<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Summing up Rockets in a word: Medic! By RICHARD JUSTICE Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle They've got ice packs and elastic bandages and stitches. They've got dead legs and flat shots. Give the Rockets credit for refusing to buy into a single excuse even when they're offered. And legitimate. "We can't pity ourselves," coach Jeff Van Gundy said. "We've got guys hurt? So what? We've got enough to win with." Maybe. Van Gundy is running short on sympathy after hacking and wheezing his way through Sunday night's 91-78 loss to Phoenix. He could use two weeks of R&R instead of a four-game, seven-day trip through the NBA's Western Conference. That trip begins Tuesday at Golden State. All of a sudden, the walls are closing in on these unpredictable Rockets. With eight games remaining, they have a five-game cushion on Minnesota, the team pursuing the Western Conference's eighth and final playoff spot.</div> Source
Wow. I've actually taken for granted that we are in the playoffs for sure this season, with that cushion over Memphis and Denver. However, it's actually likely we might lose a lot of the games with this remaining schedule and get booted out. If that does happen, it will be a great collapse. We really have to tighten up and show desire to win games. We had no desire against New Orleans, and we have to get out of our shooting slump. The warriors aren't a good defensive team so it will be a great opportunity for Wesley and McGrady to get their shots back.
