Game Thread: Utah At Houston <div align="center"></div> <div align="center"><font color="blue">Utah Jazz</font> VS <font color="red">Houston Rockets</font></div> When: Wednesday January 2nd, 8:30 PM (EST) Where: Houston,Texas Toyota Center Local TV: FOX SW (Home) KJZZ 14 (away) Game GiveAways: T-Mac, Wiing Span Poster. <div align="center">Predicated Starters <font color="blue">Jazz</font> <font size="1"><font face="Arial"><font color="blue">Carlos Arroyo, Raja Bell, Matt Harpring, Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur</font></font></font></div> <div align="center"><font color="red">Rockets</font> <font size="1"><font face="Arial"><font color="red">Bob Sura, Tracy McGrady, Jon Barry, Juwan Howard, Yao Ming</font></font></font></div> Keys to The Game <ul> [*]Get Yao Ming hot in the early going. [*]Tracy needs to drive to the basket more and create an open shot and play aggressive. [*]Crash the boards! The Utah Jazz have a nice rebounding team. [*]David Westley and Diki Mutumbo will need to come strong if Yao doesn't play. [*]Run the fast break, beat the defense of the Jazz down the strech. [/list] Houston wins, 92-80. This is my first preview here at Justbball. (If I wasn't able to post this, please just delete it)
Nice Adrenaline , Hope we win tommorow my guess is 100-82. A good win to get higher then .500 if we win this i hope we keep winning to be in play offs. Also a good strategy would be to be open and go for the lay-up which is a strategy used by the spurs but still good
Nice work there, I hope we can win this match and we SHOULD win this match, but you never know in the sport of basketball, any team can beat any team...
The Rockets here are looking to get over .500 for wins against a struggling Utah team. Since losing Kirilenko, the Jazz have lost their momentum and have suffered some losses. However, this will still not be an easy win for us. The Utah defense is great and their low post is very strong with the likes of Boozer and Mehmet Okur. The key here would be to establish our back court to try and out weigh their front court. McGrady, Wesley, Barry, and Sura need to hit some jumpers and drive into the lane to wreck some havok, while Yao needs to do the best defensive and offensive job that he can against their low post. He needs to rebound, box out, and put his arms up to make sure there are no easy shots. Hopefully, Wesley and Barry show some progress as the newcomers and show that they can work within Van Gundy's system. McGrady needs to be aggressive every game, not just when Yao's not there, so we're hoping to see some of his game from the Bucks game against the Jazz. Rockets win, 91-86. Both teams have great defenses, it will be one slow game.
I notice my only problem is, I can't really go in depth on the keys to the game. Well, hopefully the facts are true. Any suggestions from the pros ?
Yeah i've got the same problem, I mean most of the time its the same thing you know?, like T-Mac has to be agressive, Yao has to dominate and get good position in the paint, sometimes its different though but most of the time i'm stuck...
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">When: Wednesday January 2nd, 8:30 PM (EST)</div> Dont you mean Sunday
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting YugoRocketsfan:</div><div class="quote_post">Dont you mean Wednesday </div> What are you on about? she spelt it right...
Dan Le , Adrenaline is a girl lol, so anyways i ment to put sunday instead of wednesday cause it is sunday
The Rockets might find it hard to come off with a win tonight, but I believe the home crowd will eventually carry them to a victory. If the Rockets can have good performances from McGrady and another scorer, be it Mo Taylor, Sura or Wesley, the Rockets would be in this one. If Yao plays, it will be a huge bonus, but if he doesn't, I'm confident that Mutombo can fill in as well as he did against Milwaukee. Rockets by 6.
Wesley is starter right? instead of Jon Barry? Seems this lineup of Wesley Starting is better than Barry starting. Barry is great energy off the bench. We're gna win if tmac imposes his will and yao brings 20/10
If the Rockets want to win this game, they need to shoot good. There isn't much to say about it otherwise...I think Yao is going to have trouble on the boards against Okur and Boozer. The man is way too soft...he needs to get tough. McGrady has to get his players hot early...Wesley, Sura, and Barry. They need to start shooting right away so they'll have their shot ready by the half. Otherwise, they'll be cold all game, and McGrady will have to play 48 minutes to keep the Rockets in the game. Also, Boozer is going to be tough to keep out of the passing lane between Yao and T-Mac. Yao needs to clear the paint when McGrady does decide to drive, so Tracy can either dish it off to Yao after the penetration, or take it up and draw the foul (get Boozer in foul trouble, possibly). Remember Harpring. When he gets hot, he's off the hook from the arc. If this is the case, you'll see McGrady defending the perimeter rather than Jon Barry, who may be stuck with Bell. Sura...I don't know...he's not a good defender, but Arroyo's season hasn't been so great. Arroyo's definitely going to try and kick it out on penetrations. Kirk Snyder should be dangerous off the bench...watch him. Rockets should win this one in Houston, 87-82.
Jazz had 5 team fouls with 8:10 left to go in the 1st, is that a record? . The Jazz have been let down by their 4th quarter choices a lot during the season. They're a young team, on their active roster right now the most experience is 6 years with Matt Harpring. This lets them down often, and a team like Houston should really benefit from it.
Yeah, Bob Sura has 20 points in 3rd quarter which is very good , someone stands up every time for the rockets it's bobs turn and he has 8 rebounds
