Houston vs. Utah - Series Utah leads (2-1)

Texas Longhorns · Post #1 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:51 pm

( 4 ) Utah Jazz (54-28 ) vs. ( 5 ) Houston Rockets (55-27)

*Houston has home court advantage in this series by virtue of better record.

Link to game thread 1
Link to game thread 2

Game 1 - Sat April 19 - JAZZ 93 @ ROCKETS 82 FINAL
Game 2 - Mon April 21 - JAZZ 90 @ ROCKETS 84 FINAL
Game 3 - Thu April 24 - ROCKETS 94 @ JAZZ 92 FINAL
Game 4 - Sat April 26 Houston at Utah 10:30PM ET ESPN
Game 5 - Tue April 29 Utah at Houston TBD TBD
Game 6 * Fri May 2 Houston at Utah TBD TBD
Game 7 * Sun May 4 Utah at Houston TBD TBD
* if necessary

REGULAR SEASON SERIES
Jazz lead 2-1
Nov. 1: Rockets 106 at Jazz 95
Jan. 27: Jazz 97 at Rockets 89
Apr. 14: at Jazz 105, Rockets 96

Projected Starting Lineup

PG - Deron Williams
SG - Ronnie Brewer
SF - Andrei Kirilenko
PF - Carlos Boozer
C - Mehmet Okur

Projected Starting Lineup

PG - Rafer Alston
SG - Tracy McGrady
SF - Shane Battier
PF - Luis Scola
C - Dikembe Mutombo

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Utah goes up 2-0 by taking home court advantage away from Houston. Now the series is headed towards Salt Lake City, UT in the Energy Solutions Arena where some fans call it the "the best home court in the NBA." Houston has little chances to win, but they have been one of the 4 winners in the arena during the Regular season. Heading into game 3, Rafer Alston is expected to return for Houston, while Utah will remain with the same lineup. Tracy McGrady has not shown up in the 4th quarter for this series so far, and Utah has run their offense to perfection. We will look forward to watch game 3 to see what improvements each team makes.

LiquidFire · Post #2 » by **LiquidFire** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:06 pm

this series is over

Duiz · Post #3 » by **Duiz** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:10 pm

Storm Surge · Post #4 » by **Storm Surge** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:13 pm

thread about to get filled with jokes that have nothing to do with basketball in 3....2....1....

Duiz · Post #5 » by **Duiz** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:14 pm

RaoulDuke79 · Post #6 » by **RaoulDuke79** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:19 pm

Aw come on, atleast post some new ones...

:cry:

TiMacMania · Post #7 » by **TiMacMania** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:25 pm

TiMacMania · Post #8 » by **TiMacMania** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:26 pm

Offensive.....

xstockholmsyndromex · Post #9 » by **xstockholmsyndromex** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:27 pm

yougottoloveitbaby · Post #10 » by **yougottoloveitbaby** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:32 pm

Why are Houston fans talking about getting "dominated"
on the boards? The Jazz have a total of 5 more boards in
2 games, and less offensive rebounds. Am I missing something?
As a Jazz fan, I'm used to seeing the Jazz outrebound an opponent
by 10+ rebounds not 2.5 per game. :crazy:

Texas Longhorns · Post #11 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:40 pm

yougottoloveitbaby wrote:Why are Houston fans talking about getting "dominated"
on the boards? The Jazz have a total of 5 more boards in
2 games, and less offensive rebounds. Am I missing something?
As a Jazz fan, I'm used to seeing the Jazz outrebound an opponent
by 10+ rebounds not 2.5 per game.

I changed it. lol Happy? I didn't put that as a Rockets fans' perspective. Thank you for pointing that out, I really didn't know that it was only 2.5.

TiMacMania · Post #12 » by **TiMacMania** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:42 pm

Texas Longhorns wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

I changed it. lol Happy? I didn't put that as a Rockets fans' perspective. Thank you for pointing that out, I really didn't know that it was only 2.5.

hahha yeah i know what you mean... they had 14 offensive rebound at the half in game 1 lol

Pai Gow · Post #13 » by **Pai Gow** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:47 pm

I wonder if the Rockets will just let us keep Battier so he can guard Kobe in the 2nd round, God knows we have no one else who can..

RoxFan08 · Post #14 » by **RoxFan08** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:49 pm

yougottoloveitbaby wrote:Why are Houston fans talking about getting "dominated"
on the boards? The Jazz have a total of 5 more boards in
2 games, and less offensive rebounds. Am I missing something?
As a Jazz fan, I'm used to seeing the Jazz outrebound an opponent
by 10+ rebounds not 2.5 per game.

Houston led the league in rebound differential by a decent margin this season. We are accustomed to out rebounding the opponent in every game.

xstockholmsyndromex · Post #15 » by **xstockholmsyndromex** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:52 pm

tmacformvp07 · Post #16 » by **tmacformvp07** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:02 am

i voted for the 2nd option because that's what is going to happen.

come on rockets fan, put the we believe sigs

save your old sigs and put the we believe sigs instead.

we have to believe that rockets will return home with the series 2-2

carrottop12 · Post #17 » by **carrottop12** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:07 am

TiMacMania wrote:(picture)

How is this allowed? It would be no different them me claiming that Houston has a bunch of poor black people who can't function in society. Not only isn't it a horrible display of bigotry but completely inaccurate.

carrottop12 · Post #18 » by **carrottop12** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:44 am

Post #19 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:01 am

Bashing a fanbase's religious belief, marital preference, or basically anything not related to the game of basketball won't be tolerated, and suspensions will be handed out, this is the warning.

Texas Longhorns · Post #20 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:04 am

NO-KG-AI wrote:Bashing a fanbase's religious belief, marital preference, or basically anything not related to the game of basketball won't be tolerated, and suspensions will be handed out, this is the warning.

You know how many times these guys have been warned? Both teams will not stop. These photoshops are getting out of hand.