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Houston Rockets (25-16) @ San Antonio Spurs (30-13)

Wednesday, January 24, 8:00 p.m. / AT&T Center

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Chron.com

Regrouping for a film session and workout following their third straight loss Saturday night, the Rockets maintained there is no panic. In fact, they are hoping to be like a James Bond martini with a difference — stirred, not shaken.

"No, we're not shaken at all," said Tracy McGrady. "We're gonna regroup, and we have a difficult task at hand on Wednesday in San Antonio. We'll go out there and see if our work and our focus is back to where it needs to be."

The difference between the 9-1 stretch and 0-3?

"No rebounding, no defense," said McGrady. "What made us win a lot of games when Yao (Ming) was (first) out (was that) we rebounded, we defended teams, we did everything it took to win ballgames. The last four games, we did not do that."

Something wrong with fit
Coach Jeff Van Gundy continues to talk about not liking "the fit" of his current eight-man rotation. He says he's not ready to change the rotation yet but probably has his hand on the reset button.

"You don't want to react and change too early, and you don't want to change too late," Van Gundy said. "But we've played Indiana, New Jersey (on Dec. 26-27) and Denver (Saturday) with that rotation. We're 1-2, and I'm not liking it. I'm not saying I'm changing for the next game."

The common denominator in those three games was Bonzi Wells in the regular rotation, getting meaningful minutes.

Accentuate the positive
Despite the Rockets' skid, the emphasis in the video session was on the positive.

"We really focused on watching ourselves when we were playing well, the extra rotations that we made and the small concentration plays, " forward Shane Battier said. "It's being a step inside the lane instead of being outside the lane. The difference between making a defensive rotation or not. The last couple of games we've gotten away from those things. It's good to remind yourself that you are capable of doing those things."

Next Games
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[edyzbasketball]

We will 70% lose this.

[PFortyy]

houston will cause an upset!

[hroz]

Houston to cause an upset but TMAC must hit his shots.

[Yao Mania]

Upon receiving praise from the president, Deke will come out playing like the 2nd coming of Yao Ming.

[crazyfan]

0-4 after this game but 3-4 after the next 3.

[god_in_23]

tough game to Houston.the only chance is the team work and the miracle of Tmac(if he have higher efficiency).seem crazyfan confidence in games after today,so do i!go Rockets!

[OneBadLT123]

We will dominate this game, lead it for about 80%, then as the 4th quarter approaches, we will blow our 10 point lead, and drop the game by 5 points. Just like every other game we have lost...

[jdiggidy]

TMac has to be ON.
Deke has to control the paint.
Bonzi needs to have a big game like he has had in the past against the Spurs.
Rockets fans must hope that Berto is not hitting his shot tonight.

If we do all this then + =

[Dean the Master]

vBookie Rules

[Dean the Master]

I believe Houston Rockets can win tonight.

[edyzbasketball]

And I believe that Tim Duncan will score only 2 points, grab 1 rebound(by mistake), and get a block. Also, he'll get an extremely serious knee injury which will kill him in the locker room...

Be serious, this game's almost lost. The tiredness is starting to grow...