Back To Earth?

The Rockets faced the Utah Jazz in Utah last night riding a 4 game road winning streak. The Rockets came out blazing for the first 1 minute or so taking a 5-0 lead but then let Utah bring it back to there style of game as the Rockets struggled to adapt to the game. Rockets had there chances to take the crowd out of it but they got to crazy with the 3 point shot taking one after the other! The other problem for the Rockets last night seemed to be there spacing they had no spacing it was always crowded in the paint forcing the 3 ball and at times taking the 3 with a hand in there face and that's not how you win basketball games in Utah! Rockets seemed to be out of it heading into the fourth Ron Artest tried to take the game under his wing but was not able to AB had a nice night holding his own vs Deron Williams but it was Brevin Knight playing better than Kyle Lowry and that was one key factor in the Rockets loss tonight besides all of the other stuff we talked about bench was not an issue for Houston Brent Barry missed like 3 straight 3s and Von could not get anything going to the basket as Utah got Utah calls all night long. There was really no one to blame for last nights loss but the team it self there was no FIRE tonight! Rockets fall to the Jazz 99-86 with the lost and the Spurs winning at home vs the Warriors the Rockets fall back down to the 3rd seed in the west and 2nd in the south west. Player of the game for the Rockets was Aaron Brooks who had 20 points and 4 assist. Rockets next game will be on Saturday at home vs the Clippers and that will be a 7:30 pm start. Rockets also signed James White for the remainder of the season as the Rockets GM feels like White is project player and could be a good one in the long run.

Look Whos On Top Now!

The Houston Rockets have transformed there team alot since the injury of T-Mac that now they play more as a team and do it with ball movement and team defense! Not to say that they couldn't do it with Tracy but this year was not the year for him at all. The Rockets in there last two games they have beaten the Timberwolves and the Spurs! First they took care of the lonely Wolves that where without Al Jefferson but did it in great team fashion winning 107-88. Sunday came with 1st place on the line for both teams. The Rockets seemed to play well not letting the Spurs bully them into playing from behind as the Rockets have done in the past vs teams like the Spurs. The game came down to the last few possions as Luis Scola And Mr. Yao Ming played ill get the ball and pretend to shoot and i will pass it to you for a easy layup! I didn't watch the game do to work!!! ERRRR!!!! But all that matters is that the Rockets came out on top and took the game from the Spurs winning this one 87-85 as the Rockets now own 1st PLACE!!!!! in the Southwest Div. the player of the game was Luis Scola and Ron Artest. Scola finished the game 19 points and a very big 17 rebounds! and for Ron Ron he finished with 24 points and 4 rebounds. Man i want to say one thing to the Rockets as a team I'M SO PROUD OF YOU ALL!!!! The Rockets now face another very big task as they go to Utah and face the Jazz in a showdown! the game will be at 9:30pm on TNT. HOOK 'EM ROCKETS!!!!

To Close For Comfort!

The Rockets last night vs the Detroit Pistons played to the level of there competition or there where just not into the game at all even though it was a televised game on ESPN. Rockets looked very sluggish and just could not shake off the Pistons at all during the game last night leading as high as 10 in the fourth only to let Rodney Stuckey and Will Bynum take charge by taking the ball to the Rockets defense when ever they wanted scoring with ease! Afflalo was another player for the Pistons that was hitting from long and short range scoring 24 points Stuckey had 21 points and 10 assist. The Pistons even being short handed last night vs the Rockets did not back down they took it at the home team in every possion and took the Rockets to a double over time game that the Rockets won but did fight for!! Rockets won do to the leader ship of Yao Ming scoring like a machine in the overtimes and played nice D! Ron had a nice night as well for the Rockets scoring 26 bpoints and 4 rebounds for the good guys! Yao had 31 points 15 rebounds and 4 block shots as the Rockets won in 2OTs 101-106. The Rockets now focus on the Timberwolves who come into town on Friday night to play in the Toyota Center hopefully the Rockets wont play around and take this team for granted cause this team last night came close to beating the Hornets in New Orleans losing by only 1!

Carl Landry Shot!

A story from the Houston Chronicle reports that Carl Landry was shot early this morning. Here is the Chronicles story on the matter. Rockets forward Carl Landry suffered a gunshot wound to his lower leg early this morning about an hour after the team arrived home from New Orleans.
The shooting took place near Landry’s Fort Bend County home. He was treated for a flesh wound at Memorial Hermann Hospital and released. Landry is expected to be out of the lineup for one to two weeks.
Following the Rockets’ 95-84 win over the Hornets, the team charter flight landed at Hobby Airport just past midnight.
After driving home, Landry, 25, went back out to pick up a late meal at a fast food restaurant not far from his house. His car was first side-swiped by a passing car and then the occupants of the vehicle slowed down and fired two shots, the second of which struck him in the leg, according to team officials.
Landry, in his second professional season with the Rockets, had played 23 minutes, totaling 12 points and six rebounds, and played a key role in the Rockets’ win at New Orleans. He is averaging 9.3 points and 5 rebounds this season.

Rockets Get Must Needed Win

The Rockets tonight without Yao Ming who missed tonight's game do to the flu played a great game. In the first half the Rockets hung right there with the Hornets trading baskets and trying to contain CP3 at both ends of the court (If that is really possible!) Paul did do his thing tonight but the Rockets did do a good job not letting him create and dish out to his favorite target in David West. Ron Artest had the worst first half you could have going for like 0-10 at one point. Aaron Brooks held his own tongiht as he went vs Chirs Paul AB is starting to play with alot more confidence out there and he takes what the defense gives him either the drive or the open jumper. The Rockets Bench did a great job getting in there and out playing the Hornets bench alot had to do with the play of Waffer who came into this game and just did what he had to do he drove to the basket and broke down the defense he passed the ball when needed to he did everything his team wanted him to do tonight. The Rockets did lead in the first half by 8 at one point but the Hornets did manage to get back into the game and took the lead going into the half 44-47. In the second half the Rockets got down by 11 with a Hornets 8-0 run to start the 3rd period but the Rick called a time out and the Rockets did respond to the coach going on a nice run of there own and taking the lead from the Hornets as Ron found his game and the Rockets figured out how to beat teams by playing as a team as they did in tonight's game. After the Rockets won the 3rd they never looked back as they won a very big game in the big easy as a team. The final score tonight was the Yao Ming less Rockets 95 and the CP3's 84. I want to talk about how big Deke was tonight with 6 rebounds and 3 BIG block shots that scared the Hornets away from the basket tonight. The Player of the game was Von Waffer who finished the game with 12 points and 5 assist even though i would like to give it to the whole Rockets team! A big game tonight for the Rockets cause they stayed in the 3rd spot in the west and if they would have lost they would have dropped from 3rd to 6th place just like that. Rockets next game will be a home game vs the Detroit Pistons and that will be a 8:30pm start a hour later than normal time.