[Game 74] Houston Rockets vs. LA Clippers

Post #1 » by **TMU** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:10 am

vs.

Date: Mar 28, 2009
Time: 8:30 EST
Where: Toyota Center, Houston
Channel: FSN Houston

PG: Aaron Brooks

SG: Ron Artest

SF: Shane Battier

PF: Luis Scola

C: Yao Ming

PG: Baron Davis

SG: Eric Gordon

SF: Al Thornton

PF: Zach Randolph

C: Marcus Camby

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WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS
1. LA Lakers: 58 - 14 (0.806)
2. San Antonio Spurs: 48 - 24 (0.667)
3. Houston Rockets: 47 - 26 (0.644)
4. Denver Nuggets: 47 - 26 (0.644)
5. Portland Trail Blazers: 45 - 27 (0.625)
6. Utah Jazz: 44 - 27 (0.620)
7. New Orleans Hornets: 44 - 27 (0.620)
8. Dallas Mavericks: 43 - 29 (0.597)

TIE-BREAKER WATCH
HEAD-TO-HEAD TIE-BREAKERS
Denver: 3 to 1 Houston
New Orleans: 2 to 1 Houston, 1 game remaining
Dallas: 2 to 1 Houston, 1 game remaining
Portland: 1 to 1 tie, 1 game remaining
Utah: 2 to 2 tie
San Antonio: 2 to 2 tie

CONFERENCE RECORDS
San Antonio: 31 - 13
Utah: 30 - 12
Houston: 30 - 14
Denver: 29 - 15
New Orleans: 26 - 16
Portland: 23 - 19
Dallas: 23 - 21

Iggyemu · Post #2 » by **Iggyemu** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:21 am

Well we got days off. Who knows what'll happen standings wise between now and then. We may have yet another chance to snag the #2 spot.

HTown_TMac · Post #3 » by **HTown_TMac** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:33 am

Hopefully the standings do not change too much.

YoungMoney23 · Post #4 » by **YoungMoney23** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:10 am

Need to get back to #2 so we can avoid the jazz in the first round

Baller 24 · Post #5 » by **Baller 24** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:51 pm

I wouldn't be surprised if Utah ends up 8th (0-8 against .500 + teams in the west on the road, they're @ 6 of them to close out the season).

hackle · Post #6 » by **hackle** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:11 am

Utah is desperate to get us in the playoffs, well so be it. we have only a few games to bone up with and we arent really entitled to pick teams so lets nail this win

YoungMoney23 · Post #7 » by **YoungMoney23** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:01 pm

Their line up is a bit of a worry in terms of how we match up with them but I'm confident we can pull this out.

G-Heel · Post #8 » by **G-Heel** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:22 pm

Watch out for Mike Taylor.

thefranchise03 · Post #9 » by **thefranchise03** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:35 pm

Yao will have yet ANOTHER crappy game. I'm calling it, because i know it will happen. he will get shut down easily, fronted, double-teamed, won't get rebounds, the rockets wont give him the ball. he will be ineffective tonight. I guarentee it. its a damn shame too. but hopefully Rockets pull this one out, despite Yao's horrible game.

Boredagain · Post #10 » by **Boredagain** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:32 pm

Clippers should be no problem..

RoxFan08 · Post #11 » by **RoxFan08** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:59 pm

Rockets will blow them out. Have you SEEN Baron Davis' numbers this year? Highly unlikely they find any energy to beat a good team this late in the season.

Artest and Battier will shut down Gordon and Thornton, and we should just let Z BO chuck. 20 point victory, BAM!

HTown_TMac · Post #12 » by **HTown_TMac** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:20 pm

RoxFan08 wrote:Rockets will blow them out. Have you SEEN Baron Davis' numbers this year? Highly unlikely they find any energy to beat a good team this late in the season.

Artest and Battier will shut down Gordon and Thornton, and we should just let Z BO chuck. 20 point victory, BAM!

B Diddy LOVES playing the Rockets.

DreamShook34 · Post #13 » by **DreamShook34** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:45 pm

RoxFan08 wrote:Rockets will blow them out. Have you SEEN Baron Davis' numbers this year? Highly unlikely they find any energy to beat a good team this late in the season.

Artest and Battier will shut down Gordon and Thornton, and we should just let Z BO chuck. 20 point victory, BAM!

thanx for the jinx.. i will blame you if its close or we lose...

rayfantastic · Post #14 » by **rayfantastic** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:23 am

why's date missing

Post #15 » by **Mr. E** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:28 am

Man...I've gotten so used to a Rox game every couple days that the idea of one game in 7 days seems like torture to me!

I'm sure that the team doesn't mind the rest, tho!

Teckon · Post #16 » by **Teckon** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:03 am

To OP, the tie breaker situation is not up to date.

Tie breaker:
Houston and Utah is 2-2 now.

Conference Records:
Utah is 30-12 now
Denver is 28-15 now
New Orleans is 26-16 now
Dalles is 23-20 now
Portland is playing Suns and their conf rec will change after tonight's game.

KiDdFrESh · Post #17 » by **KiDdFrESh** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:20 pm

We need to win this game. We cant afford to lose and if we do it will be inexcusable. Hopefully the Jazz choke against Pheonix again as well. That should make things interesting going down the stretch.

hackle · Post #18 » by **hackle** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:26 am

if we want to avoid the jazz we can avoid the jazz, we can afford to drop a couple of games while holding the home court, but jazz, i dont think they can afford to drop any game. the suns will work really hard to bite their tails. (and the pissed me off by losing the last game)

MaxRider · Post #19 » by **MaxRider** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:05 pm

what's wrong with nba.com?
the put us at #4 when we are tie with Denver
i thought we were 3-0 against them this season
shouldn't we win the tie break?

YaoZaii · Post #20 » by **YaoZaii** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:28 pm

MaxRider wrote:what's wrong with nba.com?
the put us at #4 when we are tie with Denver
i thought we were 3-0 against them this season
shouldn't we win the tie break?

I realized that too.
We need some love.