Geez, some guys are hard to please. Houston had won 8 of 10 and was averaging almost 109 PPG over that stretch, and the Blazers held them to 85 points. I expected the game to be a lot closer. The Blazers won so easily, I hope it doesn't cause them to take Houton too lightly on Wednesday night. Houston is a different team at home (10-5) than on the road (6-12). BNM
People keep saying the Rockets have been playing so well lately, but their wins in their last 10 games have been against Cleveland, Sacramento, Memphis, Sacramento, Golden State, LA Clippers, Washington and Toronto. Sorry, but that's nothng to get excited about. Houston is a crappy team, and we should have beat them like we did. I didn't look at records, but I would bet all of the teams they beat had a worse record than the Rockets.
The best part of the game was when Mills fumble the ball off his fingers during a layup and then Batum ran up and hit him on top of the head and then kicked him in the butt.
Well, wins are wins, and if those 8 of 10 aren't impressive enough, go back a little further. After starting the season 3 - 10, the Rockets were 13 - 6 over the previous 19 games, including wins over OKC and the Lakers. And, they aren't just beating the teams they should beat, they have been beating them soundly (average margin of victory 10.4 points for their previous 8 wins - or 10.9 points for their previous 10 wins, including a 10 point win over the Lakers). BNM
Who was that 1 guy in Seattle that he ran the team around? Just admit it, I know it goes against your beaten to death argument that Nate's a lousy coach and all, but he's done a damn good job with the cards he's been dealt and this team has adapted nicely without its best player. I teeter on Nate now and then, but I think he's doing a helluva job right now. We just won 2 games in a week period against the Jazz. That never happens. Ever. Even if were completely healthy. He did it with Mills and Marks in the regular rotation.
Similar to the Knicks win streak last month. I don't see many people saying that the Knicks aren't a good team (not that I personally think they're great).
mediocre man has an NBA scout friend who tells him which wins are "good." That's professional opinion.
Ray Allen. Before that as a player, his offense went through Shawn Kemp, and Dale Ellis before that, when the Head Coach was Bernie Bickerstaff. Most of McMillan's Sonic teams heavily counted on one guy to score. McMillan has limited creativity, but is conforming more this year to what his critics want. He's temporarily lost without Roy, so he's trying what those around him (critics, Bickerstaff, Andre Miller) want. We shall see whether he returns to form next season.
Just like Aldridge averaged almost as many points as Roy, but we all knew who was top dog in the last clutch minutes. McMillan's psyche was formed by Bernie's mantra, "Get it to Dale." Ellis was nothing before and after he had Bickerstaff as coach, when he averaged something like 24 ppg for a few years. They thought of Ellis as a superweapon like a nuclear cannon. All he could do was catch and shoot.
