<div align="center"> <font color="red">Rockets (36-23)</font> vs <font color="darkred">Cavaliers (34-25)</font> Monday, March 5, 2007, Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 6:00 Central; FSNSW, SportsRadio 610 AM <font color="red"> <font size="1">(R. Alston, T. McGrady, S. Battier, J. Howard, Y. Ming)</font></font> <font size="1">Leading Scorer: Tracy McGrady - 24.5 PPG Leading Rebounder: Yao Ming - 9.4 RPG Assists Leader: Tracy McGrady - 6.0 APG </font> <font color="darkred"> <font size="1">(A. Pavlovic, L. Hughes, L. James, D. Gooden, Z. Ilgauskas)</font></font> <font size="1">Leading Scorer: LeBron James - 27.0 PPG Leading Rebounder: Drew Gooden - 8.4 RPG Assists Leader: LeBron James - 5.8 APG </font> <font size=""1""><font color="red">Luther Head (6th Man)</font></font> <font size="1"><div align="center">28.0 MPG, 11.0 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 2.4 APG</div></font><font size=""1""><font color="darkred">Anderson Varejao (6th Man)</font></font> <font size="1">23.7 MPG, 7.1 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 0.8 APG</font> Predictions: <font color=""Red"">Rockets 90</font>, Cavaliers 83</div> Keys To The Game: <font color=""Red"">Rockets:</font> T-Mac had a bad game after the terrible loss to the Spurs. The good news about this game is that YAO MAY PLAY. The Rockets again didn't have the offense against the Spurs and they really need it to win so we need scoring from everywhere because Yao is going to play limited minutes. Bonzi may also play in this game so it will be good for the Rockets. The Rockets really need a winning streak of at least 10 games starting now to get the 3rd seed in the West. T-Mac needs to score along with everyone else because our defense in that last 9 games has been TERRIBLE. I can't tell you how bad the Rockets have played Defense but you can tell by the slippage from 1 to 2 in opp. ppg. The last game T-Mac had a bad offensive game so he needs to take it to the whole. We have to contain LeBron James because his Penetration makes alot happen. Juwan Howard has been in a slump shooting the ball so he needs to step up because Yao wont get alot of playing time. The Rockets need to rebound, score, and defend. These March games need to start positive with wins so we really need this for the hunt of the 3rd/4th seed. <font color=""Red"">Luther Head hit some 3's!! </font> <font color=""darkred"">Cavaliers:</font> Keep Tmac from scoring more than 30. The Cavaliers need to keep their scoring efficiently because the Rockets will be hungry for this win coming of a loss to the Spurs. The Cavaliers are good with Hughes so they need to use him for the offense alot. Anderson Varejao can provide alot off the bench but Donyell Marshall needs to help score because the Rockets look like this game will be a Defensive game from the Rockets. The bench needs to produce and Varejao needs to give them energy with everything. Gooden is also a key player because he has been outstanding and Snow too. The offense needs to go through LeBron and Hughes. Cover luther head on 3's! <font color=""Black"">Bottom Line:</font> This game is a big, big game for the Rockets again. This game is needed because the Rockets cannot afford any more losses to stay in a good seed for the playoffs. The Rockets won the game earlier in the season 81-63 so the Cavs will look to try to get revenge. The Rockets mainly need to defend because this will traditionally be a low scoring game. The defense cannot always win the game if you dont score so they really need everyone to score. All the Rockets need to do is pickup their defense and not play Lazy then they should be in the game. If the Rockets can close the game out well they might come away with the victory. If T-Mac has a bad shooting night he has to take it to the basket or someone has to pick up the slack offensively. Hope for a great game and may the best team win.
Let's hope Yao plays, I miss my Shanghainese brethern on highlight reels lol...plus I hope Rockets can play Lakers in the postseason cause these are two of my favorite teams and I love watching both, and me being in So Cal I don't get to watch the Rockets play too often...
You know there is something terribly wrong when you see chuck Hayes face under top performers in Yahoo scoreboard.
Is it me, or do all games played in cleveland have bad officiating. Well, Rockets didnt play so well, but a lot of the calls have me scratching my head. If only we get this kinda bias in houston.
Damn those officials. I swear the NBA and the officials love LeBron. We got cheated. -They gave phantom fouls to Bron the whole game when Tracy would get hacked and get no call. -Head got hacked and then Marshall made that 3. Take 3 points off that. -Rafer got all ball on Hughes near the end. That's 1 point. The shot clock also expired, they made it 5 and subtract 5 fron 14.9 that's 9.9...why the hell did the shot clock show 9.4? -Yao got tackled - no foul. -LeBron hung on the rim - no tech. -T-Mac got fouled on his last 2 three pointers. That's +1 and 3 free throws. I hate LeBron, I don't want him on my fantasy team anymore. AznxBaller would you trade Nash for LeBron?
That was the BS'iest game I've seen in a WHILE. Talk about superstar calls? its only acceptable if T-Mac gets the same ones, and the last 2 3-pointers he attempted? he got fouled in BOTH of them, we were lucky the first one went in. He was fouled throughout the game, no way in HELL are Cavaliers good enough to beat us.
<div class="quote_poster">Pakman Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">That was the BS'iest game I've seen in a WHILE. Talk about superstar calls? its only acceptable if T-Mac gets the same ones, and the last 2 3-pointers he attempted? he got fouled in BOTH of them, we were lucky the first one went in. He was fouled throughout the game, no way in HELL are Cavaliers good enough to beat us.</div> Did you see when lakers played in Cleveland? Pretty similar. James got all the foul calls he needed, while Kobe was getting hacked to pieces at the other end.
<div class="quote_poster">Pakman Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">It couldn't possible have been as bad. Man I'm pissed.</div> SAME ! ! ! ! ! WTF.
the officiating in this game was BS.. I have nothing more to say because I posted all I had to say about this cheated game in the cavs forum <font color="red">C'mon, you know enough to not swear. I know it's frustrating and all but think about the kids on this site here. ~Locke</font>
<div class="quote_poster">tracymcgrady_01 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">the fucking officiating in this game was bullshit.. I have nothing more to say because I posted all I had to say about this cheated game in the cavs fuckin forum</div> Oh man, took my words right from my mouth. I wanted to make a thread but didn't want to go too far. Title was going to be "Congratulations on win against Rockets" ... post would've been "not - officials cheated you out"
Seriously, Battier had his hands straight up waaayyy before LeBron shot and he got an And1. Didnt even make contact. I still dont get the shot clock thing. Why was it changed to 5 secs? Wasnt there 3 secs left when they got tied up? When Hughes got the tip the clock didnt even start, then the SHOT CLOCK, doesnt start, then he gets fouled with "1" sec. left...T I M E E X P I R E D W T F !
Man, I just wish someone on the Rockets knew how to get pissed? curse at the ref, get a technical, do what it takes. JVG was a complete dumbass for taking out Snyder when he was going at LeBron with all he had.
^If I was JVG I would have told my team to walk out and leave the game with .6 seconds left. Then after the game in the post game interview JVG should have said effyou Sean Corbin, we never win games when you officiate against us. <div class="quote_poster">ownage Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Seriously, Battier had his hands straight up waaayyy before LeBron shot and he got an And1. Didnt even make contact. I still dont get the shot clock thing. Why was it changed to 5 secs? Wasnt there 3 secs left when they got tied up? When Hughes got the tip the clock didnt even start, then the SHOT CLOCK, doesnt start, then he gets fouled with "1" sec. left...T I M E E X P I R E D W T F !</div> I tried saying that earlier, but it's worded wierd...too much was on my mind. I swear the first thing I looked at was the shot clock and it didn't start for 2 seconds. All the BS calls came when we were coming back and had the momentum on our side. I don't even want to watch the playoffs this season when I think about what happened in the playoffs 2 seasons ago.
<div class="quote_poster">Pakman Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Man, I just wish someone on the Rockets knew how to get pissed? curse at the ref, get a technical, do what it takes. JVG was a complete dumbass for taking out Snyder when he was going at LeBron with all he had.</div> I scratched my head on that too! Snyder was the only one with energy out there, especially on offense. Why would JVG take him out? Am I the only one who thinks Head's minutes need to be reduced in favor of Snyder? Luther's playin like he's a rookie again Another thing that annoyed the crap outta me was Tmac's overrall play. He played lackadasical tonight. The same way he looked early in the season. WHY WAIT TILL YAO GETS BACK TO START PLAYIN SOFT AGAIN!! Just because Yao's back doesn't mean you can't attack the rim. Tmac has to learn how to be aggressive with Yao. NOTE:Mcgrady also settled for too many 3's down the stretch
yao got fking 'clothlined' sort of...but Z completely flipped yao over and no call ????..that was a turning point of the game man when bron on the other end got a dunk....up by 4........who cares all...rockets were playing 5 on 8
