@ <font color="Red">The Houston Rockets (20-16)</font>@<font color="Blue">The Washington Wizards (10-25)</font> Time: 7:00 Eastern Place: The MCI Center TV: Local ================================= Probable Starting Lineups: Steve Francis/Brevin Knight Cuttino Mobley/Larry Hughes Jim Jackson/Jared Jeffries Kelvin Cato/Kwame Brown Yao Ming/Brendan Haywood *Steve Francis has the advantage for obvious reasons, height, speed, skills... *Larry Hughes is Washingtons first option *Jim Jackson should outpower Jared Jeffries *Kwame has been playing well as of late and has much better speed than Kelvin Cato *Yao Ming has the height, but not size on Haywood Sixth Men ============================= Injuries: <u>Hou</u>-SF Adrian Griffin Knee IL <u>Was</u>- PG Gilbert Arenas Abdominal Out SF Jerry Stackhouse Knee Out PG Chris Whitney Ankle Out PF Christian Laettner Suspension...5 games ================================ Key PLayers: <ul> [*]Steve Francis is quick, has ball handling skills, and good court vision...he should kill Brevin Knight [*]Larry Hughes is a scorer, he also plays decent D, he will need to be big again with Key players out. [/list] ============================= Keys To The Game: <u>Hou:</u> <ul> [*]Contain Hughes [*]Make Other players beat them [*]Watch out for Kwame [/list] <u>Was</u> <ul> [*]Contain Francis [*]Double Ming in the post [*]Give Kwame Shots [/list] ============================ Prediction: I think the Wizards pull an upset here and take it 92-90
Nice preview Q Rich. Keep it up.:thumbsup: I don't see the Wizards winning here although Hughes has been tearing it up. But I also wouldn't be suprised if they did come out with a W. I'm going with the Rockets. If Yao gets a lot of touches, Rockets win easily.
Houston win this, they have too many weapons for Washington. Relying on Hughes and Brown for a win is a risky business, both are notoriously inconsistent. Rockets by 16.
Sorry Washington fans. It must be tough to see your team lose every night right? Too bad you're gonna witness another slaughter of your team. Rockets by at least 4.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Q Rich3:</div><div class="quote_post"> [*]Double Ming in the post </div> That has been the main key in the game. When Yao was in the post man to man he sunk many fade aways, but when the doubled Yao, they mostly fouled which send Yao to the line a lot. Great night by Yao, 21 points 11 boards and 2 blocks. I was off by 1 point from both teams guessing it will end Rockets over Wizards 92-81, but they ended up 93-80.
Kwame played ok, he got some no calls, he as basically raped by cato, nothing called, Ming hit the deck hard, on a bad flagrant call...Wizards couldnt finish
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting franchise3:</div><div class="quote_post">What a win for the Rockets! Maybe this means they've woken up from their slump?</div> You do know that they faced the Wizards right?
Yeah I know the Wiz aren't exactly finals material but you gotta stay positive man. Just hope they don't ruin our hopes again.
I am disappointed with Etan THomas, he left Kwame on guarding 2 people in the post a lot, he look lost out there (etan), Eddie Jordan doesnt know when his players are tired, Kwame's tongue was hanging when he played 21 straight 2nd half minutes..
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Q Rich3:</div><div class="quote_post">I am disappointed with Etan THomas, he left Kwame on guarding 2 people in the post a lot, he look lost out there (etan), Eddie Jordan doesnt know when his players are tired, Kwame's tongue was hanging when he played 21 straight 2nd half minutes..</div> I agree with you on that one and the Rockets scoring streak early in the game? Wizards didn't call TO and the streak was like 12-0 run.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Ming637:</div><div class="quote_post">I agree with you on that one and the Rockets scoring streak early in the game? Wizards didn't call TO and the streak was like 12-0 run.</div> Yea but they recovered from the run and came close, they just need someone who can help Larry Finish ball games, maybe Kwame could of if he didnt play 42 minutes, and 21 of them in the second half, in a row
