Game 64 Preview: Nets at Rockets-Winning Streak Part 4. Please!
by ak2themax on Mar 13, 2010 9:00 AM CST
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The obvious: we cannot lose this game. Why?
1) Playoffs
2) My friends will never let me hear the end of it.
Yes, I am saying that the Rockets need to take my pride into account for this game. I have followed the team since 1993. I have put in too much time and effort for them to lose to a team that is currently 7-57 with a game against the Thunder currently underway at the time of this writing. I don't want the Nets to become the worst team in history (1972-1973 Sixers hold the record at 9-73), but I don't want us to help them any, especially because they let the Mavericks rape and pillage them in the Jason Kidd. And yes, that trade will probably be in the Nets favor in a few years, but for now it pisses me off.
Point Guard
Harris really is a good player, and he wasn't going to improve much in Dallas. With new scenery, he's able to become more of the scoring point guard he was supposed to be. He's very similar to ABZ, but has better passing abilities. However, he's also shooting worse than 40% this season, so yeah...
AB played okay against the Wizards, and I'm hoping he took the three days off to rest as much as possible.
Edge: Rockets, but it's close
Shooting Guard
"The guy who missed that alley-oop to beat the Lakers in game 2" starts for the Nets. He's quick, has rounded out his game a little bit, and will improve as long as he keeps off the injured list.
Plus, he's dunked on LeBron twice.
Martin has turned into a one-trick pony with the Rockets. It's a trend that's been developing for a while now. Against the Wizards, he scored 21 points, but only had 3 rebounds. He also had 3 turnovers, 0 assists, and was 1-7 from the three-point line. He's still better than Lee, though.
Edge: Rockets
Small Forward
Shane Battier/Trevor Ariza vs. Trenton Hassell
Who? Exactly.
Edge: Rockets
Power Forward
Luis Scola vs. Josh Boone
Boone shouldn't be starting, but with Yi out they have to turn to him. He's averaging 4/5, and that's about what he'll give them. He also plays very poorly against the Rockets.
On the other hand, Scola=Beast.
Edge: Rockets
Center
Chuck Hayes vs. Brook Lopez
Lopez is the bright spot for the Nets this season. He's averaging 19/9/2/2, and has kept them in several games. Say what you want about these Nets, but they've been in several games until the final few minutes, and Lopez is a big reason why. Hayes will defend him well, but Lopez might be the second-best center in the East.
Edge: Nets
Bench
Nets: Kris Humphries, Terrence WIlliams, Keyon Dooling, Jarvis Hayes. Here's why the Nets suck. All of these players, with the exception of maybe T-Will, would play for the Rio Grande D-League team of the Rockets.
Rockets: Ariza or Battier may start, but either way, with the addition of Lowry and Ariza, the Rockets bench has become way better.
Edge: Rockets, easily
Out
Nets: Yi Jianlin (ankle)
Rockets: Andersen?
Prediction: Rockets win. They had better.
Also, I may not be posting a game preview for Monday's game against Denver. I will be on a road trip so I don't know if I'll have access to the Internet.
Finally, I want to send a shout out to Tony Battie, the only Red Raider in the NBA. Wreck 'Em Tech!
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i have a bad feeling about this game.
whenever i see the box scores for games, the nets only lose by maybe 8 or less. they don’t get blown out every game, they keep it close. hopefully it is not like that tonight.
Rockets>>>>>>Jazz
Texans>>>>>>>Titans
Super Mario>>>>>>>Vince Young
by Rockets 4 Life on Mar 13, 2010 11:53 AM CST reply actions
The Nets coming off a back-to-back + the Rockets coming off three days of rest + the return of our bench = MUST WIN
I’m not too worried about tonight’s game. I think the Rockets definitely realize this is a trap game, but after Boston’s rude awakening by the Nets, I don’t think the Rockets will fall into that trap. But we’ll have to see…
"What is a Laker anyway? A sub-aquatic Quaker? It doesn't make sense."
Iono about the point guard matchups
I would put Brooks and Harris as even. Devin’s poor shooting %s can be attributed to the fact that the Nets have only one other scoring option. In terms of pure talent he’s equal if not better than AB.
"Hip-Thrust!"
Brook Lopez as 2nd best center in the east?
Andrew Bogut, David Lee, Kendrick Perkins are all way better than Lopez. Sure, he’s good and still has upside, but a guy is going to have great #s when the overall team around him isn’t great, especially in the front court.
Wafer . . . again. (Marv Albert, HOU v. CLE Feb 2009)
-one of the FEW at Toyota Center who has the Wafer jersey
I wouldn't say Lee and Perkins are necessarily better, but I haven't seen enough of them.
Bogut, on the other hand, is leaps and bounds superior to Lopez, and as far as I’m concerned, he’s the second best healthy center in the league.
Minnesotan Rockets fan
Perkins certainly is
The problem is that he’s a Mutombo/Hayes-type: all defense. Mutombo had the block numbers to show it to everyone, though. Perkins has decent block numbers, but nothing really special. He’s great though.
Lee’s a little weirder. On most teams he’d be playing center. But right now, he’s probably better at it than Lopez.
If we don't win...
We definitely do not deserve to be a playoff team.
if you go by that thinking...
then neither does Boston-come to think of it, you might be on to something
"What is a Laker anyway? A sub-aquatic Quaker? It doesn't make sense."
by ressaliance_00 on Mar 13, 2010 7:21 PM CST up reply actions
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