GameThread for Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors, Oct 28, 2009 9:30 PM CDT
by UofTOrange on Oct 28, 2009 7:47 PM CDT
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Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors, Oct 28, 2009 9:30 PM CDT
Let's go get that first win!
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Rockets rocking the boat...huh??
Apparently the Rockets had to take a boat across the bay to get to the game tonight. A cable on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge snapped yesterday forcing the Rox to take either a longer, earlier bus or a ferry with the general public. They chose ferry.
Check it out here: http://www.nba.com/2009/news/10/28/rockets.ferry.ap/index.html
by TexasHoosier on Oct 28, 2009 8:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
SA just crushing NO. They could name the score at this point.
If the Red Nation apparatchiks start talking about a Five Year Plan, I'm out of here.
by Xiane on Oct 28, 2009 8:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
wow,
no shit.
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by Only_A_Lad on Oct 28, 2009 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
detroit's destroying memphis, too
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by Only_A_Lad on Oct 28, 2009 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and Boston blew out Charlotte by 33 points. damn.
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by Only_A_Lad on Oct 28, 2009 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They were up 40 earlier
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
by ak2themax on Oct 28, 2009 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
To watch the game
NBA.com is letting fans preview NBA League Pass broadband online for free until 11/3. Just sign up to become a member, then launch the player.
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
by ak2themax on Oct 28, 2009 9:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
#1 thing I hate about League Pass:
inability to select which audio feed you want. There are very few non-homer broadcasters out there, and if I have to listen to a homer, at least let it be Bill and Clyde.
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by Only_A_Lad on Oct 28, 2009 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
True
but for a fan in Lubbock, TX where you don’t get the game, any video is good video. You can mute the audio.
And I know we want to stop putting up 3rd-party streams, so I thought I would pass the info on to anyone else who wants to watch, since it doesn’t get more legit than NBA’s own site.
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
by ak2themax on Oct 28, 2009 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what?
People actually live in Lubbock, TX? Like… voluntarily? Really??
by grungedave on Oct 28, 2009 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what I did freshman year of college
was stream the chinese broadcast, mute it, and sync the radio broadcast using realplayer or whatever.
I still do the audio thing when we play the Jazz.
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by Only_A_Lad on Oct 28, 2009 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loved Gene and Jim
The new guys, not so much.
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
by ak2themax on Oct 28, 2009 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not really
Got accepted to Tech’s medical school out of high school: no MCAT, no interview, no application fee.
The catch: go to Tech for undergraduate degree.
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
by ak2themax on Oct 28, 2009 9:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
GSW announcers:
“There’s Ariza, he shot a lot of threes for the Lakers, but most of those were wide open.”
(Ariza shoots wide open three)
“Bit different in a Rocket uniform”
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by Only_A_Lad on Oct 28, 2009 9:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Another good quote:
“Andersen the European. He’s from Australia but played extensively overseas.”
Where to begin….Is Australia somehow Europe but also not overseas?
by Moondebah on Oct 28, 2009 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everywhere not America is Europe!!!
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by Prevenge on Oct 28, 2009 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Battier!!!
For 3! that was a nice arch there
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Oct 28, 2009 9:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
wierd dribbling by scola there
by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Oct 28, 2009 9:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
as opposed to...
his normally killer handles?
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
by ak2themax on Oct 28, 2009 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hayes is dribbling a lot tonight
kinda weird to see.
"Horton is win." -Horvil Tiki 4/13/2009
Jedi McD is my hero.
by jack_ on Oct 28, 2009 9:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
pretty choppy so far
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
by ak2themax on Oct 28, 2009 10:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ariza's on fire from behind the arc
and I’m liking the two-pg lineup. It was good last year, good this year, too.
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by Only_A_Lad on Oct 28, 2009 10:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah, a poor call
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by Only_A_Lad on Oct 28, 2009 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Get it right, guys.
BAAAAHHHHHHH. Buh-DING-GRRRRRRRRRRRRR
by Moondebah on Oct 28, 2009 10:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
david andersen
is looking really good. his post play is starting to shore up already. then again, the warriors d isn’t exactly something to shout, or even whisper, about.
Wafer . . . again. (Marv Albert, HOU v. CLE Feb 2009)
-one of the FEW at Toyota Center who has the Wafer jersey
by olivarezq1 on Oct 28, 2009 10:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
"Who do they have guarding Morrow? Battier"
“And who does Battier guard? Guys like Kobe, Lebron James…”
“…Stephen Jackson.”
(One of these things is not like the other)
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by Only_A_Lad on Oct 28, 2009 10:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
lullllllzzz
^^
Wafer . . . again. (Marv Albert, HOU v. CLE Feb 2009)
-one of the FEW at Toyota Center who has the Wafer jersey
by olivarezq1 on Oct 28, 2009 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ariza is balling.
Nice to see, even though the rest of the team … what’s up with Landry?
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by Prevenge on Oct 28, 2009 10:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Like an old married couple.
“you with the point fours, knock that off.
by Moondebah on Oct 28, 2009 10:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
nice to know
i’m not the only one watching the jacked stream.
Wafer . . . again. (Marv Albert, HOU v. CLE Feb 2009)
-one of the FEW at Toyota Center who has the Wafer jersey
by olivarezq1 on Oct 28, 2009 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you watching via the free league pass broadband preview? It’s my first time using it, and the first part of the game was really choppy but it seems to be ok now. I don’t know if it’s my connection or the NBA’s.
by Moondebah on Oct 28, 2009 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
Curry completely airballs it. Embarrassing.
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by Only_A_Lad on Oct 28, 2009 10:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What's up with his shot?
Man.
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by Prevenge on Oct 28, 2009 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Trey in freemont asks:
“How important is it for the Warriors to get off to a good start this season?”
Well, gee, how important is it to win games, dumbfuck?
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by Only_A_Lad on Oct 28, 2009 10:42 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
"the one weakness for the lakers was quickness at the pg spot"
“and he can pass as chris rock wherever he goes. . .”
Wafer . . . again. (Marv Albert, HOU v. CLE Feb 2009)
-one of the FEW at Toyota Center who has the Wafer jersey
by olivarezq1 on Oct 28, 2009 10:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Aaron Brooks story
I’m the only Rockets fan in my area (North Carolina) so I always try to convince my friends to go out to a bar when the game is on so I can de-facto watch the game with people, even if they are just drinking and don’t follow the team at all.
Anyway, the first time I did that and Aaron Brooks came on screen, my friend goes “I know that guy.” They both went to Oregon and evidently played poker together. He didn’t even know Brooks was drafted.
by Moondebah on Oct 28, 2009 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what?
Brooks plays poker? He might be my new favorite healthy Rocket not named “Scola” if that’s true.
by grungedave on Oct 28, 2009 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So what my friend said was that they had a poker group and Brooks showed up occasionally. I asked if he was any good and he said “he wasn’t bad but he threw money around because he knew he was getting paid.”
by Moondebah on Oct 28, 2009 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
on ESPN
Hubie Brown just called Carlos Boozer a “high character person”
I blame short-term memory loss.
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
by ak2themax on Oct 28, 2009 10:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Watching Hubie Brown so far this year
I suspect his problems may be largely phamaceutical.
by Bronn on Oct 28, 2009 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Warriors announcers don't know what to call a 'point guard'
They’re so enamored with curry’s ability to pass, unlike the rest of their team.
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by Prevenge on Oct 28, 2009 10:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
cut them some slack
the last time they saw anything of value was in the Rick Barry era.
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by Only_A_Lad on Oct 28, 2009 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
why can't the rockets
stay strong for more than 2 minutes or so???
and is it just me, or is that ‘constant player movement’ that is supposed to happen when the stars like mcgrady and yao aren’t around non-existent? happened a lot last night too, not a whole lot of screens, mostly guys standing around watching the one with the ball try and fail.
Wafer . . . again. (Marv Albert, HOU v. CLE Feb 2009)
-one of the FEW at Toyota Center who has the Wafer jersey
by olivarezq1 on Oct 28, 2009 10:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Killer
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
by ak2themax on Oct 28, 2009 10:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
please please please
Can we buy a defensive rebound tonight? Anyone?
I do like the up-tempo, and once Andersen figures out that forearm shivers and hip checks aren’t allowed in this league – he’s going to be fine.
by grungedave on Oct 28, 2009 11:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Boxscore watching here. Looks like Scola’s coming alive, to use an old cliche.
by Jeffrey on Oct 28, 2009 11:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Scola has 13 points in the third
That’s a lot.
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by Prevenge on Oct 28, 2009 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could be an announcer!!!
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by Prevenge on Oct 28, 2009 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If
we had SOME rebounding tonight, we’d be up by 15
by RocketsAstros on Oct 28, 2009 11:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What?
What member of the Rockets bounced Steph Curry on their knee? Scola? Cook?
by Moondebah on Oct 28, 2009 11:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Now
If only Landry could get going
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
by ak2themax on Oct 28, 2009 11:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That was the strangest post move I've ever seen
Chuck Hayes is a scoring beast! ???
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by Prevenge on Oct 28, 2009 11:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Chuck is on fire
Chase scores too!
by RocketsAstros on Oct 28, 2009 11:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hayes has looked surprisingly competent offensively this year
"Horton is win." -Horvil Tiki 4/13/2009
Jedi McD is my hero.
by jack_ on Oct 28, 2009 11:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah, I'm impressed
he’s been doing a lot more than even I expected of him.
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by Only_A_Lad on Oct 28, 2009 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's going to have to
If teams are going to rotate off him when ABZ/Lowry/Ariza drive, he has to make layups. Has to.
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
by ak2themax on Oct 28, 2009 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it looks like he’s done a lot of work this offseason
"Horton is win." -Horvil Tiki 4/13/2009
Jedi McD is my hero.
by jack_ on Oct 28, 2009 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This Warriors team is so sad
Isolation, miss shot. Rinse, repeat.
Man, they really needed Curry. lol. Too bad they’re not playing him. :P
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by Prevenge on Oct 28, 2009 11:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Shrinks to 6
in the last 30 seconds of the quarter…
by RocketsAstros on Oct 28, 2009 11:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's still not as bad as the end of the 2nd quarter
in the last 1:45, we let a 2 point lead turn into a 10 point deficit
"Horton is win." -Horvil Tiki 4/13/2009
Jedi McD is my hero.
by jack_ on Oct 28, 2009 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Luis Scola: 21 pts, 10 rebounds
Welcome back, amigo
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by Only_A_Lad on Oct 28, 2009 11:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
19 of those in the 3rd quarter
Brooks is having a tremendous game as well:
19 points and 9 assists
"Horton is win." -Horvil Tiki 4/13/2009
Jedi McD is my hero.
by jack_ on Oct 28, 2009 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maggette just got punked
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by Prevenge on Oct 28, 2009 11:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Chuck Hayes
is our best player right now
"Horton is win." -Horvil Tiki 4/13/2009
Jedi McD is my hero.
by jack_ on Oct 28, 2009 11:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey!
Chase takes offense to that!
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
by ak2themax on Oct 28, 2009 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it wasn’t a knock on any of our other players. Hayes is just a beast.
"Horton is win." -Horvil Tiki 4/13/2009
Jedi McD is my hero.
by jack_ on Oct 28, 2009 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
In a span of 62 seconds, Chuck Hayes picks up defensive board, a block, an assist, and a steal.
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
by ak2themax on Oct 28, 2009 11:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Budinger has hit 50 million threes.
Or at least, well, four.
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by Prevenge on Oct 28, 2009 11:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The truth is usually somewhere in the middle
So 25,000,002 three-pointers, to be exact.
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
by ak2themax on Oct 28, 2009 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I counted wrong, three
So I think 25,000,001.5 is more accurate.
How does Chase make half a three-pointer? He’s JUST THAT GOOD.
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by Prevenge on Oct 28, 2009 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good timeout
The offense is ok, but the defense needs a break
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
by ak2themax on Oct 28, 2009 11:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
when we're sloppy with the ball, our defense looks much worse than it really is
"Horton is win." -Horvil Tiki 4/13/2009
Jedi McD is my hero.
by jack_ on Oct 28, 2009 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two fantastic plays
by Budinger and Ariza respectively
by RocketsAstros on Oct 28, 2009 11:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'll never mind the refs giving Turiaf freethrows
and that was a very timely 3 by Ariza
"Horton is win." -Horvil Tiki 4/13/2009
Jedi McD is my hero.
by jack_ on Oct 28, 2009 11:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Against the Warriors
you get a lot of open threes :)
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by Prevenge on Oct 28, 2009 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was wrong: apparently Turiaf was a 79% free throw shooter last year. Whoa.
"Horton is win." -Horvil Tiki 4/13/2009
Jedi McD is my hero.
by jack_ on Oct 28, 2009 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Watch Budinger off the ball on offense.
I don’t know if it is his catch-and-shoot mentality or what, but he’s running a clinic on the motion offense. He’ll camp in a spot for a two-count, and if he doesn’t get the ball he’s out of there. Compare that to Artest or even Scola or Ariza, who hang around and demand the ball a little longer and bog things down.
by Moondebah on Oct 28, 2009 11:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Good observation
He is really impressive tonight.
by RocketsAstros on Oct 28, 2009 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jinxed him
Missed 2 good looks
by RocketsAstros on Oct 28, 2009 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Morey said he was the real deal. I’ve been impressed.
"Horton is win." -Horvil Tiki 4/13/2009
Jedi McD is my hero.
by jack_ on Oct 28, 2009 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, the charge calls have NOT gone our way tonight
"Horton is win." -Horvil Tiki 4/13/2009
Jedi McD is my hero.
by jack_ on Oct 28, 2009 11:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
3 point game
I knew it was going to be a nail-biter at the end
by RocketsAstros on Oct 28, 2009 11:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Let me call this
Jackson misses a random, Zack Randolph-esque 3
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by Prevenge on Oct 28, 2009 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whoa, I hated those stupid announcers until I saw that moustache. Well played, sir.
by Moondebah on Oct 28, 2009 11:59 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
bullshit
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by Only_A_Lad on Oct 28, 2009 11:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
pretty much
"Horton is win." -Horvil Tiki 4/13/2009
Jedi McD is my hero.
by jack_ on Oct 29, 2009 12:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It shouldn't have come this far
Scola’s two missed FTs made this a close game
by RocketsAstros on Oct 29, 2009 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and then Ariza got the rebound and immediately turned it over
"Horton is win." -Horvil Tiki 4/13/2009
Jedi McD is my hero.
by jack_ on Oct 29, 2009 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll take it
A win is a win is a win
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
by ak2themax on Oct 29, 2009 12:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
ROX WIN
good times, barely
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by Only_A_Lad on Oct 29, 2009 12:01 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Denver up 15 on Utah
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by Only_A_Lad on Oct 29, 2009 12:02 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Clippers-Suns game tied!
That’s what I’m watching now … 11 seconds left, Rasual Butler hit a really strange-looking 3.
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by Prevenge on Oct 29, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whew, that was closer than it needed to be.
But for those saying Curry’s shot looked bad? Not in the 4th – his shot is even smoother than Ellis’. GS is such a weird team, if they just played with the slightest discipline they’d be a force. But they don’t, so we win on their home court, again.
I’m very happy to see the return of Rockets offense, and have to say, Chase Budinger looks good. And he’s not short, is he? That’s helpful.
If the Red Nation apparatchiks start talking about a Five Year Plan, I'm out of here.
by Xiane on Oct 29, 2009 12:16 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Always good to get off the snide
Good all around team effort. Double-double’s by ABZ and Scola plus 25 from Ariza is a pretty good recipe for a win. Landry came up huge in the 4th after struggling the first 7 quarters of the season. 14 steals! 30 assists! Thats how we are going to have to win this season.
I love Budinger’s shooting stroke.
1-1
by TexasHoosier on Oct 29, 2009 12:34 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Didn't get to see the game last night
But watched it this morning. It is a win, and happened similar to how I thought it would. This team has no closer, and it will be a struggle every game.
Ariza looked good, but that break away he had on the steal where he was staring at the ball as he dribbled and it was a complete epic fail. He is a terrible ball handler, but he does try very hard.
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by UofTOrange on Oct 29, 2009 8:07 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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