? Tracy McGrady scored 31 points in the Rockets' 84-77 win in Chicago, his sixth consecutive game of at least 30 points. McGrady is only the second player in Rockets history to score 30 or more points in six straight games. Moses Malone had streaks of 13 games and six games, both in 1982. It was the 47th time that McGrady has scored at least 30 points since joining the Rockets. Houston is 38-9 in those 47 games. McGrady has averaged 34.3 points per game during this six-game stretch, which began on Dec. 29, the highest scoring average in the NBA since that date. ? Dikembe Mutombo pulled down 16 rebounds in the Rockets' win. It was the seventh straight game in which Mutombo had at least 10 boards, the longest such streak by a Houston player since Kelvin Cato had a seven-game streak in 2001-02 and the longest by Mutombo since late in the 2000-01 season. Mutombo Mutombo has averaged 13.6 rebounds per game during this seven-game stretch, which began on Dec. 27, the third-highest such average in the NBA over that span, behind Emeka Okafor (13.8) and Marcus Camby (13.7). ? Jeff Van Gundy won only three of his first 10 games against the Bulls, thanks mostly to a player named Michael Jordan. Since 1998-99, Van Gundy is 16-4 against Chicago. He has a better record against only one NBA team over that span: (ironically he's 7-1 vs. New York). http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2724942
Dikembe Mutombo, Tracy McGrady are both steping up as a players in which leads to the team winning many games in Yao Ming's absence.
vs lakers t-mac FELL hes kinda hurt..then the next game vs denver he was OKAy but still hurt and THEN thay started TRIPPLE TEAMING him so hes passing..THATS WHY THAY WINNING..you cant stop t-mac..its either he will do a SPECTACLUR pass or shoot...like thay said in the 2004 allstar game.....T-Mac You Cant Stop Him!
role players are startin to up dere game but the thing is dey playin with a lot more drive than wen yao is playin, if dey could keep the same intensity though..
