Lakers V Rockets Yao up to his season average in shots already..If he took more shots then maybe the Rockets would have an even better record. Lakers 44 Rockets 57 halftime Yao 16 points 7-10 shooting 4 rebounds Jim Jackson has 16 as well I'm not even a Rockets fan and It's frustrating to not see Yao get these amount of shots each game.God knows what it must be like for you Rocket fans.
What is wrong with these Lakers? They don't even look energized. They are playing at home on Christmas day! The Rockets are really bringing it to them right now and are up on the Lakers by 13 at the half. I'm not saying the Lakers are going to lose, but if I was a Lakers fan, I would be disgusted by the effort.
the game is on rite now?? O NO!! so what was said in the halftime interview....and can someone assess Al Michaels basketball commentary...
Gray asked him some tough questions. The one that stood out to me was: "You have chosen to opt out of your contract at the end of the year, is your mind set on what you want to do next year or are you still open?" Kobe replied by saying he is still open. He has never been a free-agent before and said he liked the oppurtunity to test the Free Agency market. Gray also asked him if basketball will ever mean as much after all his "off-court" stuff. Kobe replied "yes and no".
thanx Rudeezy...I didn't even realize the game was today until I read your halftime recap....Rockets haven't scored a single basket since I started watching
The Rockets played a great first half. They only had three turnovers and were getting some wide open jumpshots. Yao played a fantastic first half and clearly won the battle with Shaq in the first half. Yao also showed some range hitting some 22 foot jumpshots. The reason they were having success against the Lakers on offense was they were using Yao to set ball picks. Shaq would help down low, leaving Yao wide open for a jumpshot. After playing a great first half, they come out of halftime playing horrible. They had two turnovers in the first few minutes and the Lakers went on a 10-0 run. Jeff Van Gundy just called a timeout, the score is 57-54 with 7:37 to go in the third quarter.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting allnet:</div><div class="quote_post">Yao up to his season average in shots already..If he took more shots then maybe the Rockets would have an even better record. Lakers 44 Rockets 57 halftime Yao 16 points 7-10 shooting 4 rebounds Jim Jackson has 16 as well I'm not even a Rockets fan and It's frustrating to not see Yao get these amount of shots each game.God knows what it must be like for you Rocket fans.</div> You are right it is frustrating. It is even frustrating now watching the Rockets play. They did a great job of attacking the basket and using pick and rolls in the first half. It is like they are lost right now. They have run maybe two pick and rolls and they are settling for nothing but jump shots.
I agree Dex. They should start running a lot more pick n rolls with either Mobley or Francis coming off Yao's screen. Shaq was not stepping out and they were hitting wide open shots. Lakers right back in this one. Its about time they started playing.
Does anybody find Francis's celebration with Taylor a little.....weird....u kno what i'm talking about
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting notMuchgame:</div><div class="quote_post">Does anybody find Francis's celebration with Taylor a little.....weird....u kno what i'm talking about </div>I didn't see it. What the hell are you talking about?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Rudeezy:</div><div class="quote_post">I didn't see it. What the hell are you talking about?</div> I think it was the play where Taylor stole the ball and got a dunk. Him and Francis ran up to each other like they were going to do a jumping chest bump....but then francis turned around in mid air and threw his backside into Taylors frontside....i dunno, call me immature but I thought that was kinda wierd...i guess i was the only one who noticed it
The Rockets get a huge win tonight over the Lakers, 99-87. I am truly at a loss for words. Not only did we beat the Lakers but it is even sweeter that we beat them at home on Christmas. The Rockets overall played a great game. The Rockets did a good job tonight overall of getting Yao the ball.(Why can't we do that every night?). The Rockets did a good job in the 4th quarter when Yao went to the bench early with 5 fouls. The Rockets shot 36-81 (44.4%) from the field compared to Lakers 32-85 (37.6%). The Rockets shot an amazing 42.9% from beyond the arc. Another good thing the Rockets did was limit their turnovers. They only had 12 throughout the course of the entire game. Rockets Players Steve Francis - 22 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals Cuttino Mobley - 15 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists Jim Jackson - 18 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists Kelvin Cato - 5 points, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks Yao Ming - 18 points, 8 rebounds, 5 fouls, 2 blocks Maurice Taylor - 14 points, 8 rebounds [b[Lakers Players[/b] Gary Payton - 13 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals Kobe Bryant - 23 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals Devean George - 11 points, 3 assists Stanislav Medvedenko - 10 points, 7 rebounds Shaquille O'Neal - 22 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks Horace Grant - 2 points, 11 rebounds
