<div align="center"> <font color="red">Rockets (25-15)</font> vs <font color="blue">Nuggets (19-17)</font> Saturday, January 20, 2007, Toyota Center, Houston 7:30 Central; FSNSW, SportsRadio 610 AM </div> [div=50%] <div align="center"><font color="red"> <font size="1">(R. Alston, T. McGrady, S. Battier, J. Howard, D. Mutombo)</font></font> <font size="1">Leading Scorer: Tracy McGrady - 22.8 PPG Leading Rebounder: Chuck Hayes - 6.5 RPG Assists Leader: Tracy McGrady - 6.3 APG </font></div> [/div] <div align="center"><font color="blue"> <font size="1">(A. Iverson, S. Blake, Y. Diawara, R. Evans, M. Camby)</font></font> <font size="1">Leading Scorer: Allen Iverson - 29.3 PPG Leading Rebounder: Marcus Camby - 12.7 RPG Assists Leader: Allen Iverson - 7.4 APG </font> </div> [div=50%] <div align="center"> <font size=""1""><font color="red">Luther Head (6th Man)</font></font></div> <font size="1"><div align="center">29.0 MPG, 11.1 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 2.4 APG</div></font> [/div] <div align="center"> <font size=""1""><font color="blue">J.R. Smith (6th Man)</font></font> <font size="1">28.9 MPG, 16.1 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 1.7 APG</font> Predictions: <font color=""Red"">Rockets 101</font>, Nuggets 89</div> Keys To The Game: <font color=""Red"">Rockets:</font> T-Mac is saying he will play in this game so this is big for the rockets. He has had a big resting period so that should help. Defend Allen Iverson and force them to take jumpshots. This team is a great offensive team so we need to really use our defense. They are on a back to back so they should be tired so use that to your advantage. Mutumbo more BLOCKS!!! Basically, cover everyman on their team because they can shoot the ball. Dont give the lead on runs and transition D is a key. Also, don't give up the lead close the end of the 4th quarter. <font color=""Red"">let Luther Head hit some 3's!! </font> <font color=""blue"">Nuggets:</font> Keep Tmac from scoring more than 30. They are tired but they should keep running on their transition D and use Camby to their advantage. Get offensive rebounds and let AI drive. J.R. Smith needs to hit open 3's, and dont allow easy layups. Exploit the Mutumbo matchup at the center position with Nene and Camby. Cover luther head on 3's! This game should be a must win for the Rockets. The Nuggets are coming off a win against the Cavaliers and should be a bit tired. The rockets just need to score and defend. T-Mac should be playing in this game like he said. AI vs T-Mac once again and T-Mac did struggle in their last matchup against the Nuggets so it should be a good one for T-Mac who will be recharged from that 45 point game he had against the Mavericks. Hopefully there are no injuries on either sides and let it be another win for the Rockets.
Thanks for covering for me tracymcgrady01, your doing a good job with the game previews. WOOOOWEE! Melo and AI should be fun to watch. T-Mac will be there so this should be a great game. Lets upset a lot of bandwagon fans tomorrow. Hopefully Denver is fatigued from playing last night.
I dont think Melo is playing since his suspension got moved back one day. And that is the reason I am not going to the game tommorow. I wanted to be one of the firsts to see Melo and Iverson combo on the court, but too bad because of that blizzard that his suspension got moved back.
<div class="quote_poster">Umair Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I dont think Melo is playing since his suspension got moved back one day. And that is the reason I am not going to the game tommorow. I wanted to be one of the firsts to see Melo and Iverson combo on the court, but too bad because of that blizzard that his suspension got moved back.</div> No his suspension didnt get moved.. This is the 15th game.. He doesnt come back on the 15th game he comes back on the 16th game because he was suspended for 15 games... Like JR Smith was suspended for 10 games he came back to actually PLAY on the 11th game.. Everyone's thinking he comes back on the 15th game but hes serving a 15 game suspension.. if you know what I mean.. Btw.. Your Welcome igotask8board
Melo will not play. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Marcus Camby had a season-high 26 points and 17 rebounds and Allen Iverson added 25 points for Denver, which welcomes back Carmelo Anthony in its next game on Jan. 22 against Memphis.</div> Source
Ridiculous L. We were in front 108-100 and then went outscored 21-2 for a 121-110 leads by Nuggets. JVG didn't understand anything of the final minutes (yet once again).
That was ... frustrating. Wow. Great job by Juwan and Dikembe. Bonzi had some good minutes. McGrady was OK till he disappeared in the end. Rafer ... ugh. Chuck Hayes, again, was a total non-factor in limited minutes. I don't understand why the hell we don't run post ups for McGrady at the end of games. It seems like everytime he gets the ball 30 feet from the basket and we just run those high screen and roll plays.
<div class="quote_poster">DaRocket Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Ridiculous L. We were in front 108-100 and then went outscored 21-2 for a 121-110 leads by Nuggets. JVG didn't understand anything of the final minutes (yet once again).</div> Great point! Bonzi the "Fat azz" (according to Aznxballer) played good as I expected. He scored, defended, and even got us some extra possessions with offensive rebounds. Like I've been sayin for 2 years, JVG doesn't make the right offensive moves. When the offense is suffering, he doesn't make smart offensive adjustments. Bonzi plays great, and you reward him with benching him for the final 2mins and ALL of overtime Instead, Rafer's throwin up bricks and Tmac's jackin up fadeaway jumpers Relying on Tmac to win EVERY game won't win championships. How about gettin Bonzi down on the block and letting him go to work. JVG isn't a good offensive coach <div class="quote_poster">durvasa Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I don't understand why the hell we don't run post ups for McGrady at the end of games. It seems like everytime he gets the ball 30 feet from the basket and we just run those high screen and roll plays.</div> Lack of offensive creativity. The Rockets only beat you one way, DEFENSE. We have to have the dullest offense in the league. No movement, no post plays, Tmac jackin jumpers all game. If Tmac has a bad game, then we're screwed
Man JVG isn't a bad offensive coach, he's a HORRIBLE ONE. He doesn't know how to make adjustment offensively at all, its frustrating to watch the games sometimes. And what does he do everytime the rockets lose? Blame it on defense... Pathetic excuse.
Terrible decisions by JVG, Bonzi should have played more. Look at his stat line: 12pts (5-9) , 4rebs(3 off.) , 1 ast, 1 stl , 1 blk, in 17 mins. Pretty efficient to me...
Man what kind of game was this? Yet another winnable game we lost! Why do we keep on blowing big leads in the 4th quarter. I remember we were up by as much as 13 points in the 3rd quarter. I blame Rafer Alston!
Raefer = a bad decision maker Tmac = should've took it to the basket on the last possession instead of shooting that horrible shot JVG = needs to make better substitutions...Howard was playing great last night and he set him for too long during certain stretches Rockets = need better defense.....and need to make smarter decisions on offense Our Fans = lame
