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Houston Rockets @ Portland Blazers



Date: Apr 28, 2009
Time: 10:00 EST
Where: Rose Garden, Portland
Channel: NBA TV

PLAYOFF HISTORY
Previous Meetings
'87 NBA Western Conference 1st Round: 3 - 1 Rockets
'94 NBA Western Conference 1st Round: 3 - 1 Rockets

Championships
Rockets: 2 ('94, '95)
Blazers: 1 ('77)

2008 - '09 SEASON SERIES
Rockets lead 2-1
Nov 6, 2008: Rockets 99 @ 101 Blazers
Feb 24, 2009: Blazers 94 @ 98 Rockets
Apr 5, 2009: Blazers 88 @ 102 Rockets

2009 PLAYOFFS SERIES
Rockets lead 3-1
Game 1 (Away): 81 - 108 W
Game 2 (Away): 107 - 103 L
Game 3 (Home): 83 - 86 W
Game 4 (Home): 88 - 89 W

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TEAM STATS
Season Record: 53-29, 2nd in NBA Southwest Division
Pace Factor: 90.3 (19th of 30)
Offensive Rating: 108.3 (15th of 30)
Defensive Rating: 103.9 (4th of 30)

STARTERS
PG: Aaron Brooks #0


SG: Ron Artest #96


SF: Shane Battier #31


PF: Luis Scola #4


C: Yao Ming #11


BENCH
G - Von Wafer #11
F - Carl Landry #14
G - Kyle Lowry #7
G - Brent Barry #17
F - Chuck Hayes #44
C - Dikembe Mutombo #55








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TEAM STATS
Season Record: 54-28, 2nd in NBA Northwest Division
Offensive Rating: 113.9 (1st of 30)
Defensive Rating: 107.8 (13th of 30)
Pace Factor: 86.6 (30th of 30)

STARTERS
PG: Steve Blake #2


SG: Brandon Roy #7


SF: Nicolas Batum #88


PF: LaMarcus Aldridge #12


C: Joel Przybilla #10


BENCH
F - Travis Outlaw #25
G - Rudy Fernandez #5
C - Greg Oden #52
G - Sergio Rodriguez #11
G - Jerryd Bayless #4
F - Channing Frye #44


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Pictures from ClutchFans.

LET'S GO ROCKETS!!! TIME TO CLOSE OUT!!!

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PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING SIG.
GET ON THE CHUCKWAGON!!!

First!!!! is Twack still with us or banned

we win this one in a close one or we get blown out!!!

wow.. this is nice.. you made this thread into an event...

the finish them pic is classic. and the jumbo tron gifs are great.. Battier is pretty intense..

MUST WIN

lets get the KO..
Artest needs to have a big game on tuesday

Pressure is on the young Portland team to stay alive. Let's get it done. If Artest plays as bad as he did today, we have no chance.

It's our opportunity to create a little history after a decade of pain.

Leaving it to Game 6 at home would be rather dangerous; clearly we won't just throw this one.

Finish them off!!

Let's finish em off. I'm not expecting a win here, but putting down the hammer would be amazing and end to what's been over a decade long drought. If we win this game, TMU should be promoted to GOD/MOD status.

TMACFORMVP wrote:Let's finish em off. I'm not expecting a win here, but putting down the hammer would be amazing and end to what's been over a decade long drought. If we win this game, TMU should be promoted to GOD/MOD status.

THIS, YES ALL OF THIS!

Lets gg them in Portland,

let's get them over with, rockets!

rocketworld wrote:lets get the KO..
Artest needs to have a big game on tuesday

Defensively I suppose.

i have a bad feeling about this game, hopefully its not that bad... lol

Come on, LETS GO ROCKETS!!!

2fast4u wrote:i have a bad feeling about this game, hopefully its not that bad... lol

We have a bad feeling about every game lol

GO ROCKETS!!!

Nice pics, let's make it in 5, 6 is not bad anyway.

Blinebury wrote an article on Chuck Hayes - the Rocket's defensive specialist!
All rockets fans should be well aware of but the article is still a good read.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=A ... &type=lgns

The main thing I want to see in gm 5 is seeing the team work. POR is very confident they'll win this game at their place but at the very least make them work for it. The absolute worst thing the team can do is get blown out at their place and create the illusion in the players' mind that they are invincible there and give them the glimmer of hope that they can turn this series around.

Teckon wrote:Blinebury wrote an article on Chuck Hayes - the Rocket's defensive specialist!
All rockets fans should be well aware of but the article is still a good read.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=A ... &type=lgns

i don't believe that Adelman wanted Hayes to walk out when he first joined the Rockets
Hayes is has a big role for us in the beginning until Scola matured and the surprising play of Landry

MaxRider wrote:

Teckon wrote:Blinebury wrote an article on Chuck Hayes - the Rocket's defensive specialist!
All rockets fans should be well aware of but the article is still a good read.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=A ... &type=lgns

i don't believe that Adelman wanted Hayes to walk out when he first joined the Rockets
Hayes is has a big role for us in the beginning until Scola matured and the surprising play of Landry

In a sense he did want him out.....Out of the starting lineup next to Yao.

When you had Hayes and Rafer as 2 of your starting players with Shane. It was 2 on 5 on the offensive end.

So i would imagine Rick wanted Scola or Landry to eventually start.