Rockets vs Suns Official Game Thread

A.J. · Post #1 » by **A.J.** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:25 am

vs

Probable Starters

Rockets

PG Rafer Alston

SG Tracy McGrady

SF Shane Battier

PF Luis Scola

C Dikembe Mutombo

Suns

PG Steve Nash

SG Leandro Barbosa

SF Grant Hill

PF Amare Stoudemire

C Shaquille O'Neal

GO ROCKETS

Texas Longhorns · Post #2 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:29 am

We need this win also, we could potentially be second in the West tomorrow if the Hornets lose and we win.

etopn23 · Post #3 » by **etopn23** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:34 am

Hopefully we can contain Amare and Shaq somewhat... they're going to expose how undersized we are.

Maybe McGrady will explode on them like he did last season - with that weak Suns perimeter D someone in our backcourt** is going to have a big game.

tha_rock220 · Post #4 » by **tha_rock220** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:38 am

Use Deke on Shaq tomorrow night. This game is huge as the Rockets could go from 3rd to 6th in the confernce. The Rockets need to figure out who's the best matchup for them in the playoffs. I know a title is pretty unlikely, but I'd like to advance this year so we have something to look forward to next season.

Transistor · Post #5 » by **Transistor** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:45 am

Mutumbo vs Shaq

'01 Finals Re-visited!

A.J. · Post #6 » by **A.J.** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:50 am

scola is gonna have a hard time guarding amare

moofs · Post #7 » by **moofs** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:07 am

Shaq's so slow these days that Deke/Hayes/Scola should be able to contain him fairly well. Scola's going to have the most trouble with him it seems like, but should be able to exploit his quickness and profound flopping ability against Shaqas's quicksand-like elbowfication.

Iggyemu · Post #8 » by **Iggyemu** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:59 am

Win this and we salvage our road trip. The GS win was great...this one would be just great if not better. Shaq of course is a problem without Yao and we gotta rebound better. Amare will probably destroy us but we can't foul him. Alston at the very least tonight must show up defensively on Nash and McGrady needs to carry us like he did against the Warriors for 3 quarters. A winnable game...but like the GS game we absolutely must give ourselves a chance to win by playing smart and doing what we have to do which is take care of ball and rebound.

grond · Post #9 » by **grond** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:25 am

we gotta get amare in foul trouble. otherwise big trouble for us. hope landry's knee is up for a few more minutes tonight as well. grant hill on t-mac might be a kinda fun.

T-Mac to Grant: "How's your foot?"
Grant to T-Mac: "How's your back?"

Shabi__5 · Post #10 » by **Shabi__5** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:36 pm

With Bell not playing I like our cyhances more , one less shooyter for them and he is their best defender.
Still on a back 2 back after a really tough game I think we gonna lose but the keys to a win are.
Run a lot of T-Mac , Deke pick n Rolls , Shaq doesn't have a chance againt T-Mac.
Make Shaq earn every basket , send him to the line no easy points.
Play defense .
T-Mac attack the rim.
In the past I wold say make NAash a passer don't let him get his teamates comfortable but here don't let Nash score much , thye don't have a lot of good shooters.
Make shots.

Shabi__5 · Post #11 » by **Shabi__5** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:37 pm

BTW in this game I would really like to post Scola more , Amare can't play post defense.

Baller 24 · Post #12 » by **Baller 24** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:57 pm

Im not worried about the 1-2-3 and doing much damage, but PF is going to be a tough spot to handle. Amare is just way to quick and explosive on the offensive end for either Scola or Landry to handle. But on the other end Amare isn't known to be the defender, we can take advantage with Landry, maybe Scola. Deke and Shaq will cancel out, unless Shaq wants to attack.

Ksnyder18 · Post #13 » by **Ksnyder18** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:14 pm

This is going to be tough

Who is going to guard Nash and Amare =/

Eralp · Post #14 » by **Eralp** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:25 pm

or who is going to guard tracy?

PurpleTestament · Post #15 » by **PurpleTestament** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:32 pm

Shabi__5 wrote:BTW in this game I would really like to post Scola more , Amare can't play post defense.

Totally. As great as Stat is he is a sub-par defender. He'll get his points but throw the two-headed monster at him and I think it'll frustrate him a little. Scola is good at that.

Shaq is the x-factor to me. He usually plays inspired against us but that's usually because we have Yao. Regardless, we are going to have to do what teams did to us with Ming. PUSH THE BALL. Their transition d will almost always be lacking one defender in Shaq. I expect Rafer to get some easy layups if he's going to contribute to a victory.

Baller 24 · Post #16 » by **Baller 24** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:44 pm

Ksnyder18 wrote:This is going to be tough

Who is going to guard Nash and Amare =/

Nash is explosive but he isn't hard to contain, Im more worried about Amare, hes going to have a 30pt night.

Eralp · Post #17 » by **Eralp** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:13 pm

he is having about 30 pts in every game. i mean if he do that, it would not be a suprising thing.

But im afraid of matchup between nash and alston . unfortunately Nash will own him .

Rocketz973 · Post #18 » by **Rocketz973** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:51 pm

will Loren Woods play tonight?

Eralp · Post #19 » by **Eralp** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:00 pm

i dont think so..

A.J. · Post #20 » by **A.J.** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:11 pm

Rocketz973 wrote:will Loren Woods play tonight?

he is inactive i think