[Game 6] Houston Rockets (3-2) vs. LA Clippers (0-5)

[HTown_TMac]

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LA Clippers Projected Lineup



SF- Al Thorton
PF- Marcus Camby
C- Chris Kaman
SG- Cuttino Mobley
PG- Baron Davis

Houston Rockets Projected Lineup



SF- Ron Artest
PF- Luis Scola
C- Yao Ming
SG- Tracy McGrady
PG- Rafer Alston

Can we blow them out to avoid all possible buzzer beaters. And we all know B Diddy loves playing the Rockets.
Yao Ming needs to get his Mojo straight because he hurts us, even though that shot yesterday was good.

[ShaY]

We need this win because if we lose we can go below .500 in the next games.

Yao usually plays well against Kaman .
This will be a tough game , I wanna see how can we match up with Camby on the boards and Davis always kills us , we gonna need to play well to win this.

[Lebo13]

Yao has looked like crap these past 2 games, he is getting blocked by smaller defenders!! He should try jumping every now and again Hopefully he'll get out of his shooting funk tonight, Ron Ron too!

T-Mac just needs to keep doin what he has been doin lately, he's startin to get back into proper shape which is a good thing!! Oh and we need to keep Brooks on the floor late in the game cos he can actually score (unlike skip)!

So we need to win this game comfortably and build some momentum for the Lakers!!


GO ROCKETS!!!

[MaxRider]

All others need to learn how to play off of Yao. T-Mac did a pretty good job in the last game and got plenty of layups. I understand Artest may be spending too much energy on defense and not enough left for offense. Scola is still the only one know how to play without the ball, but his defense... Man I can't watch no more that Aldridge/Frye totally dominate over Scola/Landry. Lucky Brand is no longer with the Clippers. Now Clippers got Camby, great weak side help defender. Yao is going to have a tough time against Kaman, cause Camby is going to come and help. It's up to our PFs to get ready to catch the ball and score.

[A.J.]

We have to win this game to gain momentum against the Lakers on Sunday. And Yao can not play soft this game because Camby and Kamen are going to be tough on defense for him.

[MaxRider]

We have to win this game to gain momentum against the Lakers on Sunday. And Yao can not play soft this game because Camby and Kamen are going to be tough on defense for him.

I actually hope we lost this game, so our team can wake up and start playing better instead of rely on T-Mac to come up with something miracle for us to win.

[BaYBaller]

I'm not looking forward to the road trip because they isn't going to be much practice going on, which means more grind-it-out type of games. It's going to be brutal, but it's like this every year.

[MaxRider]

I hope we lost this one. So our team and wake up and start playing better. I know it's still early, but I don't want this to become a habit. What happened to those games we played hard from the beginning and blowout our opponent at half time?

[Iggyemu]

I hope we lost this one. So our team and wake up and start playing better. I know it's still early, but I don't want this to become a habit. What happened to those games we played hard from the beginning and blowout our opponent at half time?

The team is up dude. I think that what you guys need to wrap your heads around. These guys are up...they just aren't very good right now. Its not because they aren't playing hard. Its b/c they lack size in the front court...lack defense at the PF spot and lack any type of chemistry offensively.

I am almost positive the Clips will win their first game tonight. More of that Rockets luck that Brandon Roy reminded us still lives on.

[RaoulDuke79]

I didn't realize Camby and Davis were playing, I guess we lose for sure now. I shall enjoy* the freefall we shall endure over the next 5 games.

*Alcohol is a wonderful thing.

[Iggyemu]

I didn't realize Camby and Davis were playing, I guess we lose for sure now. I shall enjoy* the freefall we shall endure over the next 5 games.

*Alcohol is a wonderful thing.

I may watch tonight. But I am dam sure not watching the next 3 after this one. Why even put yourself in the position to get mad and frustrated right..

[King Roosk]

Just to clarify, Scola is not a bad defender. I knew Aldridge was going to abuse him last night because Aldridge abused him last year. Aldridge is very tall and lanky, and he has a really smooth release...Scola just gets unlucky against him. Anyways...

This will be a tough game. It's the 2nd night of a back to back, it's on the road, and last night was mentally draining. Yao is going to have a tough time with Kaman and Camby, and Baron Davis has a history of killing us. I think this game is going to be close, but we are more than capable of winning it. I think we'll be fine.

Any word on when Battier will return?

[mpsniper101]

Is Chuck playing?

[RocketsHero]

We will win tonight.

[Guy986]

I expect Yao to struggle mightily against Camby and Kaman. After the surgery, Yao is slower than ever. He also doesn't seem to have the same enthusiasm seen in years past. Maybe its the post olympic syndrome, i dont know. One thing is for sure, he looks LOST.

Yao has been exposed. His struggles started with the Memphis game against that bum, Mar Gasol. Gasol has shown the world how to render Yao completely ineffective. Be physical with him, lean against him at all time to irritate him, frustrate him by fronting and just try to tire him out by constantly pushing and grabbing in the post.

If Yao can't establish position in the post, he gets frustrated. When he's frustrated, he rushes his shot. When he rushes his shot and misses, he loses confidence. When Yao loses his confidence, he suck.

Maybe Coach A should think about going back employing Yao in the high post. Get him in some pick and pop situation to get his game going first.

[RocketsHero]

Yao is in a slump right now, it will be interesting to see how he responds.

[Baller 24]

Tmac is playing great...lets hope he keeps it up. Yao needs to step up, same with Artest. Need to rotate better defensively, while also not letting scrubs light us up.

[Iggyemu]

Tmac is playing great...lets hope he keeps it up. Yao needs to step up, same with Artest.

The reason why this Yao thing hurts is that you dunno when McGrady just gonna stop playing hard. He has turned up in the last two games....will he do the same tonight as Yao is definitely having issues.

[abcdef]

Tmac is playing great...lets hope he keeps it up. Yao needs to step up, same with Artest.

The reason why this Yao thing hurts is that you dunno when McGrady just gonna stop playing hard. He has turned up in the last two games....will he do the same tonight as Yao is definitely having issues.

Well, you'll have to hope that McGrady and Artest step up their games and keep up their energy, because Yao's issues are not going away. He will only get worse, because he is washed up and in the twilight of his career.

[TMU]

Does anyone have LP Broadband? I just bought it and it's not loading once it hit the 98% mark. Does anyone else have problem with it? So what am I supposed to do? Oh for the record, I am using firefox on Vista.