these two are just haters man.they won't stop hatin unless he bring 6 championships to houston......... well im not sure about that
That was no mistake. The guy decided to take a vacation in the middle of a game. And again, last year when Yao went down the whole team stepped up. Chemistry and teamwork made the streak, not any one player.
Go back and look at the games in the 22 win streak. T-Mac came up MIA against the Lakers and the Rockets still won. That wasn't the only game where he vanished.
It was more than one game. As I recall he didn't show up for the Cleveland game either. Point stands--the Rockets' success depends on the players playing as a team, not on any one player.
1/29/08 W - 111-107 Warriors Yao (36) Yao (19) Alston (12) 2/1/08 W - 106-103 @ Pacers Landry (22) Yao (12) McGrady (9) 2/2/08 W - 91-83 @ Bucks McGrady (33) Yao (12) Alston (9) 2/4/08 W - 92-86 @ Timberwolves McGrady (26) Scola (8) Alston (8) 2/7/08 W - 92-77 Cavaliers Yao (22) Yao (12) Alston (9) 2/9/08 W - 108-89 Hawks Yao (28) Yao (9) McGrady (8) 2/11/08 W - 95-83 Blazers Yao (25) Yao (7) Alston (7) 2/13/08 W - 89-87 Kings Yao (25) Yao (14) Alston (7) 2/19/08 W - 93-85 @ Cavaliers Alston (22) Yao (14) McGrady (8) 2/21/08 W - 112-100 Heat McGrady (23) Scola (10) Alston (11) 2/22/08 W - 100-80 @ Hornets McGrady (34) Yao (14) Alston (11) 2/24/08 W - 110-97 Bulls McGrady (24) Battier (10) McGrady (8) 2/26/08 W - 94-69 Wizards Head (18) Battier (9) Jackson (7) 2/29/08 W - 116-95 Grizzlies McGrady (25) Mutombo (13) Alston (8) 3/2/08 W - 103-89 Nuggets McGrady (22) Scola (14) Alston (8) 3/5/08 W - 117-99 Pacers McGrady (25) Hayes (11) Alston (7) 3/6/08 W - 113-98 @ Mavericks McGrady (31) Scola (9) McGrady (9) 3/8/08 W - 106-96 Hornets McGrady (41) Hayes (9) McGrady (9) 3/10/08 W - 91-73 Nets McGrady (19) Hayes (10) McGrady (4) 3/12/08 W - 83-75 @ Hawks McGrady (28) Hayes (12) Alston (7) 3/14/08 W - 89-80 Bobcats McGrady (30) Battier (9) McGrady (4) 3/16/08 W - 104-92 Lakers Alston (31) Scola (11) McGrady (6)
Dude!!! Billups ain't perfect but he's highly skilled, far more durable, plays hard and intelligently at both ends of the court and is a better leader. I'll take a freaky Billups shot over a freaky Grady shot, especially when you consider all the other things Billups does better.
It's not even a contest. As much as I think Shaq can be an a-hole at times, I don't think a Shaq would ever let a team go 1-19, no matter how disgruntled he was with management. And he did take his team to the Finals one year.