I swear the rockets have been playing like a bunch of bone heads these past 2 games.....here are the 4 reasons why we lost the game. 1. We didn't get the ball down to Yao enough......dude only got 7 shots, but still ended up with 20 pts.....As I said before Dirk can not hold him in the low post and we did not even look for him late in the game 2. Why in the hell are Mike James and Jon Barry taking fall away jumpers.....newsflash guys, you're not TMac.....one time when bringin the ball up court, Tracy had to yell at James so he would get down court........I can't count how many times I said to myself "that was a bad possesion" in the 4th quarter. 3. Why in the hell are we doubling Jerry Stackhouse and Dirk.........Dirk has had a terrible series and since when is Jerry Wackhouse double team worthy........there is no reason why a role player like Jason Terry should score 32 points.....dude was scorching hot, but for some odd reason we kept rotating off of him and giving him wide open jump shots......STAY AT HOME ON YOUR MAN!!!! 4. We also turned the ball over way too much........our 18 turnovers accumulated into 20 + Dallas points I swear if we lose this series the Rockets have no one to blame but themselves........they honestly should've swept Dallas and we should be getting ready for Phoenix right now........but I guess they like doin things the hard way.....Go Rockets!!!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting AznxBaller:</div><div class="quote_post">Wow, its funny how everyone have given up hope on Houston when a couple days ago everyone were thinking about sweeping Dallas...</div> That's true, but then again a couple of days a go we were up 2-0 and then we were up 2-1 now we're tied, and I did say in my prediction that I think the winner of game 4 would be the winner of the series, I can change my thoughts now.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting bplld:</div><div class="quote_post">If the rockets want to win this, TMAC has to get a bit more greedy. He doesnt need to pass the ball anymore, just take it and score. He is the star and the only hope for us to get out of this series.</div> I agree. I'm all for sharing the ball and finding the open man but taking the ball to the hoop and making the big shot is what T-Mac does. When we got the fast break last night and he passed off to Bowen and Ryan lost it I just about died. It seems to me that if Tracy drives inside, majority of the time he's going to make the shot or get fouled. I'm not saying all the time but push the ball a bit man! And I almost forgot. Look at Dirk's field goals in this series. Now how much difference do you think would be made if we worked a little bit harder on keeping him off the line? He only scored 9 points off the free-throw line last night.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting AznxBaller:</div><div class="quote_post">Wow, its funny how everyone have given up hope on Houston when a couple days ago everyone were thinking about sweeping Dallas...</div> I'm sure most people didn't expect the Rockets to sweep the Mavs, just like most Mav fans probably didn't expect them to sweep the Rockets before this series started. It's kind of immature to EXPECT a 4 or 5 team to sweep the other 4 games straight. But, let's face it--when you win the first 2 on the road, a lot of people start thinking it's possible. I, myself, expected the Rockets to win either game 3 or 4 and take a 3-1 lead, but they blew it. Unless there is a game 7, game 4 was the biggest game of the series.
Players on both teams need to just throw away the past 4 games. It is now just a 3-game series. Both teams know that they can win at the other team's floor, so home-court advantage doesn't need to be a factor here. As history has proven, the best team will win a 7-game series, so may the better team win. Enjoy game 5.
