Rockets 2009 Playoffs

[Nconroe]

It's great to see the Rockets get a little more success finally. Nice to see Yao and Arteste get some success and then be able to enjoy it and relax. Having Scola and Battier helps a lot. VonWafer becoming the crowd favorite. Two point guards getting more muture each game. Good depth coming in off the bench. Pretty good coaching as well. Fairly good basketball to watch. So, if we can get the LA series to 7, who knows what can happen.

[cloudwasher]

Originally Posted by Nconroe

It's great to see the Rockets get a little more success finally. Nice to see Yao and Arteste get some success and then be able to enjoy it and relax. Having Scola and Battier helps a lot. VonWafer becoming the crowd favorite. Two point guards getting more muture each game. Good depth coming in off the bench. Pretty good coaching as well. Fairly good basketball to watch. So, if we can get the LA series to 7, who knows what can happen.

I think the rockets best hope for winning this series is to try to win it in 6 again... if they can win just one of those first three games in LA then we'll have a good chance of pulling it off. Its possible that theyll win it in 7, but I see 6 to be more likely to happen.

[superbowlbound]

Originally Posted by cloudwasher

I think the rockets best hope for winning this series is to try to win it in 6 again... if they can win just one of those first three games in LA then we'll have a good chance of pulling it off. Its possible that theyll win it in 7, but I see 6 to be more likely to happen.

I agree. I think whoever wins this series does it in 6, and that's for either team.

[Nconroe]

wow, just an amazing win by Rockets in Game 1 with LA. Yao, Arteste, Brooks, great games and the whole team did really well. that was exciting to watch.

[Keith]

Yao's return from injury was simply legendary.

It's nice to know he simply knocked knees, but that was a looooooong commercial break before we knew anything other than Yao in pain laying on the floor.

[Mike]

Not a Willis Reed moment, but he showed me some stones last night. Jeff Van Gundy always talks about how Yao cares, and how bad he wants to win, and I see it more and more. This team showed grit all year, the battle with injuries, and last night taking back the lead in the 4th quarter.

Kobe, besides being an adulterer, is a punk/loser after rubbing his junk on the head of Battier. I have zero respect for crap like that.

[HPF Bob]

Congrats to the Rockets on their big road win. That was a gutty performance. Our ace in the hole may be Adelman's experience going against Phil Jackson and the Lakers so often while coaching in the Pacific Division all those years. He knows what the Lakers will do probably better than anyone. From there, it's a matter of getting his players to recognize and execute.

Artest also seems to be the x-factor we didn't have in past seasons.