Game 15 - Houston Rockets at Miami Heat, Monday 6:30PM CST

by UofTOrange on Nov 24, 2008 4:09 PM CST in Game Previews

This is going to be short and sweet. The Rockets take on the Miami Heat tonight. At 7-6, they aren't really surprising as that's about the type of record they'll have at the end of the year. They're 5-2 at home and 2-4 on the road, I expect that trend to continue the rest of the year.

The Rockets finally played a complete game on Saturday night. They would have won by more if they had continued to feed the ball down to Yao. And tonight they should be able to beat the Heat.

My prediciton: The Rockets should win

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The matchups

Look pretty good. Would have liked to have read your take on them, but I did notice that you aren’t going to do that for a while. C’mon….give your take!!

by wescox10 on Nov 24, 2008 4:18 PM CST reply actions

Matchups

I will do them for pretty much every game. Today just caught me off guard with a big project at work. I will do my best to never let that happen again.

They’ll be up for Wednesday’s game. In fact, I’ll be attending the game as well

by UofTOrange on Nov 24, 2008 7:55 PM CST up reply actions

No worries with the matchups

I know how it is. I’ll actually be flying into Houston on Wed. afternoon and can’t wait. Can’t catch the game but at least I’ll have local tv.

by wescox10 on Nov 25, 2008 9:54 AM CST up reply actions

Tickets are half price!! Everyone should go!

by UofTOrange on Nov 25, 2008 10:26 AM CST up reply actions

I would go, too, but....

I’d definitely be at the game, except I have to be at work all weekend getting ready for trial. So, uh, yeah – no free time to watch the Rockets. Until mid-December.

by grungedave on Nov 26, 2008 9:20 AM CST up reply actions

It would figure you're a lawyer

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Nov 26, 2008 9:31 AM CST up reply actions

His douchbag-ness give it away?

by UofTOrange on Nov 27, 2008 12:19 AM CST up reply actions

56-48 at the half

10 turnovers are keeping Miami in the game.

by Cornholio on Nov 24, 2008 7:47 PM CST reply actions

Dominating

Yao is dominating!

by Daniel C on Nov 24, 2008 8:09 PM CST reply actions

I love this

Yao looks healthy and Miami has no one even near big enough to stop him.

by grungedave on Nov 24, 2008 8:12 PM CST reply actions

Rafer

can this man go one week without getting T’d up???

by Daniel C on Nov 24, 2008 8:23 PM CST reply actions

I think Rafer is tied for third in the NBA in techs this season after that T.

by Jeffrey on Nov 24, 2008 8:36 PM CST up reply actions

seriously

Someone needs to tell Rafer he’s not good enough to get T’d up.

by grungedave on Nov 24, 2008 9:01 PM CST up reply actions

ROFL

From the Sun-Sentinel:

How volatile is the Rockets’ roster? At one point in the first quarter, Ron Artest was trying to talk sense into Rafer Alston.

by Jeffrey on Nov 24, 2008 9:07 PM CST up reply actions

delusional

I seriously think Rafer believes he’s that good… first he survives his DUI trial, then the Rockets keep him for a 4th season (against my wishes)… and lately he’s been making completely atypical “clutch” 4th Q shots. So, he goes and gets T’d up with regularity and makes Ron Artest look like the sensible one. Wow.

by grungedave on Nov 24, 2008 9:09 PM CST up reply actions

Turnovers

Our point guards account for half the team’s turnovers. Sheesh.

by Jeffrey on Nov 24, 2008 8:43 PM CST reply actions

This Dwyane Wade character is pretty good.

by Jeffrey on Nov 24, 2008 8:54 PM CST reply actions

alas, his kryptonite

Dwyane Wade is powerless when facing referees who don’t call ticky-tack fouls.

by grungedave on Nov 24, 2008 9:02 PM CST up reply actions

off topic, but

I f—king hate Lance Moore. He just killed my FFL team.

by grungedave on Nov 24, 2008 9:10 PM CST reply actions

What Dave didn't mention

Is that he was playing me again. And as is typical, being my beatch

by UofTOrange on Nov 24, 2008 9:39 PM CST up reply actions

careful

I still beat your “I forgot to bench Brandon Jacobs even though David told me he wasn’t playing” ass by all of 0.04 points in another league.

by grungedave on Nov 24, 2008 10:08 PM CST up reply actions

Do we want to discuss my record against you in 3 leagues this year?

Because we can

by UofTOrange on Nov 25, 2008 8:32 AM CST up reply actions

whatever...

you haven’t won anything important yet. Playoffs start NEXT week.

by grungedave on Nov 25, 2008 9:28 AM CST up reply actions

Yeah, I lost by 2pts in my FFL thanks to Lance Freaking Moore.

by Xiane on Nov 25, 2008 1:15 AM CST reply actions

I thought about making a fanpost about this

But alas, a comment will suffice. I find what Hollinger said interesting last night in the Daily Dime with this final comment on the Rox win in Miami:

In the meantime, this was exactly why they picked up Artest — he enables Houston to survive the grind that takes such a toll on Yao and T-Mac. With 15 games gone, Artest still on his best behavior and a quarter of the Rockets’ road games out of the way, they have to like where they stand after a bumpy first four weeks.

I always railed against Artest with the Kings because they A didn’t have any shot blockers for him to work on the perimeter with, and B his offensive contributions didn’t make much difference when he was simply taking shots away from Kevin Martin. I think the Rockets made a great decision picking up Ron, but the cursory point that the Rockets need to stay healthy is still there.

That being said, one way I think to keep everybody healthy is play the bench a bit more, and use Ron in the stressful situations to keep the team afloat playing difficult schedules like the past 4 weeks. (Trust me I understand. The Kings didn’t play as tough a sched as the Rox, but lord, at 5-11, I’m still impressed with the job Reggie Theus has done.) Likewise, I wonder if Adelman will ever run into contention with a Coach of the Year award. If there’s anybody due, it would be Rick.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Nov 25, 2008 6:57 AM CST reply actions

Oui bad comment on Artest

I meant to say “he didn’t have shotblockers to funnel inside while he was on the perimeter.”

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Nov 25, 2008 6:58 AM CST up reply actions