Rockets @ Jazz

[djohn2oo8]

Should be interesting, Deron is too physical for Brooks to guard, so I would expect Lowry to do a better job of guarding him. Hopefully Ariza can continue to shoot lights out, and Brooks' confidence seems to be growing.

I'll say Utah wins 100-92

[Xylus]

Utah will win this, simply because it's in Salt Lake. Otherwise, I'd take the Rockets.

[balli]

I'll take Utah, but we'll see. Houston has manhandled us before, God willing they won't tonight.

Memo is coming back, but I'm hoping Big Fes gets some good minutes.

[sook]

Utah is still one of the toughest teams in the league, don't see us winning but hopefully it will be fun to watch

[mavs>spurs2]

The Mormons are tough to beat at home

[Spursmania]

I'll take Utah tonight

[Spursmania]

The Mormons are tough to beat at home

Yep, the Mormon contingency will be rabid tonight.:lol

[noob cake]

Its at Salt Lake City, I don't see us winning unless Brooks, Ariza, or Scola pulls off some absurd statline.

[mavs>spurs2]

Its at Salt Lake City, I don't see us winning unless Brooks, Ariza, or Scola pulls off some absurd statline.

That comet has already passed. You won't see it again for another 25,000 years

[The Franchise]

I expect a good game. It won't be easy no matter who wins.

[Allanon]

Utah in Utah is pretty much a given.

I like DWill but I think he's going to get burned by Aaron Brooks. On the flip side, DWill will push Brooks around.

Ariza gets Brewer, that should be interesting....Brewer is kinda rangy and spindly like Ariza.

[djohn2oo8]

yeah, it is pretty much a given for utah, i just hope the rox play hard all game long

[Many PackYao]

The Rockets got spanked the last two times in Utah. Hopefully Ariza and Brooks can bring their A games tonight. I say Jazz 111-97.

[Indazone]

Utah is still one of the toughest teams in the league, don't see us winning but hopefully it will be fun to watch

I'm in for the reverse jinx :tu

[mystargtr34]

Ariza is still shaky off the dribble but he has become abslute money from long range...

[sook]

bull and bill are such homers some times.

Yes okur is a flopping piece of crap, but don't say scola doesn't.

[djohn2oo8]

and Clyde is just dumb, but he is entertaining though

[sook]

yea but for some reason i get the feeling they are way too homerish this year. Never thought so before.

[Danny.Zhu]

Jazz sucks...

[Danny.Zhu]

Well, I'll take it back...

[sook]

LMFAO

the bullshit begins/

[sook]

lol so much fucking contact and not one FT. and With 5 secs left they get a touch foul.

Oh well thats how home games are in the NBA!

[Danny.Zhu]

9 fouls for the Rockets.

[balli]

Please don't cry about the refs Houston.

[Danny.Zhu]

Ariza and Brooks played the whole Q1.

[The Franchise]

Please don't cry about the refs Houston.

Come on man.

[sook]

Please don't cry about the refs Houston.

its been pretty lopsided but if this were in houston it would have been the other way around. I think everyone knows the home team usually gets the benefit of the doubt

It really doesn't even bother me though. We aren't going anywhere whether or not we win :lol

[balli]

Come on man.
Come on what? This game's been officiated just fine. I saw one questionable call.

I forgot over the off-season that in rocket fan's mind, Utah's never scored a point or gotten a stop against HOU that wasn't a result of the referees.

[sook]

you guys bveat us twice. Don't think that had to do with the reffs, you were better. You've actually had our number for a while now. But even you have to acknowledge you guys get extra leeway than other teams at home :toast

Just pointing it out, not saying it ultimately affects the outcome


Anderson sucks btw!

[balli]

Nice runner by Okur. Don't know if he got an extra step or not, but pretty nice shot.

[The Franchise]

Carl Landry is giving Memo way to much room to move.

[sook]

its evening out. Can't say its lopsided anymore. Okur seems to own us everytime for some reason. still rmbr those 2 3s in game 7

[sook]

Buddinger....

Is this guy black??!?! Wtf, he looks so unathletic...how the fuck did he do that?

[balli]

Is Budinger left handed? Even more impressive if he's not.

[benefactor]

lol Houston announcers.

[The Franchise]

Ariza ballin!

[sook]

scola has been sucking

[The Franchise]

Chuck wagon!!

[benefactor]

I have to confess...I have man love for Chuck Hayes.

[The Franchise]

scola has been sucking

Yeah, in all but one game.

[Danny.Zhu]

9 OReb for the Rockets already. Impressive.

[sook]

jazz close out qrtrs so much better. I knew that last shot was going in. Bull and clyde need to tone it down as well

[The Franchise]

We have to stay focused on D. Ariza can't lose contact with Kerilenko. Aaron also needs to crowd Deron a little more than he is. You can't just let him move free and expect anything good. Lean on his ass a little.

[The Franchise]

If we make these gimme shots we would be blowing them out.

[The Franchise]

Brooks!!!

[mystargtr34]

Any classic one-liners from Clyde and Bill tonight?

Im surpised Clyde hasnt noted that Houston would be up 50 if they were healthy when you add on Yao and Mcgrady's scoring...

[balli]

Boozer's such a fucking waste.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

:lol the Jazz are so bad

[iggypop123]

who is going to post lol jazz?

[balli]

:lol the Jazz are so bad

No they are not.

[The Franchise]

Any classic one-liners from Clyde and Bill tonight?

Im surpised Clyde hasnt noted that Houston would be up 50 if they were healthy when you add on Yao and Mcgrady's scoring...

I am having to listen to the Jazz announcer. I am very surprised at how objective they've been.

[Riverwalkman]

gotta give credit to Chuck Hayes, he's my 3nd favorite player in Houston, after Scola and Battier.

[balli]

I am having to listen to the Jazz announcer. I am very suprised at how objective they've been.
I don't know what most people think of the Jazz guys in general, but as far as hometown announcing crews go, they've never seemed overly homerish to me.

It's not like they're Breen and Clyde, but they do a decent job of staying neutral.

[mogrovejo]

It really doesn't even bother me though. We aren't going anywhere whether or not we win :lol

Why not? You miss scorers, but scorers are wildly overrated.

I like the way the Rockets play: team of warriors and basically using an "equal opportunity" system. Basketball is more fun this way.

[The Franchise]

They call the foul on Hayes but don't call the foul on Kerilenko at the other end? BULLSHIT!!

[balli]

That was an awful call. They showed it three times in slo-mo. No body, all ball.

[The Franchise]

No foul.

[mogrovejo]

The Jazz need another wing, hopefully someone who can shoot, to hold the fort till Korver/Miles come back and get in shape. I'd go after Wally if I were them.

[DAF86]

scola has been sucking

13 pts 14 rbs after 3.

[The Franchise]

Darn.

[sook]

I am having to listen to the Jazz announcer. I am very surprised at how objective they've been.

bull and billl need to shutup. Stupid homers, its actually getting annoying now.

[sook]

anderson sucks balls! we want chuck!

[The Franchise]

Anderson is a sack of shit.

[The Franchise]

Good call.

[The Franchise]

C Bud!!

[sook]

lol bullshit call on deron i gotta admit. Oh well we got one of those too

[sook]

budinger....wow

[The Franchise]

Battier has been lagging behind his man all fuckin night. Pick it up.

[sribb43]

I can't believe the refs aren't trying to hand the Jazz the game

[The Franchise]

C fucking Bud!!

[The Franchise]

Run there ass into the ground.

[DrHouse]

This Budinger kid is damn impressive.

Love watching Adelman's offense. Just so free flowing, beautiful basketball.

Rockets are impressing me. Finding ways to win despite having no size whatsoever and no real star players.

[sook]

c bud...wow just wow how many times have i said that tonight?

[21_Blessings]

:lol The Jazz are fucking terrible. Time to blow that team up.

[mogrovejo]

Best game of the season so far. And the two most enjoyable offences in the league by a mile.

[Chieflion]

Rick Adelman really knows how to maximise his role players. Too bad his star players usually tend to suck one way or another.

[lil_penny]

Houston is staying very impressive.. and budinger is a stud...

[Banzai]

Budinger=volleyball extraordinaire.

[The Franchise]

This Budinger kid is damn impressive.

Love watching Adelman's offense. Just so free flowing, beautiful basketball.

Rockets are impressing me. Finding ways to win despite having no size whatsoever and no real star players.

We are winning with defense and execution.

[DAF86]

Why are people so surprised with the Rockets? they have proved in more than one ocassion that they can play without their overrated "stars". They are just a very good basketball team.

[lil_penny]

We are winning with defense and execution.

Not too mention you guys hustle the whole damn game.. team is very impressive and I think it will continue.

[Unholy Turkey]

lol our announcers are going into crazy homer mode :lol

[djohn2oo8]

When Clyde Drexler is the least of the homers out of your homer announcers, you know u have a problem

[The Third Man]

There is nothing better than skull fucking the Jazz and sending the Mormons home even more miserable than normal. Nice power fowards you've got there, Utah!

[redzero]

Rockets gonna grab the first seed!

[djohn2oo8]

Where is Jazzypimp? I bet we won't see him for 2 weeks

[DAF86]

8 guys over 10 pts, no player with more than 11 fg attempts. Beatiful Basketball.

[balli]

Nice power fowards you've got there, Utah!
You think you know a fucking thing about Carlos Boozer that Utah fans haven't figured out yet? Tell us something we don't know the next time you talk shit.

[iggypop123]

lol jazz. pathetic

[Many PackYao]

I honestly thought this was a loss for the Rockets. Very balanced scoring and a great defensive effort from them. It's an impressive win considering it was in Utah.

[Hemotivo]

14pts 15reb

[mVp]

Rockets are fun to watch, it was a nice game.

[The Franchise]

14pts 15reb

Scola definitely picked it up in the second half. :toast

[The Third Man]

You think you know a fucking thing about Carlos Boozer that Utah fans haven't figured out yet? Tell us something we don't know the next time you talk shit.

I'm not trying to educate you. I am shitting on your head. That poo running down your sad, little face is the combined contributions of Boozer and Milsap tonight. (Cue Rappin' Chase Buddinger)

[balli]

I'm not trying to educate you. I am shitting on your head. That poo running down your sad, little face is the combined contributions of Boozer and Milsap tonight. (Cue Rappin' Chase Buddinger)
Well, I guess I know now that you're an entirely classless asshole. It was a good win for your team. Not enough for you though huh? Douche.

[benefactor]

I this might sound like sacrilege, but the Rockets are better without Yao. They have defensive minded players that play well in Adleman's up tempo offense. They still need a star player to push them over the top, but they will make some noise this season regardless.

[noob cake]

I this might sound like sacrilege, but the Rockets are better without Yao. They have defensive minded players that play well in Adleman's up tempo offense. They still need a star player to push them over the top, but they will make some noise this season regardless.

We need a farken legit shooting guard and a slightly bigger center. Get us those two pieces and we can do some damage in the playoffs as the 7/8th seed.

[djohn2oo8]

McGrady better hurry up and get back fast as possible, because if the Rockets show that they can keep winning without him, his ass is grass at the trade deadline

[Double-Up]

Good win but it's still early in the season...

[The Third Man]

Well, I guess I know now that you're an entirely classless asshole. It was a good win for your team. Not enough for you though huh? Douche.

When a Utah Jazz fan calls you an "entirely classless asshole" it is high praise, indeed! I mean, I am not mocking your daughter having cancer, or anything, but I guess I can aspire to something...

[benefactor]

We need a farken legit shooting guard and a slightly bigger center. Get us those two pieces and we can do some damage in the playoffs as the 7/8th seed.
You guys should make a run a Joe Johnson. He would make this a pretty scary team.

[Unholy Turkey]

"John Wall may have to wait. Rockets CRUSHING the Jazz IN Utah. They lack talent, but they give max effort all the time."

-Clutchfans Twitter :lol

[djohn2oo8]

You guys should make a run a Joe Johnson. He would make this a pretty scary team.

Thats who Morey has in the plans for 2010, or maybe sooner.

[DPG21920]

Anyone who watched the Rockets last year could see that they were a team with pride. In the NBA, when you have guys who always hustle, you can give yourself a chance to win night-in and night-out. Even though they lack "talent", they make up for it.

I don't know how it will directly translate to wins overall, but the Rockets team will play you hard every single night.

[redzero]

Chase Budinger will be the white Larry Bird.

[blink]

Chase Budinger will be the white Larry Bird.

is there a black larry bird?

[The TroutBum]

Nice game, faggots. I can't wait for Boozer to be gone, I really can't.

[DaDakota]

We play team offense but more importantly TEAM DEFENSE.....

This team is fun to watch.....who wants Tmac...we are trading him for .50 on the dollar.

DD

[Danny.Zhu]

Shane Battier +36......

[Lars]

Shane Battier +36......

Its hilarious too, there are still fucking morons on clutchfans who can't wait to get rid of him.

[GuerillaBlack]

Chase Budinger will be the white Larry Bird.

I don't think there is a black Larry Bird, but point taken.

[The Franchise]

We play team offense but more importantly TEAM DEFENSE.....

This team is fun to watch.....who wants Tmac...we are trading him for .50 on the dollar.

DD

I want him. :p: He will make this team a lot better when he returns.

[wijayas]

Should be interesting, Deron is too physical for Brooks to guard, so I would expect Lowry to do a better job of guarding him. Hopefully Ariza can continue to shoot lights out, and Brooks' confidence seems to be growing.

I'll say Utah wins 100-92

djohn, I suppose you must be happy being wrong!
Congrats to your over-achieving Rockets!!!! They've got hearts! :toast :toast

[djohn2oo8]

yeah, i said that in hopes of a reverse jinx, and that they would win....hell of a game

[Danny.Zhu]

I want him. :p: He will make this team a lot better when he returns.

Agreed, by taking the No.1 pick next season.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Its hilarious too, there are still fucking morons on clutchfans who can't wait to get rid of him.

They need to be shot! Battier is one of my favourite players, but i hate him when the Nuggets face the Rockets! He is the one who gives Melo trouble, it was never Artest.

Melo's stats last year vs the Rockets were bad and most of it is due to Battier. He is a great guy and great player

[Lars]

They need to be shot! Battier is one of my favourite players, but i hate him when the Nuggets face the Rockets! He is the one who gives Melo trouble, it was never Artest.

Melo's stats last year vs the Rockets were bad and most of it is due to Battier. He is a great guy and great player

:toast

[sook]

Its hilarious too, there are still fucking morons on clutchfans who can't wait to get rid of him.

Hmmm....how many times have we heard that before?



Btw DD, i read those brooks posts you had on clutch as I was looking for the Chas buddinger reverse layup. Gotta admit, bringing up that brooks hate on there from last year was gold and I completely agree. You can see how the biased Yao fans ten to skew the entire Clutchfan outlook. Since clutch is so ban happy all the toime, he needs to ban them first.

[Roxsfan]

Fuck Utah and their flopping bullshit pussified pussies. Fucking officials were horrible. Calling fouls when chickenlinco misses a dunk with no contact, wtf. The refs suck. Utah sucks even more. Aaron brooks schooled all those mother fuckers. C. Budinger is Larry Bird-lite..LOL. Team ball, fun to watch. Bring on the Fakers......Pau Gasol has a torn vagina and won't play so I guess the lakers have an excuse built in....:lmao

[Roxsfan]

Rocketfan deserves every once of misery he lives in.

F you. Thanks for Ariza and you're welcome for crazy pills LOL.

[IronMexican]

With all the trash talking TheThirdMan is doing, yuo would have thought the Rockets beat Utah in a playoff series.

[Roxsfan]

Hey, who is that chic with the fat pussy in your avatar?

It's your mother:lmao

[sook]

With all the trash talking TheThirdMan is doing, yuo would have thought the Rockets beat Utah in a playoff series.

:lol...look at our roster!


In all seriousness, this won't continue. It can't. But I know they won't be the worst team in the west as Mr Barkley keeps saying.

[21_Blessings]

is there a black larry bird?

Dirk.

[sook]

whenever you say larry bird i keep thinking of that fucking scaryh ass bird from sesame street. God knows how many nightmares this little piece of shit gave me when I was a kid.

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2004/12/22/big_bird_narrowweb__200x313.jpg

[Indazone]

Its hilarious too, there are still fucking morons on clutchfans who can't wait to get rid of him.

which is why that site sucks balls. Freaking idiots

[djohn2oo8]

Well, Wednesday is the game against the Lakers, and the one thing the Lakers should be worried about is Artest trying to prove that Morey made a mistake. So expect lots of dribbling, contested shots, reputation fouls coming left and right, and a Rox win:toast.....

[Rogue]

Hmmm....how many times have we heard that before?



Btw DD, i read those brooks posts you had on clutch as I was looking for the Chas buddinger reverse layup. Gotta admit, bringing up that brooks hate on there from last year was gold and I completely agree. You can see how the biased Yao fans ten to skew the entire Clutchfan outlook. Since clutch is so ban happy all the toime, he needs to ban them first.
Sadly those idiots won't ever get banned there though. Clutch's main revenue lies on the donations from those idiots like DD, roxfan, thus it'd be absolutely impossible to keep that website running after amputating those trashes. I suggest you stick to Spurstalk while it's still not thoroughly soaked up with those retards, however the trend indicates that day will definitely arrive sooner or later, probably in the very near future like in only a few months. It's really sad to witness the portent while incapable of doing nothing to prevent it, for that I blame LJ's excessive leniency.

[Rogue]

Chase Budinger will be the white Larry Bird.
And Scola is already their black David West.

[Riverwalkman]

Well I totally understand US Rox fans' feeling, I admit some Yao fans are disgusting. You know in China it's even a serious issue, for example, when PG doesn't pass to Yao and shoot the ball out, tens of millions of Yao fans would immediately curse them and their family.

[flamingdts]

Well I totally understand US Rox fans' feeling, I admit some Yao fans are disgusting. You know in China it's even a serious issue, for example, when PG doesn't pass to Yao and shoot the ball out, tens of millions of Yao fans would immediately curse them and their family.

You don't have any justification to that. Yao fans are Yao fans, it has nothing to do with the Chinese people or whatever. Don't make this a race issue.

[DaDakota]

Hmmm....how many times have we heard that before?



Btw DD, i read those brooks posts you had on clutch as I was looking for the Chas buddinger reverse layup. Gotta admit, bringing up that brooks hate on there from last year was gold and I completely agree. You can see how the biased Yao fans ten to skew the entire Clutchfan outlook. Since clutch is so ban happy all the toime, he needs to ban them first.

Thanks....but Clutch can't ban them....they make him too much $$$, as Clutch gets paid for the banner adds, and losing that traffic would cut his $$$ down considerably.

I am not saying the site is profitable, but the Chinese audience contributes to whatever $$$ comes in from ad revenue.

Individuals get banned...

DD