Longhorns and Rockets

The Longhorns missed their chance to play in this year's National Championship game Presented by Fedex by losing to Texas Tech on the very final second. It was a real heartbreak as I was hoping that Texas can win it all this year. However, they made up for the snub by winning the Fiesta Bowl against Ohio State though only by 3 points. Well a win is still a win no matter how you look at it. Now let's hope we can get a high enough rank next year and hopefully the defensive unit would be way better next year. 

Now about the Houston Rockets, what's up with them. They started strong and was at 1 time the 2nd best team in the West. With all the injuries that they're facing, it was really an impressive feat. However, things have been going downhill since them. They're sinking faster than T Mac can dunk a ball and has been losing to sub .500 teams. They're playing like they've never met before and it's  a shame for a team that's starring 3 star players to play like that. 

I'm losing faith on the Rockets for this season and maybe the next 1 too. Until they get their attitude straight, don't think I'll even be following their game anymore...

Keep On Winning and Climbing Rockets!

Yup, the streak officially reached 16 games today. A new record for the Houston Rockets and they've been winning 4 straight without Yao. Anyway tomorrow they're playing Dallas (without Dirk that is who's serving a 1 game suspension) and the Hornets is coming by the weekend.

The Rockets had already beaten the Hornets before but not the Mavs but I hope the streak would continue. Anyway, the way they're playing right now, I have no regrets even if the streak ended. I know what the Rockets can do now and they'll just be stronger next season. Go Rockets!

Rockets on a Roll???

The Rockets has been on a roll lately. They have been winning 8 of their last 9 games. However, I would have to say I'm not particularly impressed with the team performance as only 3 are against winning team -Spurs, Warriors and Trailblazers- and they lost to the Jazz albeit that was without Yao Ming. The rest of the wins are against weaker teams and the Rockets doesn't seem to be able to blow out any of these teams.

T-Mac's return has definitely given the Rockets a boost in scoring and the Rookies namely Luis Scola and Carl Landry have been exceptional of late helping the Rockets to win games. However, I'm a bit worried lately that Yao Ming's scoring average has drastically gone down with the presence of T-Mac. The game against Golden State was the last that Yao scored 20 points of more. In today's game against the Timerwolves, Yao only managed 16 points to go with 5 rebounds and no block shots. Is Yao having some sort of off nights or is it that he's not taking as many shots? On some nights, Rafer Alston is taking more shots than Yao and for me that doesn't sound right. I mean the guy's averaging only 12 points a game and shoots only around 35% of his field goals. Compare to Yao at almost 50%, it's a no brainer to give the ball a lot more to Yao.

Or is it because T-Mac somehow with his current fitness has been taking all the shots? I'm really wondering and with the game against the Cavs coming right up, it would be interesting to see how well T-Mac match up with Lebron (obviously Lebron's going to give T-Mac a hard time) and how the ball distribution is going to be. Hopefully we can see Yao shooting much more as Ilgauskaus is definitely no match for Yao.....

Magic 97, Rockets 92

I'm starting to lose faith on the Rockets. This is the 2nd straight lost (they lost to the Mavs again last Sunday) after winning in Detroit against the Pistons. And guess what? T-Mac's out with an injury again. Without T-Mac I don't see how the Rockets can survive their upcoming games. Yes Yao is getting tougher but you can't win games with just 1 player who can consistently score 20 or more points a game.

Bonzi Wells have stepped up a couple of times this year but then again, he's not consistent so far. The same goes for Luis Scola, he's been good in stretches but has yet to show consistency so far. Chuck Hayes is a good defender but definitely not an offensive threat to anyone. And what's wrong with those guards? Last year i was really hoping that they would dump Rafer Alston but this year it seems to be that he's the only 1 who's really helping the Rockets to win games. Steve Francis got to start a few games but he's not been producing offensively (hopefully he'll shut up for the rest of the year after so much grumbling about being left on the bench and about he's suppose to start etc earlier this year). And what's with Mike James? where's those shots that you got when you're with the Wolves?

I think it's time for me just to forget about the Rockets going anywhere this year. I don't think they'll even make it to the play-off this year. I guess it's just better for them to finish the season, hope that they'll get a good draft pick position and get good player from the draft. And hopefully they're not going to pull another draft day trade blunder like when they traded Rudy Gay (who is now scoring almost 20ppg and grabbing 5.5 rpg and definitely could have been the definite 3rd scoring option after T-Mac and Yao) for Shane Battier who's looking really bad this year.

The only thing I could say now would be, "Go Go Rockets, you guys need a lot of luck this season"....

what's with them Rockets

i really don't know what to say about the Rockets anymore.. when they brought in T-Mac, the Rockets was touted to have the best inside out combination comparable to Kobe and Shaq during their heydays with the Lakers..all the Rockets need to do was to find enough talent to surround their 2 best players to win games..

now it's been almost 4 years.. and still they can't win a 1st round playoff game..Van Gundy is out of the picture now and they were hoping that Rick Adelman, new GM Darel Morey and the resigning of Mike James, Luis Scola and Steve Francis would help the Rockets become a real contender for the 2007/2008 season... they looked really loaded on paper...unfortunately this is how they stand after 22 games

an 11-11 record and they lost to both the 76'ers and Raptors

i mean come on.. a team loaded with 2 All Stars, 1 former All Stars should not be that bad.. so what do u guys think about the new look Rockets? are they a real contender or just a pretender?