[Round 1, Game 4] Houston Rockets vs. Portland Blazers

[TMU]

Houston Rockets @ Portland Blazers



Date: Apr 26, 2009
Time: 9:00 EST
Where: Toyota Center, Houston
Channel: TNT

PLAYOFF HISTORY
Previous Meetings
'87 NBA Western Conference 1st Round: 3 - 1 Rockets
'94 NBA Western Conference 1st Round: 3 - 1 Rockets

Championships
Rockets: 2 ('94, '95)
Blazers: 1 ('77)

2008 - '09 SEASON SERIES
Rockets lead 2-1
Nov 6, 2008: Rockets 99 @ 101 Blazers
Feb 24, 2009: Blazers 94 @ 98 Rockets
Apr 5, 2009: Blazers 88 @ 102 Rockets

2009 PLAYOFFS SERIES
Rockets lead 2-1
Game 1 (Away): 81 - 108 W
Game 2 (Away): 107 - 103 L
Game 3 (Home): 83 - 86 W

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TEAM STATS
Season Record: 53-29, 2nd in NBA Southwest Division
Pace Factor: 90.3 (19th of 30)
Offensive Rating: 108.3 (15th of 30)
Defensive Rating: 103.9 (4th of 30)

STARTERS
PG: Aaron Brooks #0


SG: Ron Artest #96


SF: Shane Battier #31


PF: Luis Scola #4


C: Yao Ming #11


BENCH
G - Von Wafer #11
F - Carl Landry #14
G - Kyle Lowry #7
G - Brent Barry #17
F - Chuck Hayes #44
C - Dikembe Mutombo #55


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TEAM STATS
Season Record: 54-28, 2nd in NBA Northwest Division
Offensive Rating: 113.9 (1st of 30)
Defensive Rating: 107.8 (13th of 30)
Pace Factor: 86.6 (30th of 30)

STARTERS
PG: Steve Blake #2


SG: Brandon Roy #7


SF: Nicolas Batum #88


PF: LaMarcus Aldridge #12


C: Joel Przybilla #10


BENCH
F - Travis Outlaw #25
G - Rudy Fernandez #5
C - Greg Oden #52
G - Sergio Rodriguez #11
G - Jerryd Bayless #4
F - Channing Frye #44


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LET'S GO ROCKETS!!!

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[Guy986]

Must Win.

Fact of the day: Rockets are 1-0 in this series when i say Must Win in the official game thread.

*celebrates*

[franchise73]

3-1 baby stick it to them NOW!

[TMACFORMVP]

That T-Mac picture is hilarious. I think we have to win this game, a 3-1 lead would be commanding and would have a good chance of closing the series out in 6 not having to go to Portland for a Game 7. We have to take care of homecourt, WE HAVE TO.

[Young_Star11]

A 3-1 lead in a close series is a big advantage.

We've haven't been 3-1 ahead in a playoff series..gives us 3 shots to knock 'em off.

[slamdunk]

Lets take a 3-1 series lead. Go Rockets.

[hackle]

4 copies of the 1st quarter tonight please! I'd like to use them on the 26th.
or 2 copies of the 1st half tonight. thanks.

[stockmarketgod]

okay Defense is the key again... we keep them under 90 points and we win...

Artest needs to play smart again like he did game 3, a little more offense is okay...

Brooks needs to keep attacking the basket... just go for the layup and get the foul calls

Batman needs to keep playing that game 3 defense on ROY (and if he gets by him, the team needs to play that Team D again) and Batman needs to put in a few 3 pointers too

Wafer and Lowery need to keep attacking the basket

Scola and Landry need to keep shooting those jumpers... but take it in sometimes too

LA who should be guarding Scola and Landry... will probably play them tighter this game. and contest those open jumpers

Yao the VAG needs to be ready, for that and,

so he needs to punish the Fronting since there will probably be no one underneath defending against the lob pass

[hackle]

Yao the VAG needs to be ready, for that and,

so he needs to punish the Fronting since there will probably be no one underneath defending against the lob pass

yes i think if "Yao the VAG" is ready, he 'll probably have a big game. because portland will then shift its defense to Scola (who is harder to stop, compared to Yao), that should get Yao some room to start hot. and if he could keep it up, then we possible could relive game 1 to establish a huge lead for the 1st half.

well it's all mental on Yao now.

[Young_Star11]

Yao's gotta get into the game just a bit more.

[Mr. E]

That picture of Pryzbilla flopping at Tianamen Square is brilliant!

[YoungMoney23]

This is a must win game, need to protect the home court

[red96]

This is a must win game, need to protect the home court

WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE!!!!

[red96]

We have a chance to knock them on there @sses and then finnish them with the ground n pound in game 5.

[rocketworld]

I think Lowry is the key. He gets the bigs in foul trouble. All the portland fans are too ignorant to realize its not yao who is drawing the fouls on the bigs, it's our penetrating guards. I guess brooks can be included in that too.

[tmacformvp07]

guess whose back baby.

i read somewhere someone was hating on me, please stop forward otherwise i will hunt you down.

[T-Wack]

In games where T-Wack is banned: 0-1. In games where T-Wack is not banned: 2-0.

The numbers don't lie.

[Guy986]

In games where T-Wack is banned: 0-1. In games where T-Wack is not banned: 2-0.

The numbers don't lie.

Keep this guy until the playoffs over then ban him.

[khrno]

did anyone catch the announcer from last night game commence rick adelmen for finishing second in the coach of the year vote? he rarely gets recognize for being a good coach.

well adelmen, cheers.

if rockets make it to the second round to play the lakers, i'll have to dig through my closet for them cow bell. phil jackson vs rick adelmen once again.

[PDXKnight]

In games where T-Wack is banned: 0-1. In games where T-Wack is not banned: 2-0.

The numbers don't lie.

Watch out if you go to the Portland forum. We'll be keeping a close eye on you.