<div align="center">vs <font color=""Navy"">New Jersey Nets(11-17) </font>vs <font color=""red"">Houston Rockets</font>(16-12) Time: Wesneday, December 27, 2006 7:30 EST TV: YES Away/Home</div> The Nets are coming off a hearbreaking and controversial loss to the Detroit Pistons at the Palace, 92-91, and will try to bounce back and start winning tonight against a powerful Rockets team. Houston is without Yao Ming, but with Tracy McGrady, who returned from an injury not too long ago himself. The Nets are without Nenad Krstic, whose injury was a big hit to the Nets, and Lawrence Frank will have to find a way to fill in the whole Krstic's injury made in the frontcourt and avoid losing 4 straight games. Starting Lineups: New Jersey Nets: PG:Jason Kidd SG:Vince Carter SF:Richard Jefferson PF:Mikki Moore C:Jason Collins Houston Rockets: PG:Rafer Alston SG:Tracy McGrady SF:Shane Battier PF:Juwan Howard Cikembe Mutombo Keys to the Game: -The Nets can't settle for too many jumpshots, despite having no real prescence in the paint. You can't beat a talented team like Houston with jumpshots. -The Rockets have very little frontcourt depth: if the Nets can get Howard or even better, Mutombo, in foul trouble, "Houston, will have a problem". Prediction: Nets by 6
We are playing against the Rockets without Yao Ming. Without him, the Nets and Rockets don't have inside presence. We will have to bounce back strong. Hopefully we win.
Tracy McGrady will need to bring his "A" game to beat the Nets, and the supporting cast of the Rockets will also need to step up.
Down by 10. VC is 2-10. The struggling T-Mac is playing better. I don't know what the hell is up with Vince.
I don't know how long it takes to realize we need a change. Do I want it? No, but we don't have much choice. Either we get KG or we start rebuilding. Let's go Thorn.
<div class="quote_poster">Carter Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I don't know what the hell is up with Vince.</div> I got 7 letters for you. B-A-T-T-I-E-R
You would think that after a few losses in a row, including that heartbreaking loss last night, that we would step up. Down by 10 maybe, but down by nearly 20 is just ridiculous. Vince needs to get his ass out of his little slump and jump shooting is not gonna help. RJ who has played average this year, is struggling also when we need him to step up. Krstic is out so we don't really have another scoring option anymore besides Kidd but he is 2-8. The big three is shooting a combined 10-45 from the field. I am lost for words. The game is not over yet, but you could count this as a loss already. With they way we have been playing and looking at the score there is no way in hell that we are gonna catchup from this margin. I just don't know anymore. Rod Thorn must make a move now before we slip to the bottom of the Atlantic division.
wow this is like a shot season like wtf were spoce to be this great team and then this happens we cant get one good possesion we cant get a damn rebound the only reason we are still in the playoff hunt is because we play in the atlantic
Kidd= 11 points Carter= 12 points <font size=""3"">=</font>34 points = <font size=""4"">Good defense by Houston</font> Jefferson= 11 points
Kidd= 11 points Carter= 12 points <font size=""3"">=</font> <font size=""3"">34 points</font> = <font size=""4"">Great defense by Houston</font> Jefferson= 11 points
Wow.. nets suck. If Carter doesnt step up, the rest of the team wont either... now what was everyone saying? the Big 3? Haha more like the big 1 which is Carter. If Carter doesn't perform highlight reel stuff, then the Nets don't win. I remember everyone talking about how expendible Carter was when the Nets were winning. Now that Carter isn't trying, this is the real Nets.
<div class="quote_poster">intrepid1983 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Wow.. nets suck. If Carter doesnt step up, the rest of the team wont either... now what was everyone saying? the Big 3? Haha more like the big 1 which is Carter. If Carter doesn't perform highlight reel stuff, then the Nets don't win. I remember everyone talking about how expendible Carter was when the Nets were winning. Now that Carter isn't trying, this is the real Nets.</div> Without Carter trying to score, then he's just taking up ball time. RJ played well in the first half and Kidd was playing well entirely. Otherwise it's just Carter dominating and over dribbling before jacking up a horrible shot. They are more efficient without him. Only reason he's on the court is cause if he's on fire, his overdribbling actually ends up looking good.
how come all the blames giong on carter, jefferson who is spoce to be a rising star had just as bad a game as carter and no ones saying anything about jefferson
<div class="quote_poster">thedude9990 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">how come all the blames giong on carter, jefferson who is spoce to be a rising star had just as bad a game as carter and no ones saying anything about jefferson</div> I agree that RJ should get some of the blame, but then again he doesn't get the ball as much as Carter. He doesn't get a chance to go on fire when he is struggling, because Carter ends up having most of the touches. Carter gets more chances to get his flow back into the game while RJ doesn't
