<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Rockets Have Liftoff by Adrian Wojnarowski HOUSTON ? They barely were standing in the end, staggering to the finish line of a long night, a longer season. Yao Ming reached out for Tracy McGrady, and McGrady back to Yao, and they hugged Monday, holding up each other in the middle of the floor. All the big noise descended in a surround sound of a celebration in the Toyota Center. As it turned out, these Houston Rockets stars weren't just holding up each other but the franchise, too. The Rockets wouldn't need a victory Wednesday in Salt Lake City to secure home-court advantage against Utah in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs because they had gone the distance in this dizzying, defiant 120-117 victory over Phoenix. McGrady had 39 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists in one of the most complete offensive nights in Houston history. Yao had 34 points and nine boards, refusing to let the Suns run him out of relevance as they often do. Together, McGrady and Yao had secured an improbable 52nd victory in this patchwork Rockets season, beating the Suns for the first time in seven tries. All things considered, together they punctuated a regular season as accomplished as anyone achieved in the NBA this year. ... </div> article A very positive, well written article about the Rockets. A great read.
Well written article. a must read. T-mac feeling the way he does is great. a restoration of mentality that he needed to realize he's still got it. the fire is in his eyes and there is no water in sight.