GAME: Mavericks @ Rockets <div align="center"> at </div> <div align="center"><u><font color="Blue">Dallas Mavericks</font> @ <font color="Red">Houston Rockets</font></u></div> When: Sunday, March 7, 2004 Venue: Toyoata Center, Houston, TX Time: 12:00pm Central Standard Time TV: ABC Records 25-26 39-22 Last 10 6-4 (Won 1) 7-3 (Lost 2) Season Series: Mavericks 2, - Rockets, 0 <ul> [*]11/13/03 Dallas 97, Houston 86 [*]2/21/03 Dallas 97, Houston 88 [/list] Probable Starters <font color="Blue">Dallas: </font> <font color="Red">Portland</font> <u>Injury List:</u> <u>Houston</u> Mike Wilks <u>Dallas</u> Jon Stefanson Tariq-Abdual Wahad Travis Best <div align="center"><u>Key Bench Players:</u> Antawn Jamison - 14.4ppg 6.4rpg 0.9apg Maurice Taylor - 11.4ppg 5.4rpg 1.4apg </div> <u>X-Factor:</u> The Mavericks kept the Undeafeated streak against Yao Mings' Rockets last two games they've played. Can the Mavericks keep this up? <div align="center"><u>Key Matchup:</u> "Battle of the Giants" Yao Ming- 17.3 ppg 8.7rpg 1.6apg Shawn Bradley - 3.3ppg 2.6rpg .2apg</div> <u>Keys to the Game:</u> <u>Dallas:</u> Use the transistion game. Push the ball up court alot. Contain Steve Francis. Guard the permieter <u>Houston:</u> Hold Dallas to limit shots. Make Dallas earn every point. Give Yao the ball as much as possiable. Attack Dallas in the middle. Predection: We suck on the road, no comment on this one.
My Preview Rockets will win and Yao gets his first victory. The curse is broken, ladies and gentlemen.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Yao Ming scored a game-high 29 points, including the go-ahead three-point play to lift Houston over the visiting Mavs 101-98 Sunday. Yao also grabbed 10 rebounds for his 24th double-double of the season.</div> It was a good game until the end. The Jinx is over, thanks to a crazy call by the ref. Im one that thinks that Nash did NOT commit a lane violation. Oh well, 3 game loosing streak we need to get back on track. Close shot at the end for Finley though. Yao led the way for Houston with 29/10 Nash led teh way for Dallas with 22. Next game: Tomorrow, Suns
Yao had a lucky shot at that 3-point play which led up the victory to the rockets. Another fine game by Yao and Francis.
nash was awesome in the game and dirk had 9 STEALS! but of course no one could stop yao at the end, it was a good game.
MING YAO, this is how the Rockets should always play, through Yao. They would be so much more succesful if they did. Yao really won this one for them, great game by him scoring 29 points, grabbing 10 boards, blocking 3 shots and also geting 2 steals, really filled up the stat sheet. But we can't forget Jim Jackson who scord 24 points for the Rockets, and also had 6 boards and 5 dimes. He was 9-17 from the field, 4-7 from three land and 2-2 from the line.
