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| Kedroc |
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man, refs really suck, Cat got his foul behind the 3pt line, anyway he missed a FT so...  ROX WIN! ^^ |
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| TheRoxRedGlare |
| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:33 pm |
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Kedroc wrote: man, refs really suck, Cat got his foul behind the 3pt line, anyway he missed a FT so... ROX WIN! ^^
Refs owed us! They didn't call a foul on the Clips until 2:11 remained in the 4th! Karma baby! |
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| Kedroc |
| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:36 pm |
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Yeah... guess they owed us, anyway, it was unfair for Cat, I'm really sorry for him hehe
C ya tomorrow guys, going to sleep! (Spain -> 6:35am baby! >.<) |
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| maverickasian |
| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:37 pm |
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| Yao Ming Player of the Game !! |
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| paopao |
| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:37 pm |
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| yao grabbed 3 critical rebound!!! |
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| chinatown |
| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:38 pm |
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| Yet another victory for the Rox. Nice to see Yao getting some boards for a change. |
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| Cokebabies |
| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:39 pm |
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at first i thought cat was robbed on that foul call but it really could have gone either way. alston reached in before cat got up to shoot. his feet were firmly planted on the ground and the ball was at waist level when he was fouled. after rafer reached in, cat jumped up and tried to chuck something up and sell it to the refs. i think the right call was made but it easily could have been called the other way.
and i wonder what cat and jvg were talking about right after that.
and elton brand sure looks big for being 6'8. |
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| TheRoxRedGlare |
| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:45 pm |
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 http://blogs.chron.com/franblinebury/2007/03/are_you_complaining_now.html#comments
March 28, 2007
Are you complaining now? Rockets 92, LA Clippers 87
For everybody who whines that the Rockets never get a call, Cuttino was behind the line on that heave. See, sometimes the conspiracy is against the other guys.
Yes, I know he missed the shot. Just pointing it out.
Posted by Fran Blinebury at March 28, 2007 11:26 PM |
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| pryuen |
| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:47 pm |
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| TheRoxRedGlare |
| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:57 pm |
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Yao Ming player of the game. 24 pts AND 15 rebounds.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/4670554.html
March 28, 2007, 11:46PM
Rockets fend off relentless Clippers
Last-minute heroics subdue resilient Clippers
By JONATHAN FEIGEN
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle
LOS ANGELES — For all the times both teams seemed in command, only to find no run was large enough, no lead secure, the Rockets finally appeared to have put the Clippers away Wednesday night.
The Rockets hit the last-minute 3-pointer, just as they did to beat the Clippers in Houston. They got the stop and the rebound and the free throws. Leading by three points with four seconds left, all they needed to do was foul and let the game finally end. But Rafer Alston smacked Cuttino Mobley dangerously close to the 3-point line.
Fortunately for the Rockets, Mobley was ruled to have been past the line. So after all the runs and even the turns in the final minute, that call was enough for the Rockets to emerge with a rocky yet invigorating 92-87 win over Los Angeles.
"The game came down to execution," Rockets guard Tracy McGrady said. "It's like the playoffs. Who's going to do a better job executing? Who's going to get a stop?"
It took more than that. On a night when both teams threw offensive haymakers only to have the other get up and hit harder, the Rockets were the last team standing.
With 1:46 left, Clippers guard Jason Hart hit a jumper to give him a season-high 16 points and tie the game at 83. With 90 seconds remaining, Yao Ming drew a foul on a cut to the basket and made both free throws to put the Rockets in front.
The Clippers needed just five seconds to tie the game on an Elton Brand jumper. And when Brand got a piece of a McGrady drive, the Clippers went the other way, with Corey Maggette fouled at the rim before putting Los Angeles ahead 87-85 with 1:05 remaining.
That's when the Rockets took over. They beat the Clippers in the last minute in Houston when Luther Head drilled a 3 with 12.2 seconds left. On Wednesday, McGrady fired a pass to Shane Battier in the other corner.
"Yao set a good screen, and T-Mac had a layup," Battier said. "I knew Tim Thomas had to make a decision. It's a bang-bang decision. He decided to help on T-Mac, and T-Mac is such a good passer. That's a nice little play for us. T-Mac has the ability to see that play develop before it develops.
"There's very few decision-makers as good as T-Mac. I can think of one, Steve Nash. Besides that, he's probably the top playmaker and decision-maker in the game. We feel very confident with the ball in his hands down the stretch."
Battier nailed his 3-pointer with 53 seconds remaining, giving the Rockets an 88-87 lead. He had hit the same shot on the same play at approximately the same time for a game-winner at Denver.
"That's been a money spot for me," he said. "I don't make many of them, but I try to make the important ones."
The Clippers got Maggette free on a drive, and Chuck Hayes came up to try to draw a charge, forcing Maggette to get around Hayes while arcing his shot over Yao. It missed, but McGrady missed his jumper.
If ever a game seemed destined to come down to its last shot, this was it. But with 6.9 seconds left, and with Tim Thomas 6-of-11, his 25-footer missed. The Clippers fouled Alston with 4.1 seconds left, and he made both free throws for a three-point lead.
But the Rockets still had to sweat out the last seconds.
The Clippers got the ball to Mobley, who squeezed between Yao and Alston, drawing a foul on Alston with 2.5 seconds left.
"We were trying to foul them as soon as they dribbled or when they catch the inbounds pass," Alston said.
"When I turned around after guarding the inbounds pass, I saw him dribble and I went to grab him. By the time I went to grab him, he already had the ball up in the shooting position."
But Mobley was ruled to have been over the line and given two shots. He said he was so rattled that he missed the first.
He missed the second intentionally, and when Yao was fouled after the rebound, his two free throws gave him 24 points to go with 15 rebounds.
McGrady finished with 27 points and eight assists; the Rockets have won their last 14 games when McGrady gets at least seven assists.
And on a night the last big hit seemed certain to be the winner, the Rockets landed it and just a bit more.
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