It seems like half of the Rockets’ fanbase bitches about T-Mac’s “softness” and “lack of heart,” while the other half complains that he tries to play through pain too much. I think the first half doesn’t know what it’s talking about, but it’s a rather odd split amongst the fans.

show those crazy mormons who’s boss

apocalypse alert

WTF sloan?

Is nice so far.

Brooks rebounds pretty effectively

call fouls, damn you

goddamit

There is absolutely no reason the Rockets shouldn’t be blowing this team out of the arena

;liasdgf

rage

aaaaaaahhhhhhhh

Why is every coach so enamored with Rafer Alston???

let’s get some good possessions. Why can’t we pass or defend all of a sudden?

how much contact is allowed?

Get Aaron Brooks into the game!!

what the fuck? Yao got fucking hit in the face, and you call him for a foul. Christ.

it will be for two reasons:

1) Complete breakdown on defense

2) Ridiculous officiating

give em hell, Rick

thank you, Crazy Pills, for showing up tonight

stop this “illegal defense” shit

Tired of OTs?

if the late-4th period fouling when you don’t have a chance is the “5th quarter,” what is this? The 8th?

lol

but also a great one. Ron Artest is awesome. I can’t believe Yao went for that long. This team rocks.

of going on another rant on how Rick Adelman cost us another game, but he FINALLY figured out that Ronnie Brewer, a long with everyone else on Utah could not stop Ron Artest on the low block.

By the time Rick realized Yao was too exhausted to convert point blank shots (with the help [or lack of] from the refs), it was DOUBLE F’N OVERTIME! Thankfully Rafer bailed us out a bit with a three to send it to 2 OT, where Artest took off.

We severely missed McGrady’s playmaking skills in the 4th quarter when we lost our lead. We did a great job hitting our threes, but once our offense became nothing but pound it down low to Yao, our offense came to a stand still. After all that, I’m just glad we won.

I wouldn’t be surprised if we win our next 5 games going into the Celtics game.

In retrospect, was it necessary for Artest to be unavailable for the Hornets game? He looked suspiciously healthy tonight. As in 100% healthy. I know adrenaline has a lot to do with the perception, but I didn’t even see him limp a single time. Pretty bizarre event in a bizarre season.

was how pathetically horrible our defense was. Keep in mind the team we were playing along with their circumstances, the injuries and the schedule. We had Batter and Artest playing.

We let them score 96 points in regulation, and allowed a season high 35 assists. I miss JVG.

Rafer almost single-handedly ruined my Christmas gift.
Fuck you, Rafer. Are you some air-traffic controller in your night job (escoring Deron to the basket at the end of regulation)???

Rockets win though. That’s all that matters.

And I don’t care if Boozer, Millsap and Okur were playing – Artest still would have made sure the Rockets won this game.