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Such a bitter jerk.
I said their defense isn't good, that doesn't mean they aren't a good team.
http://blogs.chron.com/franblinebury...ockets_10.html
Here's what you do over the final few days of the wildest playoff race in NBA history:
You load all of the numbers and all of the data and all of the trends into the computer.
Then you open the window, take the computer and throw it out into the street.
And hope a truck runs over it.
This is why you can drive yourself crazy trying to figure out playoff matchups.
Night like this. When Shaq and the Suns are supposed to squash the Rockets like bugs.
Only the Rockets turn out to be the windshield and the Suns need to be scraped off.
Go figure Amare Stoudemire going off for 37 points and 11 rebounds, Shaquille O'Neal getting 16 and 11 and the Rockets still spend most of the fourth quarter casually doing the backstroke with a double-digit lead.
The lesson is stop trying to figure out the best place in the seedings for the Rockets. Stop worrying about who will be the best matchup in the first round.
At this point in a wildly improbable season, it's not who the Rockets play, but how they play.
If they have Luis Scola doing his bull-in-a-china-shop act (19 points, 5 rebounds), they're fine. If they have Carl Landry back to being his jumping jack self (14 points, 7 rebounds), they'll be fine. If they have Bobby Jackson buzzing around for 13 points, they'll be fine.
Collectively, the Rockets' bench hit 19 of 28 shots and scored 43 points.
Collectively is what this season has been all about and why some people don't buy that notion that the Rockets are the team you want to draw in the first round. (By the way, by winning this one, the Rockets could still finish No. 3 and get themselves a return match with Phoenix at No. 6.)
"I think that plays right into their hands - an underrated group that knows they've got to play their butts off to be good," said two-time MVP Steve Nash. "They've got to play together to be good. They use their intelligence and hustle and athleticism and really sneak up on people.
"I don't know why people keep saying that. They've won 22 in a row this year, 19 of the last 20 or something at home. They're a good team. No matter what names are on the jerseys, what accomplishments they have are collectively. They're smart, they play hard and they're winners.
"It doesn't take long to realize they just play their butts off and they play smart. It's a simple formula and it's good to see. It's good for basketball."
And good to remember. It's not who, it's how.
I said their defense isn't good, that doesn't mean they aren't a good team.
Spurs must avoid Scola in the playoffs
the karma would be too much to overcome
yea really. Imagine scola scoring a game winning shot against spurs in playoffs
i want to play the rockets, they dont have enough big bodies...
Yeah cause Scola has such a great history in big game situations.
I could see a player taking a last second shot and Scola getting the game wining put back
watch, it's gonna happen dude.
I see the Spurs playing the Jazz in the first round.
I can also see you getting banned.
But hey we can't always get what we want.
Playoff matchups I want to avoid - Jazz with a hungry vet coach and the young athletes scare me. Suns with a Shaq presence in the middle frighten me. And the Lakers interior defense isn't great but Gasol, Kobe, Odom and Fisher seemed to be giving the Spurs some very serious trouble today on both ends.
New Orleans, imho, is beatable. And Rockets are beatable in 6 or maybe even 5 if you can exploit the interior. I would rather see Houston than any of those other teams. But we're not going anywhere without a healthy and rested Manu, an aggressive Parker and Duncan.
scola chokes in big games see his history
spurs would own rockets in postseason
Well, the Rockets look like they're about to lose to the Nuggets tonight so they couldn't take advantage.
Denver 111, Houston 94
T. McGrady F 30:10 5-18 denver shut down mcgrady that is funny
lol dallas loses to the sonics just like the nuggs
we could still get the 7th seed
we are number three again....
"we are number three again...."
where will we be with 28 L Wed night?
Everyone in Texas loses. Mav's to the Sonics, Houston to the Nuggets, and Spurs to the Lakers.
Everyone Penalty Drink!!!
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