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Game 19 - Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday 7:30PM CST

 

 

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The Match-ups:

Alston vs. Davis: Davis hasn't been everything the Clips thought they were getting completely.  Most of that is because Mike Dunleavy has absolutely no idea how to use him.  He's a run and gun player that is made to massage the ball in the Clippers offense.  As a Davis fan, it's absolutely infuriating.  It's part of the reason I didn't want him here under Van Gundy, it just isn't the right fit for him.  Rafer Alston is the 39th point guard statistically in Hollinger's PER.  Now I do not believe in any way that this is the perfect statistic, it does come really close for the PG position. 
Edge: Clippers: It's not close

Head/Battier vs. Gordon: I'm not sure why Gordon didn't start from day 1 for the Clippers.  They don't exactly have a better choice at SG.  He's played reasonably well this season with some great games, and some clunkersas well,  built in.  Game 3 of the Luther Head experiment happens tonight.  With Shane Battier back, it's likely that he doesn't see anywhere near the minutes he did in the last two games.  I'm hoping Von Wafer gets a few more shots at the court.  And if not, I'm hoping "Home Luther" comes to the game. 
Edge: Even:  Shane will play enough here to even this out

Artest vs. Thornton: Thornton is a better player than I thought he would be at this point in his career.  I always thought he would be good, just not quite this good.  He still lacks a bit on the rebounding side of the game and I'm  very afraid that he is going to pick up on Marcus Camby's defensive habit of gambling everytime down the court, but here's hoping Camby becomes a Rocket soon and it's not a problem for him.  (It's not going to happen, but one can dream!)   That type of play works for Camby, but it's really hard to get away with and very few can do it. 
Edge: Even: I would have given this to Ron Ron, but let's be honest with ourselves, he hasn't played very well overall this year.

Luis Landry vs. Randolph: I'm not convinced that Zach Randolph the good player is completely back.  He has put up some really nice numbers this year, but he's a jack ass of epic proportions and from everything I've ever read or seen, he's not exactly a good guy when things aren't going well for him.  Right now it's all new though, so maybe he'll turn it around.  His game can mesh
Edge: Clippers:  Randolph can not keep up with either of these guys on the defensive end but unless the minutes are doled out where they actually try to guard him, we'll be seeing a lot of Chuck Hayes.

Yao vs. Camby: Camby is very overrated as a defensive player.  That's not to say he's not fantastic on the defensive end.  He just has never at any time been one of the best 3-5 defensive players in the league.  That said, he'd be the best possible addition to the Rockets in the entire league.  At least in the realm of reasonableness.  Yao has steadily moved up the charts statistically.  The Clips will surely front him tonight, I'm interested to see if the team got off their butts and worked on how to play that time of defense. 
Edge: Rockets: It hurts that I have no reason to post the Yao/Kaman clip again

 

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Yao scores easily

Let’s see how quickly they forget about him this game

by UofTOrange on Dec 3, 2008 7:44 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

The Clips are tired...

Their starters played about 40 min each last night

by Carlos_HoustonSportsFanatic on Dec 3, 2008 7:56 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

There is no reason for the game to be this close

by UofTOrange on Dec 3, 2008 8:06 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Interesting Baron Davis is out

If we lose this game, I don’t know what to say

by UofTOrange on Dec 3, 2008 8:31 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

He’s been all over the place. Sadly they STILL aren’t feeding him enough

by UofTOrange on Dec 3, 2008 8:52 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

someeone...

Someone please tell Luther Head he can’t shoot. And to pass it to Aaron. Or anyone else. Except Chuck.

by grungedave on Dec 3, 2008 8:45 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

A lot

But he’s also been fouled without a call more often than not on those

by UofTOrange on Dec 3, 2008 9:06 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

So...

The Clippers have a 30 point quarter, the edge on offensive rebounds and 1 less turnover… the recipe for an upset

by Carlos_HoustonSportsFanatic on Dec 3, 2008 9:27 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Offensive rebounds

Just am I’m about to complain about the offensive rebounding disparity, we grab four of our own misses in a row. Not that anyone scored at all in those possessions.

by Jeffrey on Dec 3, 2008 9:37 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

this game was ripe for our taking

but like many others this season, it slipped through our hands…poor shot selection by BD to start the 4th…we can only hope for a .500 road trip now…Alston killed us!

"Duck, Crab. Crab, Duck"
Roger Sterling - Mad Men

by Lawler's Law on Dec 3, 2008 10:01 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Gack!

I’ll take the win, I’ll take any win. I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but…

CAN ANYONE BESIDES YAO AND LANDRY SHOOT A DECENT FREAKING PERCENTAGE? ANYONE!!?!!

That is all.

by Xiane on Dec 3, 2008 10:02 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Artest continues to struggle...

He shot 30% today and below that in the past three games… At least tonight he shot 50% from 3-pt

Rafer saved us tonight but this is not going to be enough for the next game vs the warriors

by Carlos_HoustonSportsFanatic on Dec 3, 2008 10:18 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Chron and the T-Mac injury/salary ticker

I just came across that T-Mac salary ticker on the home page of chron. I got completely pissed!

I know T-Mac cries like a baby every time he is injured .. but the ticker is an insult! T-Mac is not really that bad man. I mean. he tries hard in the playoffs..

Did u guys see that?

by the_hustler on Dec 4, 2008 8:29 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

I was pissed, too. That was pretty uncalled for.

by Jeffrey on Dec 4, 2008 2:57 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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