
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    Some one post it please. I loved how he immediately made the quick move toward the baseline and dunked it ! then McDyess falls on Rasheed's foot. What devestation!

    Key point in the game I thought. Brought some emotion and furry!

    Looked exactly like what Dream did to Ewing in the Finals. Good Work, Yao, I don't think you're soft!
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  2. Nice Rollin

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    Man, that was a great move. Yao was abusing down the stretch, yet we still went away from him. Horrible shots by McGrady there at the end.....Yao should touch the ball everytime especially at the end of games when he's rollin like that. Basketball is real simple, i dont know why we make it so hard.
     
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    I agree. In the closeing seconds I don't know why T-mac went for the jumper when his defender slipped and fell....he had an open lane.
     
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    Yao plays hard tonight as well as T-mac and Bonzi. But his soft touch is gone, FTs is 50%. T-mac and Bonzi are worse. Too much viagra?
     
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    Maybe he feels more comfortable and confident to shoot jumpers in the final seconds?
     
  6. OGKashMoney

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    Someone should make a nice YouTube clip fof T-Mac's vicious dunk at the end of the 1st half and Yao's posterizer at the end!

    Thats how our freaking super-duper-stars need to be playing!

    Love both of those dunks!
     
  7. Nice Rollin

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    I wish we could go back to that phoenix game....

    Yao was the first guy to touch the ball every play for the last 4 minutes of that game. That was a beautiful sight....I wish we'd go inside out, but that would just be way too easy
     
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    Man, that dunk did make my day! I am starting to like the YAO in the old jersey. He really lit up his passion in the game!
     
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    Yeah,he lacks the confidence to drive during the last seconds.
     
  10. thelasik

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    He lacks balls.
     
  11. saleem

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    Yao's strength is one on one in the low post. As soon as he feels that someone else can prevent him from scoring he loses confidence and throws up a soft shot. It was good to see him dunk though and make the last free throw.
     
  12. northeastfan

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    That was an emphatic dunk!! Probably one of the best of Yao's career.
     
  13. tsunami

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    no link. I did not see that.
     
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    Didn't he also do another Hakeem Olajuwon move with his first shot of the game? It was nice too. But the dunk was nasty.
     
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    Thanks for the link. That dunk was ferocious! Did I heard the announcer said "winner winner chicken dinner", :D ?
     
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    Quote from the article:

    "It's mental. It's just you and the basket," said McGrady, who missed all five of his attempts. "And the fans definitely don't make it easy on you. Every time you miss, [they say], 'Awwww!' 'Awwww!' That's the worst thing you can do to a player -- especially at home."

    Here's my little rant: I agree, I don't like how the TC crowd(I'll refrain from using the general term "Rocket fans"). People on this board always complain the Rockets being soft but the fans at TC are pretty soft themself. They lack "balls", lack "heart", and overall are a bunch of whiners. I've been to about 25 games over the span of 3 years so this is coming from someone who's been there. "AWwwwww" is the type of noise whiners make. There's a bunch of wimpy negative karma floating around the Toyota Center.

    There needs to be a change of the overall make up and "vibe" of the Rocket games. Everything is too soft.
     
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    Call that an RPD move.

    Rockets Power DUNK!
     
  19. tinman

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    Yao dunk (in highlights)
    http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?&brand=null&videoId=3152794&n8pe6c=1


    look at play #2, Hakeem's Dunk
    <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jjs1sdRpSV8&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jjs1sdRpSV8&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
     
  20. ShadyMcGrady

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    I wonder if Yao bowls...

    because he scattered those defenders like pins on that one. That was soooo sick...
     

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