Game 30 - Houston Rockets at New Orleans Hornets Friday December 26th 7:00PM CST

by UofTOrange on Dec 26, 2008 1:30 PM CST in Game Previews

Houston Rockets at New Orleans Hornets, Dec 26, 2008 7:00 PM CST

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The Match-ups:

It is still Christmas vacation for me, so I apologize but these will be short.

Point Guard
Alston - Not the best player in the league
vs.
Paul - The best player in the league
Edge: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA , Hornets

Shooting Guard
McGrady - Your #2 guard in the West (in All Star balloting)
vs.
Butler - I'm assuming Daniels plays a little 2 when he gets back from his injury.
Edge: Rockets

Small Forward
Battier - Shane's feet were sore after that tough 4 games in 5 nights span. Hopefully he got some rest over the last few days and can come back strong tonight.
vs.
Brown - They need Peja back, badly
Edge: Rockets

Power Forward
Scola - One of my favorite PFs in the league
vs.
West - My favorite PF in the league
Edge: Hornets

Center
Yao - The best center in the league
vs.
Chandler - The best alley-oop partner center in the league
Edge: Rockets

Key Reserve
Artest - Until the Rockets play the Spurs, Ron Ron gets the nod here against every other team in the league
vs.
Posey - Good player, wish he was still a Rocket, but I'd much rather have Artest
Edge: Rockets

Injuries
Houston Rockets
OUT - None

New Orleans Hornets
DTD - Peja Stojakovic and Marquis Daniels

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bullshit

Chris Paul still isn’t even 1/2 the player Rafer is! He said so himself!

by grungedave on Dec 26, 2008 1:41 PM CST reply actions

West

My favorite power forward in the league too. There is nothing sweeter than the mid-range jumper. Over. And over. And over.

by Tom Martin on Dec 26, 2008 2:39 PM CST reply actions

Good luck

Not that you’ll need it. My feeling is you guys are gonna smash us tonight. We start Devin Brown, we deserve to lose..

by Rohan on Dec 26, 2008 3:48 PM CST reply actions

No Artest...

…Will be a factor for us, but hopefully Tracy shows up. I think our reserves (Brooks, Landry) are going to come up big tonight. Landry should be quick enough to go out and guard West on those mid-range jumpers and force him to drive.

by Tom Martin on Dec 26, 2008 5:08 PM CST up reply actions

What the hell does Yao have to do to get a foul call?

I know that I probably bitch about this during every single game (for the past six years), but fucking hell.

by Only_A_Lad on Dec 26, 2008 7:19 PM CST reply actions

C'mon Scola

gorilla dunk that shit

by Only_A_Lad on Dec 26, 2008 7:21 PM CST reply actions

This is ugly

We can’t buy a basket. Or a foul. Like when Yao was mugged under the basket. With Chanlder’s arm around him. It was not affection.

by DisplacedTexan on Dec 26, 2008 7:22 PM CST reply actions

"Not enough sand in his pants..."

WTF?

by Only_A_Lad on Dec 26, 2008 7:25 PM CST reply actions

Femur discussion?

Interesting.

by DisplacedTexan on Dec 26, 2008 7:26 PM CST reply actions

"Luther Head could come up big"

sure, in a crazy mirror universe (yeah, I remember that ridiculous game a few weeks ago where he got like 30 points, so what?)

by Only_A_Lad on Dec 26, 2008 7:41 PM CST reply actions

That was a clean block

no contact

by Only_A_Lad on Dec 26, 2008 8:07 PM CST reply actions

How was that not a foul on West, but was on Scola?

by UofTOrange on Dec 26, 2008 8:27 PM CST reply actions

Worrel has talked trash about Tracy three times now tonight

I wonder if he knows something

by UofTOrange on Dec 26, 2008 8:30 PM CST reply actions

That T-Mac isn't 21 anymore?

Shit, we all know that.

by Only_A_Lad on Dec 26, 2008 8:54 PM CST up reply actions

You can put this loss squarely on Adelman

Seeing how T-Mac and Battier have been playing so sluggishly, why is Rick stubborn enough to ride out his starters in the 1st game of a back to back!?

Look at the +/- for today’s game.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2008122603&refresh=0

Our bench all had positive number except for Landry who was barely under 0. Even without Artest we were still arguably better than the Hornets’ bench but Adelman wouldn’t use it.

How the hell does Adelman let Rafer back into the game when he was shooting terribly, when AB wasn’t playing badly at all and threatened their defense every play because of his speed? Why is T-Mac playing so many minutes on a hobbled knee? And is Luther Head that much better than Von Wafer where Head gets to play 12 minutes and Wafer gets a big ole DNP-CD?

T-Mac is probably going to get killed on the forums, but Adelman put him in that position.

by goingforthecorner on Dec 26, 2008 9:38 PM CST reply actions