Game 44 - Houston Rockets at Indiana Pacers Friday 6:00PM CST
by UofTOrange on Jan 23, 2009 1:04 PM CST
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The Match-ups:
Point Guard
Alston - See the Edge portion
vs.
Jack - A solid player, but not better than his backup right now.
Edge: I'm just going to preface this, before I write it. This is bad, very bad. It's never good when I do this: Rockets
Shooting Guard
Wafer - Why do you do this to me Rick? He's dominating the game, yet when we need some offense he's not in there. Please, can this be fixed, maybe by tonight?
vs.
Granger - The real deal. The player every team in the league wishes they had picked (other than Utah and New Orleans and yes, even the Lakers regret it).
Edge: Pacers
Small Forward
Battier - Why Shane, why? I applaud you for your defense and you have to go shove your poor shooting as of late in my face? You owe me, you better be 5-8 tonight!
vs.
Dunleavy - Not as good of a player as I thought he would be, and not nearly as bad as most think he is. He's solid, though vastly overpaid.
Edge: Rockets
Power Forward
Scola - Told you he'd play Millsap tough. Murphy is not a good matchup for him on defense, but Luis could put up 25 tonight on the offensive end.
vs.
Murphy - It's simple, if his three point shot is going in he'll score 24-27, if it's not then he'll score 9 against the Rockets
Edge: Rockets
Center
Yao - Dominating performances are coming from him night in and night out. He will not be stopped tonight. That is true again for this game, so I'm just going to leave it.
vs.
Foster - Can he stop Yao? Ummm, no
Edge: Rockets
Key Reserve
Landry - Continues to give the team the energy it needs off the bench. He's doing exactly what the Rockets want him to do
vs.
Ford - My favorite Longhorn of all time. He's battling back problems again, but he's still the guy I would trade for if it could ever happen.
Edge: Pacers
Injuries
Houston Rockets
OUT -McGrady
STILL NOT SURE - Artest
Indiana Pacers
OUT - None
My Prediction: Rockets win this one close late
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Really worried about the D today
They’re averaging 104 points a game, and we seem to be prone to giving up easy layups/dunks recently.
Can Battier contain Granger?
Will Yao actually make an attempt at guarding Murphy this time?
Will we choke in the 4th quarter like we did last time against them?
by goingforthecorner on Jan 23, 2009 3:54 PM CST reply actions
As good as Granger is
He can shoot himself out of games. And yes, hopefully we won’t give Troy Murphy wide open shots again.
"I think girls are probably just better shooters." - Steve Novak
brooks landry?
u put key reserve as brook at beginning, then u put landry at the bottom…
anyway, ford still wins, but HOU bench> INDY bench
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Jan 23, 2009 4:43 PM CST reply actions
We got this
Wafer is gonna go off tonight..I FEEL IT!!!!
And this game is gonna be extra intense cause I got 35 cents on it at http://www.centsports.com/?opcode=285692 hahaha!!!
by Hansborough on Jan 23, 2009 5:35 PM CST reply actions
Rockets need to slow down.
The game pace is a bit fast, which will soon wear Yao down. Seems like Rafer starts to suck again.
Sloppy, sloppy basketball
Halftime and we’re down 10. They’re gonna hear it from Adelman about their play in the first half, and they should. Horrible first half.
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by HuskersTexansRocketsStros on Jan 23, 2009 7:07 PM CST reply actions
Fuck
Yao out rest of the game. Just pray it’s not more. I’ll go ahead and take a loss considering who we’re without.
Starters haven’t played that bad. D wasn’t good but wasn’t terrible.
Our bench, starting with Aaron Brooks, has been a complete disaster. Just look at the +/-. TJ Ford was a +14, AB was a -12. Definitely not a coincidence there, as TJ was blowing by him at will.
It’s funny that for the longest time, many of the Rafer haters on ClutchFans were demanding that Rafer was going to lose his starting job to this wildly hot and cold midget.
Even when Yao was playing, Murphy was once again getting wide open shots. I don’t even know how you counter it.
by goingforthecorner on Jan 23, 2009 7:23 PM CST reply actions
Step up, Scola, Wafer and Landry
Even without the big three, we can still beat the crap of Pacers, because they are such a sucker team. BTW, where is Barry?
crowd
is it me, or is the indiana crowd horrible. they only make noise for fouls or bad calls. you can hear the rockets fans cheer more after a shot than the pacers fans
by Optical Delusion on Jan 23, 2009 7:48 PM CST reply actions
the fact that we pulled it close in the 4th and kept it competitive without yao is somewhat encouraging, especially with tmac n ron coming back for detroit sunday
by Optical Delusion on Jan 23, 2009 8:28 PM CST reply actions
Danny Granger is a complete player
I like that guy so much
Great game by the Rockets to keep themselves in it
Even though it's a close game,
I still feel it’s unacceptable to lose to a team like Pacers, because our players are so much better than the Pacers suckers who have a big L on their foreheads. Damn, I’m so upset.
AI sucks, and Detroit is sucking with AI. So let’s kick their asses on Sunday. Hopefully, all the big threes will come together, finally.
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