Comments on: Preview & Chat: The Houston Rockets

By: Kenny

Kenny — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:55:44 +0000

Why did PJ limit Gasol’s minutes? He was doing GREAT, at least, offensively (and he made a few GREAT defensive plays towards the end, even though TD scored). COnsidering how great he played, why did Phil keep benching him?

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:10:44 +0000

Interesting about that 180 stat – care to guess the only Laker above that line this year?

Pau – due to his 50% (1-2) shooting from 3 pt land – is at 185. The next closest Lakers are Fish at 173.3 and Kobe at 170.6

By: lakergirl

lakergirl — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:05:12 +0000

Houston played with heart. They couldnt miss in the first quarter including that oop to 5’9” Brooks. At every timeout Kurt Rambis was in the hurdle demostrating to the players what they needed to do, he was very animated. With about 2mins left in the 4th Phil Jackson was standing and actually coaching. Yelling out defensive rotations i assume.

Gasol on Yao was painful for about 3 possesions till Phil decided to send a quick double team.

Lastly we need to know what the score is at the end of games to know not to give up a 3. I know Shanes 3 last night was a lucky bounce but we need to work on that.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:05:25 +0000

Clyde might not be too far off on Sabonis. David Robinson after the olympics said that Sabonis was the best player he has ever gone against. Before he had all the knee injuries and came to the NBA he could run the fast break himself, pull up and nail a 3. He was a legit 7’3”, athletic, could shoot, an amazing passer and had a good post game. I always kind of wished that we got to see him in the NBA in his prime.

By: cinz

cinz — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:55:37 +0000

lamar played some good defense especially when everyone else wasn’t. he made sure a few times to stop penetration or easy layups. good to have him back, we needed him tonight.

and now here’s hoping that the machine will be back soon, sasha is needed when our offense goes stagnant.

By: Joe X

Joe X — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:03:56 +0000

Funny, I was thinking a little Ho Grant / little Worm in JP tonite, but seriously, dude is coming on! What about Kobe’s finish? I’m seeing more and more (and more) MJ in his game. Pure will to win. He’ll be the best ever, bet! Peace.

By: Joel R

Joel R — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:02:37 +0000

In other news, Orlando set an NBA record tonight by hitting 23 three-pointers. They also scored 139 points in regulation a put a serious beat-down on the Kings. Hope they cool off between now and Friday.

By: Joel R

Joel R — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:51:02 +0000

Just an awesome road win against a tough Rockets team. Gotta tip your cap to Houston for playing so well despite being short-handed (although Von Wafer and Landry both had better games tonight than T-Mac and Ron Ron have had in a while, so maybe it wasn’t such a disadvantage for them).

I don’t have any harsh words for Bynum or for the Lakers defense; Drew had his hands full with Yao all night (hence his pedestrian individual numbers), and the Rockets were simply on fire from outside, so I credit their high field goal percentage to that and not necessarily to a poor effort on our part.

Kobe really shouldn’t be able to surprise me at this point, but hitting that three with Battier in his face still took my breath away.

How about Yao taking that two-pointer when Houston needed a three? That’s a boneheaded play from your franchise player.

Oh, and I thought Drexler was a pretty lousy commentator. At one point the play-by-play guy asked The Glide who might potentially challenge the Lakers for supremacy in the West, and he literally named every single team that’s currently over .500 with the exception of the Mavs. Way to narrow it down there, Clyde.

By: P. Ami

P. Ami — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:26:09 +0000

Does anyone else see a little Horace Grant in Powell?

By: The Dude Abides

The Dude Abides — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:03:38 +0000

Lamar’s interview is on NBA channel right now.