Houston Rockets @ Portland Trailblazers 10 ET

[Bob Lanier]

Twitter is going to be out of business in a year. I wonder if they'll edit this bullshit out of future replays?

[Indazone]

Damn Brooks is stepping his game up big time. They should just give the ball to Brooks everytime to attack the basket and create something.

[sook]

gotta make your FTs!

[Lars]

Free throws

[The Franchise]

What is it about freethrows?

[sook]

I am so fucking pissed at this team what a bunch of jokers!

YOUR IN THE NBA HIT YOUR DAMN FTs

[sook]

they lose..

[Bob Lanier]

Idiot chucker guards.

[SpursFan0728]

Wow Oden playing some great ball. 4Pts 4 Reb 6 Fouls

[Strike]

Bad call. should be houston ball

[Lars]

Unbelievable.

[Lars]

(insert tired played out bullshit officiating)

[Strike]

Damn. Tough call for the rox

[me15lo]

i hate teh blazers but god damn roy is f'n good

[sook]

This games ova fellas

[Indazone]

This is like the game in Cleveland when the refs took the game away from us and Yao said, "see you in Houston".

[Bob Lanier]

Aaron Brooks is worthless trash.

[Strike]

Houston's just chucking it now. Desperation?

[Indazone]

How is that a foul on Yao?

[me15lo]

artest with a brick!

[Bob Lanier]

Idiot chucker guards.

[The Franchise]

Roi was laying on Yaos' Back.

[angrydude]

This game was over when Priz flopped like a bitch against Yao when the rockets were up 8, taking him out, and giving all the momentum to Portland.

[Indazone]

Dammit, ok three pt chucking time starting now.

[The Franchise]

Aaron Brooks you Dumb shit!!!

[me15lo]

nice pass lol

[KidCongo]

This is like the game in Cleveland when the refs took the game away from us and Yao said, "see you in Houston".

You didn't win that one. Won't win this one. Go Blazers.

[Bob Lanier]

They finally get the ball to Yao for the first time in the fourth quarter and he scores easily.

Brooks is garbage.

[Strike]

This game was over when Priz flopped like a bitch against Yao when the rockets were up 8, taking him out, and giving all the momentum to Portland.

How many ft's has Houston missed? Enough to have the lead, maybe?

[Indazone]

That's ok, Battier great play but he gets a foul. Seems to be the way it has been all night. Like Yao said, "See you guys in Houston".

[Strike]

Face it. B Roy is untouchable tonight.

[Indazone]

Let put Barry out there right now and let our guards fire away from 3 pt land.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Blazers need 40+ from Roy to eke out a win at home...this series is over in 6 games max. Games 3, 4, and 6( if necessary) will be Rocket blowout wins

[Indazone]

Throw out three pt shooters out there Adleman!

[Lars]

LOL a perfect block and then the star treatment. NBA officiating is a joke.

[The Franchise]

To little to late.

[Indazone]

One stop and two three ptrs. C'mon Adleman get Brent out there.

[Strike]

Blazers need 40+ from Roy to eke out a win at home...this series is over in 6 games max. Games 3, 4, and 6( if necessary) will be Rocket blowout wins

Don't count on it. Roy slices up Houston's defense and gives the team a huge boost. Just what they needed to make it a series.

[Many PackYao]

Fuckin missed fts cost us this game.:bang

[IronMexican]

lol rockets

[Indazone]

No losing Deke cost us this game.

[me15lo]

game

[KidCongo]

If Yao wanted to get out of the 1st round he'd have more than 6 shots.

[Indazone]

Losing Deke and getting Yao in foul trouble

[Many PackYao]

lol rockets
Good luck in Utah!

[Indazone]

miss outlaw

[Indazone]

Let brooks do that again and maybe..just maybe.

[bdictjames]

Brooks is the best player for the Rockets?

[Lars]

wow

[Strike]

not over just yet

[Lars]

wow wow wow wow, THATS A FUCKING TURNOVER

[timvp]

Scola choked down the stretch something vicious.

[Indazone]

freaking Crawford is an idiot. Stupid freaking call on Lowrey which basically is the entire story for the night.

[Strike]

not over just yet

never mind

[KidCongo]

Fuck me!

[Strike]

hell of a game. hell of a game

[Bob Lanier]

If Yao wanted to get out of the 1st round he'd have more than 6 shots.
He's a center, moron.

[Indazone]

Shit if ever there was a scripted NBA game this was it. Freaking idiot refs!

[Bob Lanier]

Aaron Brooks is Flip Murray with a 3-point jumpshot.

[Strike]

freaking Crawford is an idiot. Stupid freaking call on Lowrey which basically is the entire story for the night.

horrible officiating but be serious. Houston lost this game on missed free throws.

[sook]

Its ok boys!

Deff a lot harder for Portland to win a game in Hou than it is for us to win at their place.

[Mugen]

tough calls for the rockets down the stretch.

adelman has to find a way to get yao more shots.

[Lars]

Obviously I am biased here...

other team fans- did Rudy fall over on that inbounds play or was he pushed?

[Indazone]

Well if Brooks can step his game up like he did in the last minutes of this game for the rest of the series it'll be lights out Blazers. Brooks played like CP3 there and drilled them at the end.

[sook]

horrible officiating but be serious. Houston lost this game on missed free throws.

Exactly. Fucking clowns are the best players in the world and can hit Fts. What happened to the fundamentals having so much emphasis? Guys in 50-70s could teach the players a thing or 2.

[Indazone]

Obviously I am biased here...

other team fans- did Rudy fall over on that inbounds play or was he pushed?

He fell over. Lowry just jumped over him. Crawford is blind and a tool.

[Strike]

Obviously I am biased here...

other team fans- did Rudy fall over on that inbounds play or was he pushed?

Didn't get a great look at it. Can't say.

[The Franchise]

I can't wait for Friday.

[Bob Lanier]

Well if Brooks can step his game up like he did in the last minutes of this game for the rest of the series it'll be lights out Blazers. Brooks played like CP3 there and drilled them at the end.
If he'd actually passed the basketball during the first 45 minutes of the game the heroics wouldn't be necessary.

[Indazone]

Yeah what about all those flops, holds and non calls on Yao. What BS. Oden and Pryzbilla should have fouled out at halftime.

[Strike]

Exactly. Fucking clowns are the best players in the world and can hit Fts. What happened to the fundamentals having so much emphasis? Guys in 50-70s could teach the players a thing or 2.

See: Tim Duncan.

Free throws notwithstanding, of course. :lol

[sook]

Well if Brooks can step his game up like he did in the last minutes of this game for the rest of the series it'll be lights out Blazers. Brooks played like CP3 there and drilled them at the end.

Incredible.

9-12 FGs

4-5 From 3.

5 assts.


He played a close to flawless game had it not been for tha tlate TO

[Indazone]

Now I know how the Spurs felt with that idiot Joey Crawford officiating their game.

[Strike]

Now I know how the Spurs felt with that idiot Joey Crawford officiating their game.

:downspin:

Thanks. I knew Spurs fans couldn't be the only ones to know that Crawford is a douchenozzle.

[sook]

Now I know how the Spurs felt with that idiot Joey Crawford officiating their game.

It was painful the first half.

[Roxsfan]

Yes, the blzrs adjusted, yes the rox missed free throws, however this has to be the most incompetent officiating crew I have ever seen. Shane was guarding Roy very nicely--2 calls in particular: Shane had a clean all-ball block on Roy and they called a foul, secondly Shane played great no-contact, hand in face defense on Roy, and Roy fell back and they called a foul on Shane:rolleyes. Oden was wrapping Yao up with his arms--no call, he pushed yao back after a whistle right on the chest, no tech. There were several calls where the blzrs last touched the ball b4 it went out of bounds and they gave possession to the blazers. I mean, this looked so scripted by the league where Stern gave the order. Fuck that Stern. Congrats for the blzrs, but fuck stern that fat fuck.

[The Franchise]

We blew this game. The Blazers did what they needed to do, but we pissed the bed on this one.

[IronMexican]

No surprise to see the rocketfans pull the ol' ref card.

[Strike]

Yes, the blzrs adjusted, yes the rox missed free throws, however this has to be the most incompetent officiating crew I have ever seen. Shane was guarding Roy very nicely--2 calls in particular: Shane had a clean all-ball block on Roy and they called a foul, secondly Shane played great no-contact, hand in face defense on Roy, and Roy fell back and they called a foul on Shane:rolleyes. Oden was wrapping Yao up with his arms--no call, he pushed yao back after a whistle right on the chest, no tech. There were several calls where the blzrs last touched the ball b4 it went out of bounds and they gave possession to the blazers. I mean, this looked so scripted by the league where Stern gave the order. Fuck that Stern. Congrats for the blzrs, but fuck stern that fat fuck.

:whine

The bold is all that needs to be said. Rockets make their throws, it's a non-issue.

Nice sig pic of Roy, by the way. :lmao

[dirk4mvp]

Yeah I don't think it had anything to do with Roy and Aldridge taking a huge shit on the rockets.

[DrHouse]

The Blazers are so good at home because the refs pretty much have to call the game in their favor else risk being lynched by Blazer fans. It's the same way in Utah.

The Rockets already did what they needed to do by stealing Game 1. They damn near stole Game 2. The series has now swung to HCA in their favor and it is theirs to lose.

[sook]

No surprise to see the rocketfans pull the ol' ref card.

I won't as long as we can expect the same home cookin' the blazers got.

[The Franchise]

No surprise to see the rocketfans pull the ol' ref card.

We sound like all you damn Faker fans after you played Portland. :lol

[sook]

The Blazers are so good at home because the refs pretty much have to call the game in their favor else risk being lynched by Blazer fans. It's the same way in Utah.

The Rockets already did what they needed to do by stealing Game 1. They damn near stole Game 2. The series has now swung to HCA in their favor and it is theirs to lose.

Yea its at both ends of teh spectrum. Utah is allowed to play overly physical and portland is called really tight because they play soft.

[The Franchise]

Yea its at both ends of teh spectrum. Utah is allowed to play overly physical and portland is called really tight because they play soft.

Utah is worse because they can be overly Physical on Defense and get called tight on offense.

[Roxsfan]

Yea its at both ends of teh spectrum. Utah is allowed to play overly physical and portland is called really tight because they play soft.

Yes, roy and aldie played much better and got their #s, but it took some poor officiating and 5 missed free throws for them to win at home.

I expect the same kind of calls in our favor in Houston.

Rox have to find a way to get Yao more shots.

[sook]

Utah is worse because they can be overly Physical on Defense and get called tight on offense.

mormon juju.

[Matchman]

If it takes Roy to go for 41 points and Aldridge to go for 28 while hitting all sorts of fade aways just to barely beat us on their homecourt im confident with our chances of winning the series.

[Indazone]

Well props to the Blazers for having a good game plan and yes if we hit our free throws we win this game. But if the game were called right, we would have won the game by 10. 20 pts if we hit the free throws and if the game were called correctly.

[sook]

^ Yea but AB and Von had an insane game as well...

[Many PackYao]

No surprise to see the rocketfans pull the ol' ref card.
lol!@ this coming from a Laker fan, that's funny. What would you know about calls going against your team?:lol

[The Franchise]

I look forward to us raping them Friday. KOBE STYLE!!!!

[Matchman]

^ Yea but AB and Von had an insane game as well...

and you wont see Yao with that pathetic performance again in this series:downspin: (i hope)
Scola and Landry also underperform tonight

[Indazone]

Landry has yet to get untracked but I expect that he will.

[The Franchise]

Landry has yet to get untracked but I expect that he will.

I don't expect him to do anything in this series. He has looked like shit since he came back. To be honest he started to look a little shitty before he got shot. I hope they trade him for draft picks, and bring Leunen back from overseas. He is as effective a rebounder, and has a much more consistent 18 ft. jumper. He is even better on defense. He would make it much harder to double Yao when Scola isn't in the game. Did I mention he can shoot the three?

[tomtom]

damn brooks almost mcgrady'd us

[Rogue]

the rockets just lost a game they were supposed to lose, by far no team has won two games on road in this postseason. I think the rockets still own the money to buy a ticket for the second round, it's just a question of time to make the second round. Congrats rockets for ending their second round virginity :toast GO ROCKETS and yao.

[Morg1411]

the rockets just lost a game they were supposed to lose, by far no team has won two games on road in this postseason. I think the rockets still own the money to buy a ticket for the second round, it's just a question of time to make the second round. Congrats rockets for ending their second round virginity :toast GO ROCKETS and yao.

Don't jinx them. They might come to the 2nd round prematurely.

[Kai]

Don't jinx them. They might come to the 2nd round prematurely.

:lmao

[Lars]

Props to the Blazers, they played well.

[LEONARD]

Yao should go for 50 and 20 tonight.

Or 11 and 8...REALLY close, Jeff...

[redzero]

Rockets in 5. The Blazers are fucked.

[Rogue]

Or 11 and 8...REALLY close, Jeff...
jeff was pridicting yao would go 50% at the line and 20% from the field. :lol

[PDXSpursFan]

Both teams missed 10 FT's:

Houston: 22-32
Portland: 26-36

[tlongII]

Hopefully we'll improve a little bit each game. We've got a bunch of young guys that are new to all of this.

[GuerillaBlack]

We missed 10 free throws, Roy had 42, Aldridge had 27, Yao had 6 shots and the officials missed a blatant goal tending call that would have made Brook's last 3 pointer the game tying shot. You add all of that up and we should have been beat by 20, but we were beat by 4 on their home floor.