Rockets vs Clippers Official Game Thread

[A.J.]

Saturday December 13th 2008
9:30 CT
FSN


vs


Probable Starters

PG Rafer Alston
SG Tracy McGrady
SF Shane Battier
PF Luis Scola
C Yao Ming


PG Baron Davis
SG Eric Gordon
SF Al Thornton
PF Zach Randolph
C Marcus Camby

P.S.: I just back from taking the ACT so thats why the game thread was late.

Go Rockets!

[ShaY]

I hope we get another win , I will really be disappointed if we lose.

Will be intersting to see how T-Mac looks.

Iexpect Brooks to struggle with Baron Davis being such a big pg who plays most of the game.

[Lebo13]

This should be an interesting game. T-Mac looked really nice last night, it was great seeing him without any strapping on his knee and without the shoulder padding and being able to move properly. Hopefully he can do much of the same tonight. Should be a good match up for Yao tonight too, hopefully he keeps it going. This really should be a 2-0 road trip. The clips had an OT last night too so that should work in the Rockets favour.

GO ROCKETS!!

[PETEY PABLO]

Zach Randolph is coming off a 38pt game last night and Baron davis had 27 pts.
The Clippers are starting to get it together and the chemistry is beginning to grow.
I think this should be a good game. Please do not assume the Rockets will win so easily.

[dunleavyjr]

Any idea how to guard Camby's 20-feet jump shots? Yao is always too slow to get to the perimeter.

[Young_Star11]

Will be a close game.

As bad as the Clips' records is, they are a talented squad. Not surprising then, that they have pushed us in both the matches so far.

That said, both teams are playing a back-to-back, the Clips were in Portland playing 2 OTs, we were still in Cali. We should be the fresher of the two squads.

No reason why we shouldn't win if we turn up to play with the right mindset.

[MaxRider]

Any idea how to guard Camby's 20-feet jump shots? Yao is always too slow to get to the perimeter.

What are you talking about? He's not guarding the perimeter at all.

[Yao21]

Clippers have no one on their team that could slow Yao down. He's gonna drop 30/10+ and the Rockets will win handily.

[Mike12345]

I hope we get another win , I will really be disappointed if we lose.

Will be intersting to see how T-Mac looks.

Iexpect Brooks to struggle with Baron Davis being such a big pg who plays most of the game.

We may decide to play alston and brooks together to counter that when mcgrady goes to the bench.

[A.J.]

Clippers have no one on their team that could slow Yao down. He's gonna drop 30/10+ and the Rockets will win handily.

I actually think they can. Remember, they do have Marcus Camby on their team. He is a better defensive player than people give him credit for, and he can give Yao fits if Yao isnt careful.

[Mike12345]

I think the key to this game is slowing down Randolph. We will have to use landry hayes and scola accordingly and I wouldnt be surprised if hayes gets more minutes then usual if randolph gets hot early.

Baron Davis will get his,,,,we gotta frusterate and tire out the big guys like randolph and keep camby off the boards as much as possible. I believe battier will shut down thornton

[WesWesley]

Clippers have no one on their team that could slow Yao down. He's gonna drop 30/10+ and the Rockets will win handily.

I actually think they can. Remember, they do have Marcus Camby on their team. He is a better defensive player than people give him credit for, and he can give Yao fits if Yao isnt careful.

I like the Yao Camby matchup in favor of Yao. Yao is soooo much stronger than Camby, that he should be able to get to his sweet spots on the court regularly. If TMac and the other ball handlers get it to him, and he makes quick decisive moves, he should dominate him.

Hopefully Camby doesn't block him early and take away his confidence to make his moves without hesitation.

[TMU]

Let Randolph do whatever he wants to do since he loves to put up empty stats. We just need to focus on shutting down the other 4 that are on the court, especially Baron Davis.

[Iggyemu]

Clips got a big win last night. This is gonna be one of those games where we simply need to give ourselves a chance. Both Randolph and Davis are capable of big numbers. Randolph usually does a great job on the boards against us so we gotta secure those defensive rebounds.

Offensively...we are pretty much on McGrady's knee. If he is good...the offense will be smooth. If not...well...we'll probably lose b/c it'll really just be Yao out there.

[scratch21]

im more scared of Landry then Yao

[A.J.]

I wonder why we stopped doing our daily routine from last season. Where the bench stands up until we score our first point. It seems like every team does it.

[HTown_TMac]

we're too good for that, we gotta be different... lol

I havent paid attention this season

[smapor]

I wonder why we stopped doing our daily routine from last season. Where the bench stands up until we score our first point. It seems like every team does it.

Deke was the bench leader.

[YoungMoney23]

scola deserves a bigger role imo

[A.J.]

Randolph is destroying us. Adelman needs to put Scola on him because Yao isnt used to outside bigs.