Lost 106-78. Ray, Danny, AD and Rashard all sat it out. Mateen Cleaves played 31 minutes. Flip scored 22. Casanova Swift..... <font size="3"> SCORED 10 POINTS AND SPIKED FOUR UNFORTUNATE SHOTS!</font>
Swift defiently looked real solid...was disappointed he only played as much as he did. I figured after a good showing in the 1st half he would get more minutes in the 2nd half.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Coolguy777:</div><div class="quote_post">Swift defiently looked real solid...was disappointed he only played as much as he did. I figured after a good showing in the 1st half he would get more minutes in the 2nd half.</div> It was nice to see Swifty get some PT. He had a midrange jumper, a hook shot over Yao, a put back lay-up....and he was there on defense...not all the time, but 4 blocks in 17 minutes is not shabby. He blocked Yao twice in one possession, but got called for a foul on the second. He didn't get credit for a couple of tip out rebounds he sent to other players...they don't show up in the box score. However, Yao was not playing hard and the rest of the Rockets were not the best players. The main difference between the two teams was that EVERY Rocket was focused on playing and winning while only Swift, Vitaly and Cleaves looked liked they were serious. Flip put up 22 points, but he looked like he was mailing it in. His jukes were lazy and he got picked off a few times. He needs to shoot the 3 less and go for the midrange jumper. His % is WAY better inside the arc.
