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Let's go Rockets! Pull out the win and close the series in Houston.
Ok here we go fans of the underdog! Can the Rockets overcome adversity and the loss of Yao, T-Mac and Deke and still beat the Lakeshow? I say they can. The donut team of the decade will take the Lakeshow to the brink.
Bring it baby!
Let's go Rockets! Pull out the win and close the series in Houston.
We are the warriors the sequal
Kick some Laker ass!
GO Rox ... one more and this series will REALLY get interesting ...
We believe! Lighting can strike twice!
See now this is where the Rockets should give out free red BELIEVE t-shirts to every single fan who goes to the game. Turn Toyota Center into a sea of Red for game 6. Do - or Die
Interesting series now, but I think the Rockets will be coming down back to earth soon. No disrespect to the Rocket fans, I'll give your team some ing credit for playing with a lot of heart. Their role players step up.
(Unlike our spurs role players, the let Parker and Duncan out to dry)
I will most definitely be rooting for the Rockets. But game 5 is a win for Lakers. They will have the home cooking going on. Rockets will be a little over their heads.
Rockets do have a chance to steal game 6 though, then, anything is possible.
Win one for the Gipper Boys!
NEVER FORGET
i don't give a about winning this series, i just wanna see a close game 7
Go Lakers!!!!
I'm callin it like I did before the series...Rockets in 6. If the Rockets win this game 5 in L.A, its OVER.
Game 5 should be close all game...I wonder if it'll play out like game 5 vs Utah.
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McGrady joins the traveling party as the Rockets arrive in LA
''We're not going to beat them with size and jumping ability and all that. We have to outwork 'em.''--Rick Adelman
Now for breaking news. Tracy McGrady has joined the bandwagon. When the bus carrying the Rockets pulled up outside the Clippers' practice facility, McGrady filed off with the rest of the players. Yao Ming, as promised, was there, too.
The Rockets came directly from LAX for a light practice. They'll meet and review video later, but that may take place at their hotel.
So now that they've gotten the attention of the Lakers, what now? Some of Sunday's upset can be traced to the Lakers failing to take care of business, but this new lineup creates some very real problems.
Phil Jackson benched Derek Fisher because he was unable to deal with the speed of Aaron Brooks and Kyle Lowry. What does he do in Game 5? Does he give Fisher another shot, or does he put Jordan Farmar back in the lineup?
The Lakers did a poor job with their pick-and-roll defense. Can they be repaired?
In the end, the Rockets have to play the way they played in Game 4. They have to go at it fearlessly and confidently and quickly. They won despite not getting great games from Ron Artest, Carl Landry and Von Wafer. They got giant games from Aaron Brooks and Shane Battier, but there are places they can improve.
The refs will play a role, too. Can Chuck Hayes stay on the floor? He's important to everything the Rockets do in terms of defense and rebounding. Rick Adelman is comfortable with Luis Scola playing the middle, but losing Hayes fundamentally changes the Rockets.
While we're fretting about match-ups and next season and all that, let's all pause to consider how much fun this is. The Rockets are deeper into the playoffs than they've been in 12 years.
They've lost their two best players and their backup center, and they're still exchanging punches with the Western Conference's best team. If you didn't fall in love with this team during the regular season, you're almost certainly in love with them now no matter how this plays out. Enjoy, friends, enjoy.
Mcgrady's tryin his best to be a Rocket for 2009-2010 season
i think its going to be a double digit win for the lakers in game 5. kobe is probably ripping into everyone as we speak. look for the lakers to come out strong.
I heard that Odom is out for the game tomorrow, but I also heard that he is out for a week, can anyone confirm?
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 11:20 am Post subject: Yao being out through us off. That's ALL it is. Game 5 to Lakers, GUARANTEED.I had been saying this since BEFORE it was announced that Yao would be out for the remainder of the series.
It would NOT be in the Lakers favor for Yao to miss the remainder of the series.
Why? Well, it's akin to shifting gears at 200 mph....especially in a hard, physical series like this. Disorienting.
Here's the deal: The Lakers had figured Houston out. They took their best punches (as fully composed with Yao) in Games 1 and 2 and got a split. After winning Game 3, it looked (and felt) like it was over.
BUT, Yao was declared out for the series and EVERYTHING CHANGED.
What we are dealing with now is basically like playing an entirely new team.
And its actually worse than that. It's a new team MID SERIES. And even MORE confusing is that it's a new team, mid series, with familiar faces all around.
Huh? Yeah. Adelman (and the team) changed their entire approach. They went from an inside out team to a running smallball team. I don't put this on PJax either, bc there was NO FOOTAGE TO WATCH as to how they would play without Yao in a playoff series. I'll put in terms that maybe some video game fans out there might understand: It's like playing someone online, then your opponent hands over their controller to someone else who plays a totally different style.
lakers should win, kobe will get more free throws than battier unlike last game of battier 6, kobe-0
It's going to be very interesting how the lakers respond and adjust. If they get in a hole even down by 10 at any point, its over for LA.
Lakers lead early in the game by like 25 than the rockets cut the lead to like 5 by the end of the 3rd Q, Lakers win close game.
I'm already happy with the season, anymore win is just icing on the cake.
Exactly, win or lose, this has been a great season. We got nothing to hang our heads over and there is no pressure on us. We are expected to lose so like you said, any victory from here on out is gravy for us.
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