oops. I meant to the Kings!We don't need Splitter, just a good quality PG.......how about we take V-Span back?
DD
Actually, it makes perfect sense. Nobody had any sympathy for us when we lost our top scorer in '05-'06 (the year that we would have had the best chance to win the championship), so naturally we have little sympathy for other team's injuries. During that year, no one said the "Amare-less Suns." You'd call them the "Suns."Uhhhh, okay.
At least Amare got his STATs.
You don't call them the "Yao-less Rockets" because Yao isn't coming back this year. The Rockets have learned to play without him.
We don't have his rights anymore what makes the Scola trade even more stupidWe don't need Splitter, just a good quality PG.......how about we take V-Span back?
DD
We used the high post pick and roll with T-Mac coming off a screen just like Reggie Miller used to do.
Adelman's teams are made for smallball
good win
And the Rox are still alive for a top 3 seed, this west race is amazing.
Actually there is a scenario in which the Rockets lose the division by being tied with New Orleans but still get the number 1 seed in the playoffs.
If more than 3 teams are tied...New Orleans, Houston and the Lakers for the top spot.......we get the number 1 seed.
Crazy huh?
DD
ahhh... yes... the good ole bitter Suns fan. Give props man... what this team has done is amazing. Do you think that the Suns would be doing this well THIS YEAR without Amare??
As an NBA fan... I'm very happy for McGrady, Adelman and the Rockets. Even if they dont make the second round (I think they will beat the Jazz) this team has accomplished something big considering the adversity they've faced.
Adelman has got to be the COY... no doubt
First time this season the Rockets have played the Suns on a night not on a B2B.
At least Amare got his STATs.
You know I don't know if that's a good or bad trait with Amare. He plays hard, at least offensively, whether it's a close game or a blowout. It doesn't matter to him. In a sense, that's a good thing because it shows he's going to give great effort no matter the score. But, it's like, dude, it's a 30 point game (either way) and why are you still playing? And, why are you still trying to dunk on third stringers?
I call it Jerald Honeycutt disease. When I lived in New Orleans, Honeycutt came back to play a few times. And, it didn't matter if it was some of the college players or 5-7 rec players who couldn't play, Honeycutt would play hard. He posted up some little 5-foot-7 college kid and put a move on him. I even heard it yell, "It don't matter! I play hard all the time!" Mind you this was after some NBA team had just released him, either Seattle or Milwaukee. I remember because that bag WORE HIS NBA WARM-UPS to the gym... after already being cut.
No chance the Rockets get the 1 seed with their remaining schedule. In fact that win over Phoenix pretty much locked them into the 5 seed. Now the question is can we catch them for home court? We'd have to win out to do so and Houston would need to go 1-2 with one of those losses coming against us so we would have the tie-breaker. Here's what's left for both teams...
Rockets
at Denver
at Utah
LA Clippers
The Denver/Utah games are back-to-back. Rockets could easily go 1-2 giving them 55-27 record.
Jazz
Denver
Houston
at San Antonio
Obviously the last game will be extremely tough unless SA has nothing to play for (probably won't be the case but it could happen). I think we win the next 2 and then it would come down to the game in SA. If the Spurs rest their big guys, we could steal that game and go 3-0 giving us home court over Houston.
The playoff picture is starting to take shape, at least for the 4-8 seeds.
This is good. If the playoffs started today, the entire city of Houston would be happy.
Why? I'm guessing the entire city of Houston is suffering from memory loss if they're happy to play us.
Nope. No one forgot about what happened, but without Yao, I think the Rockets matchup better with the Jazz. Yao would score on the offensive end, but give it right back on defense. Boozer was too much for Yao. I think Deke can handle it.
WORD.
Houston just wants a reminder that's all.
LMAO!! My god, I've heard it all now. You really think a 45 year old can handle Boozer? I'm trying to think of something else to say but I'm sitting here dumbfounded by that comment.
http://sports.sina.com.cn/k/2008-03-...33526899.shtml
Reporter Wang Meng of an Sports reports from Houston
Fading out of the media limelight and far away from his fans eye-sight, Yao Ming was compelled to try to accustom to live a very tranquil life. Every day, the bed, the television and books became his most intimate partners. That big man who had been accustomed to run up and down the court and play 30 to 40 minutes untiringly day-in day-out could only now move around in his home and backyard garden with the help of his crutches. Meanwhile, his team playing without him just kept on advancing triumphantly, and he could only watch those exciting scenes/moments from the television.
As he was receiving the following interview from an Sports, it seemed there was not a single moment that his team Houston Rockets was not in his mind and heart.
AN Sports: How is the restoration of your left ankle going? Are you moving around relying on your wheelchair?
Yao Ming: The restoration went well. I just had the s ches removed from my wound today; the doctors will come to inspect me once every 1 to 2 weeks, and everything went according to plan. Remember (what I’ve told you). Definitely I don’t want to sit on wheelchairs, and regardless where and what occasion, you won’t be able to see me sitting on wheelchairs. I try to be not moving as far as possibly I can; if I really need to move around, I will stroll along slowly with the help of my crutches.
AN Sports: So are you watching television every day at home? Now the team morale (of Houston Rockets) is at an all-time high, and very soon, they could be reaching a 20-game winning streak. How do you feel when you watch them playing on the television?
Yao Ming: I felt bitterly sour deep down inside. I saw the team kept winning and everybody celebrating on the court, and I thought, I should also be one of them there. This is such a great and rare feat for winning that many games consecutively; we had some very rough and tough team-gelling process earlier in the season, and we had been struggling with some bad results. Now finally when it comes the harvest time, I was the one down with injury.
AN Sports: So seeing your team continuously winning, how do you feel in your heart?
Yao Ming: I felt great, very gratified, and actually very happy. I watched them play and keep on winning. I could not stop myself calling them up; I called Uncle Mutombo to congratulate him on delivering so many block shots; I called Shane Battier to compliment him for playing that great in defense. When our team was struggling and sinking earlier in the season, it was I that led my team mates and shoulder this team to bring it back altogether. Now it’s time we win back all those games that we lost earlier in the season.
AN Sports: Now there are a lot of noises back in China; they said the Houston Rockets play much better as a team without you. So what do you think about this?
Yao Ming: Well, I’m already so used to hearing such criticisms. It is impossible to rebuke every criticism and challenge others’ opinions. For people that know and understand me, my spirit will always be there (with the team). If people don’t want to see my team playing well after I’m down and injured, then tell me, what do they want to see? You have to think it this way. If once I’m down with injuries, and this team was finished and started to get battered and beaten into pieces, it might seem to manifest my value to the team. But then, tell me what hope is there for such teams? A team can only be considered genuinely strong when everyone can step forward (when one of your star players is down and injured). If we can continue with our current footsteps and momentum, just wait for my return in the new season, and we shall be a genuine championship contender.
AN Sports: Then what about this season? So how far this Rockets team playing without you can go?
Yao Ming: I believe this team could pass the first round and realize the target that Tracy and I had not been able to achieve together last season.
AN: The Western Conference is so strong: LA Lakers, San Antonio Spurs, Phoenix Suns, Utah Jazz. Amongst all these opponents, which team do you think the Houston Rockets can trample and step over their bodies (to get past Round 1)?
Yao Ming: Utah Jazz. If we are to be matched up with teams with genuine big and traditional centres, we possibly will be at a disadvantage, because after all, I will not be around, and Uncle Mutombo could not sustain long play minutes and our other guys are too short. But if we are to be matched up with Utah Jazz, I feel with our new-found team work and initiatives in offense this year, we should be doing much better than what we did last year, just relying on me and Tracy in offense. Even though I will not be around, you see currently every of my team mates had all stepped up and playing with high self confidence; just take a look at them; they are so dissimilar with the team we had last season. Utah Jazz is very strong tactically and a well-disciplined team, and we are now a great read-and-react offensive team. We can beat them; after all now every of my team mates can play in offense. And I call this the Adelman’s victory.
AN Sports: So when can you return to court to cheer, rave and support your team mates?
Yao Ming: Maybe when the playoff arrives; when playoff arrives, I will go there leaning on my crutches; I probably will sit in the second row, and join all the others shouting, cheering, raving and supporting our team.
Yep, I think so. He has been owning everyone since Yao went down. We'll see.
HOU has no shot of going anywhere in the playoffs. They will never beat the Jazz, HCA or not. They just aren't that good.
The whole thing with Yao being out is a Catch-22. I don't think that when Yao returns they will morph into this juggernaut team, I think they'll end up staying right where they are at. They can't play small ball with Yao, which is obviously what is working for them right now.
Whatever, more than half of the wins during the 22 game win streak came when Yao was playing.
That was a great win for the Rockets, I doubted that they could win but they proved me wrong. Props to the Rockets.
No sir.
They can still go small with Yao back. When Yao is resting, use the same lineup that they are using now. What the is the difference? Also, how would the Rockets NOT be better when Yao is back? He is their best player is gets 22 and 11 a game. Do you think the Lakers will be better when Bynum comes back?
People keep saying Houston can't win and Houston keeps winning.
1 Game back from the number 1 seed with 3 to play.....
I think people are going to be surprised, this is not the same team without Yao...they play a completely different brand of ball....
DD
Actually in the second half, the Rockets kept running the T-Mac/Deke high pick and roll over and over. Shaq would not come out to help and chose to stay back in the paint, and Deke was setting some really amazing screens so T-Mac had a wide open 18 footer every time (and knocked them down rather easily). At one point Grant Hill started flopping on the pick to get the attention of the refs but they didn't buy it.
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