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Re: Rockets down Kings, who’s next?

aloneconformist — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:15:32 -0000

Yes, it's definitely important to win them. Maybe I'm the one bit by the overconfidence bug but I thought winning was a foregone conclusion. -- R.H.

Re: Rockets down Kings, who’s next?

NYCBOBBY — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:48:01 -0000

What is with Barkley going against the Rockets? He has always dawged us even when TMAC was still playing. That the Rockets have to do this, they are missing that. He was put on the spot last night on TNT about who the Lakers were going to face in the conference finals. He chose the winner of the Denver/Utah first round matchup if they are to matchup based on the current standings. What doesn't he get that if the Rockets get 3rd seed, they can beat NO, then if they face Denver/Utah, we have shown that we can beat them too especially with homecourt. On some more encouraging news, NBA.com has listed Yao as the 3rd best defensive player in the league, when factoring in team defense. By no means does it mean he is the 3rd best individual defensive player in the league, but it just shows that with Yao hogging the lanes with pitbulls around him, he IS the eye of the storm.

Re: Rockets down Kings, who’s next?

NYCBOBBY — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:21:26 -0000

Good post Ren, but you forgot to mention that these two lackluster games against the lowly Kings and warriors are huge games for the Rockets nevertheless, despite the quality of our oponents. With Denver losing last night to the Lakers, the Rockets are now only 1.5 games out of the 2 spot and for the moment gained a slight advantage over the Spurs and Blazers for the 3rd spot. The last 3 remaining games INCLUDING the warriors tonight are gonna be huuuuge. I would love to grab that number 3 spot if not the 2nd. Not to mention that the Spurs play the Jazz tonight, the Blazers play the Lakers, and Denver has another game left with the Blazers next Wednesday. So there's a good chance we can pick up the 3rd spot if the Jazz and Lakers take care of business.

Re: Rockets down Kings, who’s next?

Luckyme — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:26:53 -0000

It was nice to see the Rockets took care of business and did not falter as they did sometimes against losing teams. They did it by improving their defense in the second half. Hope they will do the same thing tonight and do not look past the team they are facing now.