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Houston is good, but not le contenders.
If the Spurs ever lost to this team in the playoffs, then they weren't championship worthy anyway.
Nobody wanted to listen to me when I posted this last week.......this Houston team is DAMN good.
The Rockets play better defense than any team in the West by a landslide. Tracy McGrady will likely pay tax this year on his new possession: Bruce Bowen. Yao Ming is just scary.
I'm not positive the Spurs can beat this team in a seven game series.
Houston is good, but not le contenders.
If the Spurs ever lost to this team in the playoffs, then they weren't championship worthy anyway.
It certainly helps that Pop reigns in our offense like he does. Options 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are Duncan when he's on the floor.
The scary thing about Yao is how the media has hyped him.
Let the TRUTH be told.........
Yao looks really good when Tony Massenburg is guarding him.
The key to killing Houston is to unleash Tony. It pisses me off that we lost two games and tried for half of this one to go with Pop's conservative All Tim, all the time offensive crap.
Houston has NOTHING at the point. Attack through Tony..
Suck on that Walton, you ing whiney !!
Great fourth quarter your boys had there. 15 pts.
Spurs destroyed Houston.
Yawn.
Houston is like the Grizz of last year, some success during year but Spurs would take them worst case 4-2 in a series.
Spurs will not be playing Houston in playoffs
They will play 8th seed
The Spurs hurt Houston when it counted but the final score doesn't tell the whole story. Houston played us really tough until the final minutes. I don't think anyone in here was brimming with confidence throughout the first three quarters. Don't forget that they played us on a back to back without a very key player - their starting point guard.
Yeah, but we were without, um, Beno.
Going through Tim was not the problem aggie, I don't know what game you were watching. Maybe for a stretch in one quarter that was the case, at best.
Sure, Houston's length bothered Tim on a few possessions, but he was making his outside shot just fine. Our other jump shooters (Devin, Barry, ) were not making shots, and Houston was defending Tony and Manu's cut to the basket VERY well during the 2-3 quarters.
Once we got some open court baskets (from steals mostly), we killed them. Without a point guard, I am not that worried about this team. Stickland is too old, that rookie is not impressive, Sura is not coming back for a while, and Tracy is no pg.
They are still very good, but when we play our best ball we can handle them.
Don't forget Manu missed major time last game, or does that only apply to the other team? Good win coming out of the AS break, and we reminded HOU what time it is. McGrady freaked out for a few seconds last time. Other than that, we've owned them for the better part of 8-9 years.Don't forget that they played us on a back to back without a very key player - their starting point guard.
With the usual health disclaimers, no team in the West will win a 7 game series vs. SA. No one.
What on earth does the last game have to do with the one played tonight? Lets stay in the present hmm?
Another team we can not beat in a 7 game series by the end of the season we won't be able to beat any team in a 7 game series,what a loser no faith in the SPURS. I take the SPURS against any team in a 7 game series.
once again wbmo shows his ignorance on bb. Spurs beat Houston without help from Beno or Horry. Go back to smokin weed walton after all its best of what you do
Sura or no Sura I do not think Houston wins this one.
The point was that the Spurs win should not be minimized cause Sura is out, while Houston is looked upon as Spur killers for winning the last meeting, where Manu a key player was out in the 2nd half. Not to mention a Tmac miracle.
This is just speculation.
Saying the win is minimized is misplaced. It was a good win in that the Spurs executed well when it mattered.The point was that the Spurs win should not be minimized cause Sura is out, while Houston is looked upon as Spur killers for winning the last meeting, where Manu a key player was out in the 2nd half. Not to mention a Tmac miracle.
However, they let Houston hang around way too long and you cannot discount that a team without it's starting pg, the guy who is the coach on the court and initiates the offense, is a significant disadvantage. I don't like our chances in Houston on a back to back with Beno or Barry running the point for 48 minutes.
Parker is way more valuable to the Spurs then Sura is to the Rockets.
Speculation on my end is the same on your end.
As long as Pop turns Tony loose for at least one quarter against Houston, we have nothing to worry about gainst them.
As long as Parker is being covered by 40 year-olds and rookies, we have nothing to worry about.
Wasn't Barrett the same guy who did SOLID vs TP in the Miracle McGrady game?
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