Saturday, February 2nd- At Milwaukee Monday, February 4th- At Minnesota Thursday, February 7th- Home vs. Cleveland Saturday, February 9th- Home vs. Atlanta Monday, February 11th- Home vs. Portland Wednesday, February 13th- Home vs. Sacramento Now I don't want to get ahead of myself but we could very plausibly go 6-0 in the remaining 6 games before the All-Star break. Obviously tough games include Cleveland and Portland and perhaps even Sacramento who just got healthy.
I'll take two of those plz. Most preferably toasted, buttered, and made into a sandwich with the ASB in the middle.
At the very least, we need to go 4-2, but I think 5-1 would be more ideal. That would put us at 31-21, or 10 games over .500, just where I hoped for at the end of december. But 5-1 is not easy. We will need to take 2 of 3 from Portland, Atlanta, and Cleveland - all tough games. And sweep the rest.
we'd better not lose to any of those teams. Not with the way the West is right now. Till the end of the season we're fighting for our playoff lives.
we shouldn't lose any and we can't lose any. we are fighting for 2 spots in the west. it is sickening how top heavy the west is.
The West this year doesn't have a superior group of 3 or 4 teams. The Rockets are in 10th place, 6.5 games out of 1st. All 10 of these teams are fighting for their playoff lives. A short loosing streak could knock you out of the playoff picture altogether.
i think this is when the rockets make thier run. we will be on a 10 game winning streak by the time we face the hornets again.
Isn't Minnesota showing some life now? The Rox beat them down in Houston last time--I think they're going to be looking for revenge.
That's why play like the game tonight against Indianapolis is so worrying. They're coming up on a critical juncture and they played like ass.
Current standings are we're 2 1/2 back from 4th seed and 6 1/2 back of 1. If we play like we have the last 3 or 4 weeks we could end up No. 1 but even if that doesn't happen we should definately get a top 4 seed. If you told me that a month ago I would have said "Shuuutup!"
If we play like we did tonight against Indiana or are relaxed only because 6 of 2 are under .500 then we will go 4-2 if we come out strong which is rarely seen by Rockets this season then we will win. To win these games... 1) Start Scola in all games - brings energy with offense and rebound 2) Come with purpose - requires motivation which this team has lacked it seems. 3) Play reserves more - get everyone on regular rotation active which means t mac with less minutes (except for 4th quarter) 4) Motion - PASS PASS PASS need 26+ assists in every game. 5) Less Shots - Tmac needs to take maximum of 15 shots a game (unless he is hot) and drive in a lot more! By him taking less shots it will give others to take shots and get comfortable and built confidence, I can't stand to see T mac start off 2-10 or something horrible over and over again and we complain about Rafer.
I think we have a legit chance to take all three We have been matching up well with Atlanta and Cleveland as for Portland, I am pretty sure Yao will somehow manage to win that game by himself. He has a lot to prove against that team, and he is capable of doing that
