T-long must be on suicide watch, let's keep him in our prayers

[djohn2oo8]

Rockets 111 Blazers 107

Ariza 33 points
Brooks 28 points


Roy 40 points


I hope the Rockets can play like this every night, especially Ariza

[kamikazi_player]

Rockets beat a team they were supposed to beat, no surprises here.

[Lars]

This is a non issue, the Blazers are a lock for the #1 seed.

[z0sa]

LOL at Lakerfans who underrate Ariza and overrate chucker Artest

[Muser]

:lmao

[djohn2oo8]

LOL at Lakerfans who underrate Ariza and overrate chucker Artest

Laker fans are surprisingly quiet tonight

[sribb43]

Shouldn't have wasted money on Miller, he is bringing down the Blazers

[robbie380]

Shouldn't have wasted money on Miller, he is bringing down the Blazers

dude....no kidding. that guy was playing like an idiot. oden is even dumber too. i don't think oden knew 3 seconds is illegal in the nba. i don't think he can even count to 3.

[djohn2oo8]

lol Pritchard

[sribb43]

I'm more concerned with the health of tlong's son, TlongIII

[Darthkiller]

what's more interesting is that, the blazers coulda have used the money they spent on miller to grab Ariza

[djohn2oo8]

I'm more concerned with the health of tlong's son, TlongIII


:lmao

[evi11emons]

I'm more concerned with the health of tlong's son, TlongIII
:lol

[The Franchise]

dude....no kidding. that guy was playing like an idiot. oden is even dumber too. i don't think oden knew 3 seconds is illegal in the nba. i don't think he can even count to 3.

Greg Oden is playing a lot worse than I thought he would be this year. I think he can be a great defender if he learns to stop picking up stupid fouls, but I don't see him improving to much on offense. Pryzbilla is slightly below average on both sides of the ball.

[The Franchise]

I hope the Rockets can play like this every night, especially Ariza

If we can play like this we are going to be pretty darn good if T-mac comes back healthy.

[iggypop123]

55 points to those guys!!!! non issue

[sook]

LOL at Lakerfans who underrate Ariza and overrate chucker Artest
Thats not true at all actually. During the preseason ariza wasn't doing so well and you should have seen the threads on clutch. Just pitiful, actually Lakaluva was the one that brought it up. Lakers needed someone like artest because they are in a win now mode. It worked out good for both teams.

[noob cake]

Stop bashing Artest; he is not bad at all. He is the best LeBron defender in the league; that is worth MLE alone.

Ariza just happens to be a younger, quicker version of Artest.

[ElNono]

LOL Blazers
LOL Oden

:lmao

[Danny.Zhu]

If we can play like this we are going to be pretty darn good if T-mac comes back healthy.

Tmac will ruin the chemistry of this Rockets immediately, believe me.

[Danny.Zhu]

what's more interesting is that, the blazers coulda have used the money they spent on miller to grab Ariza

I thought they already have enough talents on that position.

[wijayas]

Rockets 111 Blazers 107

Ariza 33 points
Brooks 28 points


Roy 40 points


I hope the Rockets can play like this every night, especially Ariza


Congrats to the Rockets. You guys have a lot of heart!!!!! :toast :toast :toast

[wijayas]

Rockets beat a team they were supposed to beat, no surprises here.

Maybe...with a healthy Yao and a super T-Mac.... :lol :lol :lol
They are definitely not supposed to beat the much-hyped Blazers without their two stars.

[carrao45]

Laker fans are surprisingly quiet tonight

Im gonna miss Trevor, but the Lakers didn't need him to score like that, and he wouldn't be if he was with LA. Artest was a high risk high reward move, while Ariza was the safe bet. I'm still liking the Artest move, because we don't need him to be great against scrubs. We just need him to play good defense against Melo, Pierce, and LeBron. And Artest has a history of defending Wheelchair and Crab well. Thats why I still approve of the swap

[carrao45]

Stop bashing Artest; he is not bad at all. He is the best LeBron defender in the league; that is worth MLE alone.

Ariza just happens to be a younger, quicker version of Artest.

That can't defend LeBron or Pierce or Melo like Artest can

[Roxsfan]

blazers suck:toast

[carrao45]

I hope tshlong does kill himself

[TheMACHINE]

the ariza swap was win-win for both sides...spurs fan just wants to instigate shit between the two teams. They trying to figure out how they got stuck with Dick.

[Kai]

That can't defend LeBron or Pierce or Melo like Artest can

Like previously mentioned, this skill alone is worth the MLE. The dude is relentless against the bigger wings in the league.

[Ditty]

the ariza swap was win-win for both sides...spurs fan just wants to instigate shit between the two teams. They trying to figure out how they got stuck with Dick.

lol 21 points

[Indazone]

Artest will be the chucker for the Lakers to destroy the chemistry of the team.

[flamingdts]

Like previously mentioned, this skill alone is worth the MLE. The dude is relentless against the bigger wings in the league.

Problem is, he throws up a shot at the other end.

When you have Artest, you have a tradeoff. You can have good defense on one end, but on the other end you get a ballhog who chooses to take horrible shots over giving up the ball.

Now the energy he brings in is something else, but his defense hasn't exactly been top notch in Houston. Not to mention, his gambles on defense can sometimes be costly, like his attempts to steal the ball.

One thing to keep in mind though, Artest is no longer in his contract year. You will not find an Artest with better behavior and effort than the one last year.

[boston.balla]

artest is not a good move, and bigger wings can finnese the life out of him a la paul pierce or can blow past him like bron bron. Artest is not what he once was. He's just a chocker and a punk.