Game Thread: Blazers at Your Houston Rockets - 10/31/09

Post #1 » by **Mr. E** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:35 am

Everyone get ready for the home debut of Your Houston Rockets!!!!

vs.

The Place: Toyota Center, Downtown Houston, Texas

The Date: October 31st, 2009 - All Hallow's Eve

The Time: 7:30 PM Central Standard Time

The Last Meeting: The Bad Guys won 96-87 in the season opener on 10/27/09 (Tuesday, you idjits!)

The Broadcast: FSNHouston (Television); 610 AM (Radio)

The Lineups:

Houston

C - Chuck "The Truck" Hayes

PF - Luis "The Product" Scola

SF - Shane "Batt-Man" Battier

SG - Trevor "Nickname Pending" Ariza

PG - Aaron "I am so bad I can rock the Bow Tie" Brooks

The Trail Blazers:

C - Greg Oden
PF - LaMarcus Aldridge
SF - Martell Webster
SG - Brandon Roy
PG - Steve Blake

(no disrespect Blazer fans - but I don't have any of your players pictures and I'm known around these parts for being way to lazy to google and sh#t)

The Randomly Inserted Image from the 1991 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue featuring Elle MacPherson and Kathy Ireland:

....yeah, still a classic after all these years!

Looking forward to seeing how the guys respond to the beating by Portland the other night as well as that nice (if inconsistant) win over the Warriors. Personally, I predict the Rockets to win 4-3, with Scola's Hat Trick giving us the winning goal in the third period. I wouldn't make any monetary bets based on my prediction, tho...

MaxRider · Post #2 » by **MaxRider** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:51 am

Martell Webster is starting

rocketsballin · Post #3 » by **rocketsballin** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:58 am

very early for a thread but o well, andersen needs more pt

Teckon · Post #4 » by **Teckon** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:05 am

The rockets have made Shane Battier and Chuck Hayes as co-captains of this year team.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/spo ... 93987.html

“I'm a captain?” he said. “I didn't know I was. That's news to me. Wow. I can't remember the last time I was a captain. I guess as far as the captain is concerned, I'm more of the Robin to Shane's Batman.”

Post #5 » by **TMU** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:45 pm

Rightfully so. Unseld and Battier are the heart and soul of the team.

Julio · Post #6 » by **Julio** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:24 pm

T-Mac United wrote:Rightfully so. Unseld and Battier are the heart and soul of the team.

Yep and both have been on the team for quite a long time!

YoungMoney23 · Post #7 » by **YoungMoney23** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:39 pm

GO ROCKETS!

Guy986 · Post #8 » by **Guy986** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:26 pm

Average height for Blazers: 6'8

Tallest Rocket: 6'8

Automatic Loss

Rendezvous · Post #9 » by **Rendezvous** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:52 pm

LOL^

Go TREVOR ARIZA!

Post #10 » by **Mr. E** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:03 am

roxfashoballin wrote:very early for a thread but o well, andersen needs more pt

OK, maybe a wee bit early, but I think that we can handle it!

rocketsballin · Post #11 » by **rocketsballin** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:39 am

i hope we can handle it better than we'll handle this season

, nah, as long as tmac comes back, we'll be in the playoffs. dallas is spanking the lakers right now tho, daam, lakers catchin up but still, good job on that

YaoZaii · Post #12 » by **YaoZaii** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:08 pm

book it.

The Budding Bird is going to get his career high in points tonight.

Okay
seriously, we need to get the damn rebounds!
Rockets should have like jumping and rebounding sessions 1st thing in the morning and evening everyday! lol.

YaoZaii · Post #13 » by **YaoZaii** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:12 pm

Guy986 wrote:Average height for Blazers: 6'8

Tallest Rocket: 6'8

Automatic Loss

i think our tallest starting player is 6'9 (Scola) but like it'll make a huge difference.

i actually think we have a good height for our wing players in Ariza, Battier & Budding Bird. JT is a undersized at SG though but at least taller than L. Head.

YaoZaii · Post #14 » by **YaoZaii** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:16 pm

i actually hope to see more of pops in the game since he can stuff shots and dunk. It can motivate this team.

Starting C - Hayes
Starting PF - Scola

Back-up C - Pops
Back-up PF - Landry

What do u guys think?

glydersid · Post #15 » by **glydersid** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:46 pm

if the rockets can play like they did in the 3rd quarter against the warriors, we have a good chance of winning. tho scola doesnt play well against portlands bigs, hope he shows otherwise.

rocketsballin · Post #16 » by **rocketsballin** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:49 pm

dude andersen is 6'11, and has played well. rebound, score, and some defense. he's on his way to be starting cener

jove9 · Post #17 » by **jove9** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:47 pm

We have more of a chance to win this game than game 1 in POR since we're at home, but I think we'll still lose. It will be close, though.

rocketsballin · Post #18 » by **rocketsballin** » Sun Nov 1, 2009 12:44 am

here we go

DreamShook34 · Post #19 » by **DreamShook34** » Sun Nov 1, 2009 12:45 am

roxfashoballin wrote:dude andersen is 6'11, and has played well. rebound, score, and some defense. he's on his way to be starting cener

That's news to me.. his offensive skills have been surprising ill admit.

I like chucks D to begin the game

DreamShook34 · Post #20 » by **DreamShook34** » Sun Nov 1, 2009 12:48 am

Ab's passing has improved. 2 assists already.