[Game 76] Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers Game Thread

[HTown_TMac]

When: April 3, 2009, 9:30pm
Where: Staple Center, Los Angeles, California
Channel: ESPN


Los Angeles Lakers

PG- Derek Fisher


SG- Kobe Bryant


SF- Trevor Ariza


PF- Lamar Odom


C- Pau Gasol


Houston Rockets

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(s) for the Game.



I need to figure out some better molds for a gamethread.

[TMU]

Nice Shane Battier picture. Let's see if Man can handle the Rapist.

[kam_soluusar]

Those RPD's really know how to handle those balls................

Will the league let us wear the Bobcat's uniform for this game, we might be able to pull a win out of that oraface on the lower part of the human anatomy!!!!!!!

[YoungMoney23]

not sure what our chances are but eh GO ROCKETS!

[SALMIEN]

lakers by 20

[Baller 24]

Nice Shane Battier picture. Let's see if Man can handle the Rapist.

[slamdunk]

It would be a huge confidence booster if we beat the Lakers in LA.

[TMACFORMVP]

I don't expect anything, national stage, at LA, and the continuation of the Artest-Kobe trash talk, the game should be good, but I'm not expecting anything.

[sook]

Nice format, i borrowed it btw

[hackle]

nicest post in quite a while

[hackle]

we always have good chance against the lakers.

[jove9]

The only question at this point is whether Von Wafer will score 40 or 50.

[Boredagain]

The only question at this point is whether Von Wafer will score 40 or 50.

82 points

[YoungMoney23]

The only question at this point is whether Von Wafer will score 40 or 50.

82 points

in 12.9 seconds

[HTown_TMac]

The only question at this point is whether Von Wafer will score 40 or 50.

82 points

in 12.9 seconds

atleast be reasonable... Before tipoff in NBA Live.

[T-Wack]

I just hope that Kobe's not still pissed at Artest for talking smack.

[Transistor]

on the front page of nba.com it shows Kobe guarding T-Mac as a preview of tonight's game

I don't know what to think of that

[PocketRockets]

I expect the Ron Artest show tonight...and we'll lose by 10+.....

Yao's gonna take it easy this game like he's been doing the past 3-4 games. Let's hope the role players can finally step up and win a game. I know that's what Adelman is trying to do. Trying to get the role players to step up and win a game without using Yao too much. I mean, we almost got a win in PHX using that method, but this is LA. After the first 5-6 possessions, we'll be able to tell if RA really wants to win this game or is still experimenting.

I like this strategy b/c it gets the role players into the game and puts the pressure on them the whole game, instead of just the 4th quarter when they double/triple Yao. This will hopefully reduce the "deer in the headlights" reaction that Brooks, Artest, Scola get at the end of games in the playoffs.

[butter17]

It's going 2 be a hell of a game tonight rocket fans. (KOBE VS ARTEST) Good luck for tonight.

[Benedict_Boozer]

Good luck Rockets fans. You guys are my dark horse favorite to come out of the West.