[The_Franchise]

Should be a humdinger. Rockets are missing 3 starters (if you count Sura) and have lost 3 in a row. The Mavericks on the other hand have won 5 straight and Dirk is getting solid contributions from the supporting cast. Yao can do what he wants, but the bottomline is we aren't coming close to winning this one unless we get a huge game from Head or Wesley... or a miracle game from Anderson. I'm pretty sure Josh Howard is capable of guarding Swift at times, so we can't try to get Dirk in early foul trouble by asking Swift to attack the basket.

But hey, atleast we have the Dirk stopper! Hopefully the Rockets keep this one close and feed it to Yao down the stretch. Would be a huge W for this team without McGrady and Alston.

 

[kisstherim]

If there is one team in the world i want to beat,it gotta be the mavericks :wink:

Head starts again.

 

[kisstherim]

Head got 9 pts in the first 6 mins,baby :clap: and he is drawing a foul with nowhere to turn as a veteran.

 

[Yao Mania]

Looking good early on - Luther with 9 points already!!

It's down the stretch that I'm worried about though, but positive signs early on

 

[Brian34Cook]

Sweet.. I flip off the Illini game at halftime.. to check on Luther and I'd say he's scoring pretty dang good.. Great to see!

 

[Yao Mania]

Ryan Bowen taking 3 shots is 3 shots too many...

 

[TracywtFacy]

Head got 9 pts in the first 6 mins,baby :clap: and he is drawing a foul with nowhere to turn as a veteran.

wow... keep it up young buck!

Yao and Head providing the offense to win the 1st quarter... stay out of foul trouble Yao

 

[Yao Mania]

Yao Ming with 13 after the 1st Q!! But picked up 2nd foul already...

Don't wanna be pessimistic but something tells me Yao won't be nearly productive in the 2nd half and we'll end up giving this one away, again. Pleeeeease prove me wrong...

 

[dychen85]

when is Tmac comming back?

 

[kisstherim]

Yao Ming with 13 after the 1st Q!! But picked up 2nd foul already...

Don't wanna be pessimistic but something tells me Yao won't be nearly productive in the 2nd half and we'll end up giving this one away, again. Pleeeeease prove me wrong...

I remember in his 2nd season,he also got 12 pts (5/5) in the 1st Q,I thought it would be a 30 pts game for him,but he only added 8 pts in the last 3 Qs. :angel:

 

[WhoRocks]

Oh Stro Show! :jawdrop:

And lol at Dampier's face afterwards, 'Oh man, what just happpened?' :biggrin:

 

[kisstherim]

Nasty facial by Swift! :clap:

the replay of this one(except the one got embarassed became Dampier)

 

[KokoTheMonkey]

Swift dunked all over Dampier, pretty badly.


Luther Head looks pretty damn good tonight, I'm impressed.

 

[WhoRocks]

Luther Head has been simply outstanding, and is the main reason we've maintained a lead whilst Yao (the only post presence on etiher team) has been sitting. Quite simply, he's playing like a vet.

 

[KokoTheMonkey]

Quite simply, he's playing like a vet.

Yeah, I definitely agree with that. He's playing with tons of confidence.

 

[The_Franchise]

Head playing as expected, should've started from day 1. What worries me is how slow JVG is to make adjustments during games (offensively), and make changes in the lineup as well (less minutes for DA, more for Head). This team seems to be coming together for the time being, if we can have some breaks fall our way (Dallas can't seem to hit a FT) and keep feeding Yao, this could be a comprehensive victory.

 

[Yao Mania]

Isn't that like DA's 3rd assist to Stro tonight??

Stro just picks up his 4th foul, yikes

 

[The_Franchise]

Stupid foul #2 by Yao. 3 on him overall. But DA is knocking down jumpers! Hallelujah.

 

[Yao Mania]

50pts before the 1/2!!!! :banana:

 

[TracywtFacy]

team shooting 57% so far... are we finally out of our season-long shooting slump? A sign of good things to come?