worse than rocket killers are non offensive focal points that do exceptionally well against us Jazz without Derek fisher...we win the series Mavs without stackhouse...we win the series
History: J. Stockton Current n past(Players still playing): 1) Kobe 2) Terry 3) D. Fisher 4) Boozer 5) D. Will 6) Parker Pretty much all PGs. This tells me Rockets need a solid PG that can play defense.
Jason Terry, Ron Artest use 2 , Boozer I would say just kills Yao because of match up problems. When we put Hayes on him or Landry nothing happens. Boozer is over rated. LaMarcus Aldridge should be included. Amare seems to torch us time to time.
This was in reply to your signature. If Yao played 4 mpg less for a whole season he would have missed 328 minutes of play for the whole season. 328 minutes is equivalent to 27.3 quarters of basketball or 6.8 games worth of game time. 6.8 games is huge in a Conference where 1 or 2 losses can drop you 4 or 5 spots in the standings. We need Yao to play every minute he has the stamina for.
I did not watch the games during that time, but never read something about G. Payton for a SF3 killer. I have to say his name is J. Terry, that guy can get the 30+plus points whenever he faced the rockets. Kobe is a killer for almost every team.
Terry without a doubt. I'm not looking at his numbers right now, but I wouldnt be suprised if he doubled his ppg against us vs the rest of the season. He hasnt been as big of a factor this year, luckly.
Paper: Houston Chronicle Date: MON 04/17/2000 Section: Sports Page: 1 Edition: 2 STAR Rockets run out of furious rallies By JONATHAN FEIGEN Staff Like their season, the Rockets fell behind early and rallied Sunday night at Compaq Center. They collapsed again, and again they came back. But in the end, their good moments proved too little and too late, the Seattle SuperSonics holding them off for a 121-112 win to end the Rockets' five-game winning streak. The Sonics were led by Gary Payton's season-high 43 points, the most scored against the Rockets this season. With Payton moved to shooting guard in the recent lineup shuffle, he took the term literally, making 17 of 31 shots, while grabbing 11 rebounds and collecting seven assists. Forward Rashard Lewis out of Elsik, added 15 points. The Rockets wasted a career-high 35 points from Cuttino Mobley. Inserted into the starting lineup to replace Walt Williams, who is serving a one-game suspension for punching the Mavs' Shawn Bradley, Mobley made 14 of 24 shots and grabbed a career-high nine rebounds, but was unable to slow Payton. The Rockets' Steve Francis added 20 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. Matt Bullard added 15 points off the bench. And Anthony "Pig" Miller offered a huge lift off the bench, with eight points on 4-of-5 shooting and nine rebounds in 21 minutes in which the Rockets outscored the Sonics by 20. The Rockets had begun the game in a fog, but found a way to make up for a disastrous first quarter, erasing all but three points of a 19-point deficit. So impressive was the rally, they seemed to start the second half as if determined to repeat it, an act that would first require the Sonics to rebuild a double-digit lead. After Kenny Thomas scored on a layup to cut the lead to four, the Rockets went back to the malaise that had them so far back in the first half. They were whipped on the boards and turnover-prone. It took 7 1/2 minutes for the Sonics to build their lead back to as much as 16. And when Brent Barry ended the third quarter with a 3 at the buzzer, Seattle led by 13. But that merely seemed to signal the Rockets to make another run, again to within a trey. And as he had in the first half, Miller's energy seemed to ignite the run. After a pair of Francis free throws, Miller twice scored on follows. Mobley hit a 3-pointer, and Miller and Shandon Anderson finished fast breaks before Miller slipped a pass inside on a break to Mobley, capping a 15-5 run. The Sonics, having seen all this before in the first half, seemed unimpressed. But rather than riding members of Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich's Summer Olympic team, Payton or Vin Baker, the Sonics posted up Lewis and Lazaro Borrell until the new Sonics starters put away the game. Borrell and Lewis, taking advantage of the Rockets' decision with Walt Williams out to go with a small lineup of guards, posted up on all their ensuing possessions, combining to score nine points and take a 104-94 lead with five minutes left. From there, Payton took over until the Rockets had no chance to catch up again. As if trying to add a degree of difficulty to their winning streak, the Rockets spent much of the first half forcing the SuperSonics to take a commanding lead. The Rockets invited the Sonics into the lane, threw the ball around as if it were greased and shot as if blindfolded. The Sonics led by as many as 19 without a spectacular shooting stretch by anyone other than Payton. There was just no way the rest of the Sonics were going to miss all the layups and tip-ins. The Sonics took their largest lead, when Payton ended the first quarter by pulling up for two more jumpers for a 38-19 advantage. The Sonics led 40-21 when the Rockets suddenly made a run. The Rockets scored the next nine points to cut the lead to 10. And with the Sonics leading by 11 with six minutes left in the half, Bullard came off the bench to drive the Rockets back into the game. In a span of 90 seconds, Bullard knocked down three treys and Moochie Norris added three free throws to rush the Rockets back to within one more 3-pointer, 50-47. Seattle rebuilt its lead back to nine points, but Anderson ended the half with a 3, leaving the Rockets within six, and much closer than seemed possible the way they had spent much of the night.
John Stockton, Derek Harper, Magic, Vlade Divac (he had some pretty good games against us, here and there) and Sam Perkins (all time) Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer We might as well put the Jazz in both periods as team. For some odd reason, their role players and scrubs always play good against us, through both decades. I'm surprised no one has mentioned Malone, even though his performance were usually down in the playoffs. He often played well against us, even 03-04 with Lakers. I don't think Kobe is as big killer against us, as people make him out to be. He's done much worse to other teams, like the Suns, Mavs, and Nuggets.
Kobe doesn't play any better against the Rockets than he does any other team. Sam Perkins gets my vote.
I didnt include Payton because at least it seemed to me like Perkins from those old Sonics teams would average 12ppg for the season and light us up for 19-22 each game. Payton was a beast against everyone much like DWill, Kobe, or CP3 of today's ilk.
