Phoenix Suns vs Houston Rockets [Game 80]

JustMoe · Post #1 » by **JustMoe** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:58 am

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When: Friday, April 11th, 2008
Where: Toyota Center - Houston, Texas
When exactly: 8:30pm, Eastern Time (2:30am CET)
TV: LeaguePass

The lineups:

The Suns
Starting 5:

C: Shaquille O'Neal (#32 / 7'1'' / 325)
PF: Amare Stoudemire (#1 / 6'10'' / 249)
SF: Grant Hill (#33 / 6'8'' / 225)
SG: Raja Bell (#19 / 6'5'' / 215)
PG: Steve Nash (#13 / 6'3'' / 178)

Bench:

G: Leandro Barbosa (#10 / 6'3'' / 202)
F-C: Boris Diaw (#3 / 6'8'' / 235)
G: Gordan Giricek (#2 / 6'6'' / 220)
F-C: Brian Skinner (#54 / 6'9'' / 255)

The Rockets
Starting 5:

C: Dikembe Mutombo (#55 / 7'2'' / 260)
PF: Luis Scola (#4 / 6'9'' / 245)
SF: Shane Battier (#31 / 6'8'' / 220)
SG: Tracy McGrady (#1 / 6'8'' / 223)
PG: Rafer Alston (#12 / 6'2'' / 175)

Bench:

SG: Luther Head (#2 / 6'3'' / 185)
F: Steve Novak (#20 / 6'10'' / 220)
F: Chuck Hayes (#44 / 6'6'' / 238)
G: Bobby Jackson (#8 / 6'1'' / 185)
F: Carl Landry (#14 / 6'9'' / 248)
G: Aaron Brooks (#0 / 6'0'' / 161)

GOOO SUNS!!!

Texas Longhorns · Post #2 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:39 am

T-Mac is playing..

sunsfan13az · Post #3 » by **sunsfan13az** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:51 am

Hopefully the suns are still riding high after the spurs win and they come out and beat houston on friday, this will be a hard game to win Tmac will keep the rockets in it but I think suns pull away in the 4th qtr

Suns 129

Houston 124

Leading Scorer Amare 38 pts

The Nash Era · Post #4 » by **The Nash Era** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:06 am

Texas Longhorns wrote:T-Mac is playing..

Sweet. Pencil in a 2 for 25 shooting effort by him.

SUNS WIN!

BringinDaRuckus · Post #5 » by **BringinDaRuckus** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:17 am

I think the Rockets Logo needs to be bigger.

Texas Longhorns · Post #6 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:18 am

So negative, I was just pointing it out the OP who put Luther Head at the starting line up. Classless fan.

Biff · Post #7 » by **Biff** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:28 am

Texas Longhorns wrote:So negative, I was just pointing it out the OP who put Luther Head at the starting line up. Classless fan.

Just ignore him man. The Rockets are a much better team with him than without.

durden_tyler · Post #8 » by **durden_tyler** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:45 am

The battle for the 5th seed obviously, D'Antoni should send the message across: who do you want in the playoffs the Laker or other teams?

Never Fear 33 Is Here · Post #9 » by **Never Fear 33 Is Here** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:31 am

After beating the Sterns I don't even think there is a sky up there anymore. Having said that, mine is again black. I miss daylight savings. :cry:

GET SOME NUTS!!!

-SDU- · Post #10 » by **-SDU-** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:20 pm

durden_tyler wrote:The battle for the 5th seed obviously, D'Antoni should send the message across: who do you want in the playoffs the Laker or other teams?

not so fast chief,

depending on the lakers game with utah, the spurs game with LA etc, this game could be for 3rd, or even 2nd (unlikely) in the west.....

Win at all costs

Mr. Sun · Post #11 » by **Mr. Sun** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:22 pm

Texas Longhorns wrote:T-Mac is playing..

Shaq owns both TD and Mutombo.

JustMoe · Post #12 » by **JustMoe** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:03 pm

Texas Longhorns wrote:T-Mac is playing..

Thanks for letting me know, just changed it

Head played against Seattle, that's why I put him into the staring 5, didn't know Tracy was going to be back.

BringinDaRuckus wrote:I think the Rockets Logo needs to be bigger.

I absolutely agree, and therefor I just enlarged it while editing the Rockets' lineup. Not sure whether you can see the enlarged version inside the thread, but right-clicking the logo should definitely do the trick.

Edit: enlarged it again to make sure BDR is happy with the size of the logo

nevetsov · Post #13 » by **nevetsov** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:59 pm

BringinDaRuckus wrote:I think the Rockets Logo needs to be bigger.

b-ball forever · Post #14 » by **b-ball forever** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:34 pm

Very important game for seeding here, Pacific div title hopes aren't completely dead just yet.
We usually own the first round virgins, so this game shud def be in the bag.

Wanna see everybody play as well as they did vs the Sterns

GO SUNS!

Black_Apollo2.0 · Post #15 » by **Black_Apollo2.0** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:01 pm

Hopefully, we can keep this groove we are in going into the playoffs. I think with each game we are developing more of a swagger, but the West is a beast and these last few games can be critical. We don't need anymore mental lapses like the Dallas game.

impulsenine · Post #16 » by **impulsenine** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:47 pm

If we go 3-0 (Houston, GS, Portland), which is completely doable...

and

LA goes 2-2 (LAC, NO b2b, SA, SAC), also possible...

We'll win the Pacific and be 3rd seed. Likely? Not really, unless SA decides they didn't like being beat by 20 and NO keeps their pride.

13-32 · Post #17 » by **13-32** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:30 pm

IF we go 3-0 and the Spurs lose 1 game we get a top 3 seed

phxfanatbirth · Post #18 » by **phxfanatbirth** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:25 pm

Shane Battier is not playing

chrice · Post #19 » by **chrice** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:43 pm

Battier's out? This is a done deal.

suns32 · Post #20 » by **suns32** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:21 am

If the spurs go 2-2 and we go 2-1 we would be ahead of the spurs in the standings.