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Starting Lineup:

Aaron Brooks #0 Guard
Tracy McGrady #1 Guard
Ron Artest #96 Forward
Luis Scola #4 Forward
Yao Ming #11 Center

@ TOYOTA CENTER , 8:30 PM EST


Starting Lineup:

Chris Paul #3 Guard
Morris Peterson #9 Guard
Peja Stojakovic #16 Forward
David West #30 Forward
Tyson Chandler #6 Center


Keys To The Game:
1)Get the ball to Yao early and often.
2)T-Mac and Artest go to the basket a lot please , limit the bad jumpshots.
3)Stay on the shooters , Paul is unstoppable on the pick n rol anyways so don't let the shooters get open looks.
4)Play Hard!


Notes:
I know we look terrible so far but stay optimistic.
T-Mac will sometimes take games off early in the season , especially when he is not fully healthy but when the playoffs come , or deeper into the regular season he performs.
We know who he is already and I am positive that he will only get better as the season goes on , he always has slow starts.

We are still adjusting to each other , Artest trying to find his place , Yao is not in great game shape and will only get better.

We will soon get Battier back and he will really improve us imo.

Remember the only things that are important at this point of the season are the results , to stay healthy and to get our chemistry going.

I know we blew 2 games we should have one , and looked terrible on the Lakers game but this is only the tenth game and there are a lot of games to fix these losses.

Stay optimistic , T-Mac will be there when we will need him , Artest will adjust and Yao will start playing like his old self as the season progresses.

I am still confident that something great will come out of this season eventually.

keys to the game:
5. Rockets must outscore their opponent to win

if we play like we did against the spurs we are screwed

hayes is out for this game.

Eralp wrote:hayes is out for this game.

I hope we get to see Dorsey tonight.

I expect us to struggle this game. The Hornets are on a roll, and their leader has been playing well so far this season and he could give Brooks fits on offense. We have to have a better showing than last night, if not, well this game will be over with quick.

VC#15 wrote:if we play like we did against the spurs we are screwed

I think we're screwed anyway. There's no way Brooks (or anyone on our team, for that matter) can keep up with Paul.

He's dropping 40 on us tonight.

McGrady's dropping 50, its a national TV game. Get ready to book it, sig it, profile it, quote it, etc.

Pauls Stat Line...

43pts
15ast
10reb
3steals
2blocks

book it.

No way I can see us win this game. Unless they struggle or we play like we are supposed to. Artest on Paul?

Nah, Artest is too slow, if we wanted to put a bigger body Battier is the best option, but hes not even ready yet

I need a big game from CP3 in my fantasy league, but I am predicting that we come out firing after last night's abysmal ending.

Damn, I hate that Bama is playing at 6:45 tonight. I hope we get the game over early so I can watch the game. I hate flip-flopping back and forth.

National TV game = T-Mac has 30 or so

but due to our lack of defense at PG I see Paul having 30+

Please realize this game is over for us before it start. We dont have any chance to win tonight against a team like NO and back to back.

Realize this now, you still have time so at the end you wont feel extremely bad like many other disappointing nights.

Rockets = IF = Hope = Disappointment.

Worked the last time, so here it goes, I expect

1.) Paul to absolutely dominate our back-court
2.) T-Mac to bounce back from yesterday's poor game and shoot 3-21.
3.) Yao to get owned on the boards by Chandler
4.) West kills us off the pick and roll/pop.
5.) We get demolished on the boards, and Chandler limits Yao
6.) Artest says "anything you can do, I can do better" and shoots 3-22 to counter Mac's performance
7.) Did I mention Paul would dominate our backcourt, especially Brooks who got lit up by George Hill?

Yeah, that sounds about right...

well im here so no one questions my fanhood.. but im not expecting much..

Good start go rockets

gogogog!

fat mac needs to guard hs man..

We need to go under in the Paul picc n rolls , if he will beat us with jumpshots so be it.

Feed Yao and Artest in the low post.

posey got owned by slow mac.