[Game 65] Houston Rockets at Denver Nuggets Game Thread

HTown_TMac · Post #1 » by **HTown_TMac** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 3:17 am

When: March 9, 2009, 8:00pm
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado.
Channel: FSN Houston

Denver Nuggets

Projected Starting Lineup
PG- Chauncey Billups
SG- Dahntay Jones
SF- Carmelo Anthony
PF- Keynon Martin
C- Nenê

Houston Rockets

Projected Starting Lineup
PG- Aaron Brooks
SG- Ron Artest
SF- Shane Battier
PF- Luis Scola
C- Yao Ming

HTown_TMac's Keys to the game:
1. Control the boards
2. Get Yao into the game, early
3. Bench has to step up
4. Ball Movement

Picture for the Game.

Baller 24 · Post #2 » by **Baller 24** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 3:18 am

This should be a tough battle, and with Sacramento currently having a 10 point lead OVER Denver, this gives us more leverage to get ahead of them.

Post #3 » by **TMU** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 3:20 am

Every game is a must win. Fry those Nuggets.

RaoulDuke79 · Post #4 » by **RaoulDuke79** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 3:23 am

I like the way she handles those balls.

Baller 24 · Post #5 » by **Baller 24** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 3:58 am

I dislike how the cloth protecting the twins don't match.

HTown_TMac · Post #6 » by **HTown_TMac** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 4:00 am

Baller 24 wrote:I dislike how the cloth protecting the twins don't match.

I was thinking if thier wasnt a cloth.

moofs · Post #7 » by **moofs** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 4:53 am

RaoulDuke79 wrote:I like the way she handles those balls.

lul'ed x 10

dunleavyjr · Post #8 » by **dunleavyjr** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 5:28 am

Yao needs to pay more attention in the post. Nene is no Brad Miller/Memo Okur/Carlos Boozer. Guy doesn't have a mid range jumper.

Iggyemu · Post #9 » by **Iggyemu** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 5:39 am

Both teams are on a back to back...both travelling. So fatigue should be a factor for both.

I think we are just as good as Denver if not better. The problem is...we are just not good on the road. As it with all road games the game plan has to be to get off to a good start...stay close throughout and try to finish at the end with a win. Of course that is done by defense and rebounding on one end and manufacturing easy points either through fast break or earning FTs. These are of course things we struggle with when playing on the road.

langer · Post #10 » by **langer** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 12:21 pm

We need to put these playoff teams down on the ground, just to make sure that we would have enough confidence that whenever we meet them in the playoff.

We are really a team that is lack of confidence and mentally weak. Especially, when Yao is leading us.

yaomac11-1 · Post #11 » by **yaomac11-1** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 3:55 pm

Nuggets have been struggling, so they have more on the line to take back control of their division. We need to keep focus and not look ahead to the Lakers.

HTown_TMac · Post #12 » by **HTown_TMac** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 5:59 pm

We really need this win, because as our schedule gets harder, the Nuggets gets easier. Nene is playing injured, and they just lost to the kings... Lets kick them while they are down.

magicfan4life05 · Post #13 » by **magicfan4life05** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 6:05 pm

NOOOOO

I just noticed Amel was waived.......NOOOOO

GO GO GO ROCKETS

Baller 24 · Post #14 » by **Baller 24** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 6:06 pm

magicfan4life05 wrote:NOOOOO

I just noticed Amel was waived.......NOOOOO

GO GO GO ROCKETS

That's a good thing.

MaxRider · Post #15 » by **MaxRider** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 6:21 pm

people on this board need to learn to ignore Jazz and Mavericks fans

RaoulDuke79 · Post #16 » by **RaoulDuke79** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 6:37 pm

It's more difficult ignoring some Rockets fans. Who cares what fans of those mediocre teams who won't ever win anything say?

RazorJordan32 · Post #17 » by **RazorJordan32** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 7:51 pm

i still dont know why amel got waived?

RazorJordan32 · Post #18 » by **RazorJordan32** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 7:51 pm

i thought that kid was good

RazorJordan32 · Post #19 » by **RazorJordan32** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 7:54 pm

Anyways this game should be a good one, though i dont know if we might win cause of fatigue and the denvers alltitude

ANYWAYS

Go HoustonROCKETS

have u guys noticed that yao is blocking the ish out of every1?

he has like 2 blocks every past game

Post #20 » by **Young_Star11** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 8:15 pm

Huge game for us. A win here would really solidify our chances of making firstly the playoffs, and it also give us some breathing space over Denver, who are struggling of late.

Is K-Mart out? I like our chances with a well-performing Yao/Scola/Landry if he is.

Battier and Artest get the assignment of Melo, so we have cover there. Billups is the man who could kill us and J.R. Smith has been on form.

We are pretty poor on the road, but there's no reason why we can't win this one. Both teams will be fatigued and if anything, we will be less fatigued, having played earlier.