Rockets/Raptors - Luis Landry to the Rescue! (again)

by grungedave on Mar 3, 2009 9:53 PM CST in Random Commentary Comment 13 comments

Hey, Toronto...

that just happened.

Yes, Luis Landry pwn3d the Raptors tonight. Yao Ming was refereed out of the game (still put up 20 and 11), but it was the dynamic duo that led the Rockets to victory tonight.

42 points, 22 rebounds, and 2 gorilla dunks.
Yeah, they are comin' for you, Utah.

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From The Star:

Bosh and Barngani both had 25 points — they outplayed Houston’s Yao Ming (20 points) and Luis Scola (20 points) at both ends of the floor but there wasn’t another Raptor who really made a significant contribution.

Oh, for the love of -

JUST BECAUSE YOU SCORE SLIGHTLY MORE POINTS THAN THE OTHER GUY DOESN’T MEAN YOU’VE “OUTPLAYED” THEM. ARRGGHH!!

by Jeffrey on Mar 3, 2009 10:51 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

At no point in time have Bargnani or Bosh ever "outplayed" Yao Ming or Luis Scola on the defensive end

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by UofTOrange on Mar 4, 2009 7:10 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

hmmm

Yao was getting worked badly in the first quarter on the defensive end. Bosh and Bargnani are terrible matchups for him, and they took advantage. And on the offensive end, they were able to front and keep the ball out of his hands. Yao seemed to do a lot of his damage with Voskuhl playing behind him and off of offensive rebounds. If you look at the +/- from last night, Yao and Scola were both in the negative and Bargnani was +14. The zone they were playing in the second half was an effort to hide Yao defensively.

It was a nice tuneup for tonight since Yao will face the same matchup problems with Okur and Boozer as with Bosh and Bargnani.

by forshizzzle on Mar 4, 2009 12:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

dorsey

needs those gorilla dunks

by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Mar 3, 2009 11:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Telling

The Raptors were facing a much different Rocket team than the one Toronto easily handled at the Air Canada Centre in late January.

Tracy McGrady, disinterested to the point he bordered on a distraction that game, is out for the season after having knee surgery, and Rafer Alston has been dealt to Orlando to give second-year point guard Aaron Brooks the starting job.

And the Rockets have taken off, winning nine in row at home and seven of eight overall before Tuesday night.“This team got rid of a couple of guys who were a little bit individual in how they played and now I think they’re playing exceptionally well as a team right now,” Raptors coach Jay Triano said. “They’ve been one of the best defensive teams over the last six, seven games.”

by Daniel C on Mar 3, 2009 11:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs