NBA: 2013-2014 Season - DONE Spurs Win
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We won 109-106 at the New York Knicks. I followed the game but saw most of it. The Rockets managed to hold on after putting up a few good leads on the Knicks. So the Rockets are now 6-4 on the young season. About four of our next five games will be at home. So this will be refreshing for my Rockets.
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I hope the Bulls don't lay another egg to Indiana tomorrow night.
Need to show Indy what's what.
Need to show Indy what's what.
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I like both teams, but I'd pull for the Bulls. The underdog. 
My Blazer keep on winning, now my two favorite teams are the #2 & #3 in the whole league(Spurs & the Blazers, of course). If we can keep playing the likes of the Kings & the Pistons, we may make the Playoffs.
On this road trip, we beat Boston tonight, Toronto is next, then Brooklyn & Milwaukee. Raps I hear play hard, so that could go either way. Nets have that idiot thug KG & Pierce, who got our number, so there is better chance of losing than the other way. Bucks, we should take. Worst case scenario, I see Blazers coming out 2-2 on this road trip. Not that bad!
My Blazer keep on winning, now my two favorite teams are the #2 & #3 in the whole league(Spurs & the Blazers, of course). If we can keep playing the likes of the Kings & the Pistons, we may make the Playoffs.
On this road trip, we beat Boston tonight, Toronto is next, then Brooklyn & Milwaukee. Raps I hear play hard, so that could go either way. Nets have that idiot thug KG & Pierce, who got our number, so there is better chance of losing than the other way. Bucks, we should take. Worst case scenario, I see Blazers coming out 2-2 on this road trip. Not that bad!
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Looks like the Bulls played angry tonight.
We were up by like 30 at some point.
We were up by like 30 at some point.
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We brought the Mile High boys back down to Earth with a 122-111 (to use racing speak) flag-to-flag victory over the Denver Nuggets. The Rockets were finally able to put a beating on a team and sustain it throughout either all or most of the game. Nuggets never led at all. They led by as many as 23 and snapped a 7-game losing streak to Denver.
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* (cue "South Park") "Oh, my god... they (the Chicago Bulls) killed the Pacers! You..." well, you know the rest. sumbrownkid's Bulls handed the Pacers their first loss of the season in Chi-town. It was 110-94 when the final buzzer sounded.
* New Orleans is often called "The Big Easy." Well, they won big and easy tonight hosting the Philadelphia 76ers. 135-98 was the score as stavingo's Pelicans took care of business.
* The Timberwolves won 106-88 won against the Boston Celtics in Minneapolis.
* McLaren's Mavericks won 108-100 at Orlando.
* It was Omnis's Miami Heat who burned up the Charlotte Bobcats 97-81 in Charlotte.
* The losing continues for the New York Knicks as they failed again at Madison Square Garden. MSG may be renovated, but the team still has trouble. Their latest fail was 110-90 hosting the Atlanta Hawks.
Congratulations to all other winners of other games including the eventual winners of OKC at MIL (in progress as of the time of this post), UTA at GS, and BKN at LAC.
[UPDATE] I edited the score for the DEN at HOU game. It was a 122-111 win for Houston, not 122-107 as I initially posted.
CLE at WAS took Overtime, not MIA at CHA as I initially posted. I apologize. Cleveland won 103-96.
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* (cue "South Park") "Oh, my god... they (the Chicago Bulls) killed the Pacers! You..." well, you know the rest. sumbrownkid's Bulls handed the Pacers their first loss of the season in Chi-town. It was 110-94 when the final buzzer sounded.
* New Orleans is often called "The Big Easy." Well, they won big and easy tonight hosting the Philadelphia 76ers. 135-98 was the score as stavingo's Pelicans took care of business.
* The Timberwolves won 106-88 won against the Boston Celtics in Minneapolis.
* McLaren's Mavericks won 108-100 at Orlando.
* It was Omnis's Miami Heat who burned up the Charlotte Bobcats 97-81 in Charlotte.
* The losing continues for the New York Knicks as they failed again at Madison Square Garden. MSG may be renovated, but the team still has trouble. Their latest fail was 110-90 hosting the Atlanta Hawks.
Congratulations to all other winners of other games including the eventual winners of OKC at MIL (in progress as of the time of this post), UTA at GS, and BKN at LAC.
[UPDATE] I edited the score for the DEN at HOU game. It was a 122-111 win for Houston, not 122-107 as I initially posted.
CLE at WAS took Overtime, not MIA at CHA as I initially posted. I apologize. Cleveland won 103-96.
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Miami needed an overtime to beat the Bobcats?
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No, 97-81 in regular time victory to the Heat. Chalmers was suspended and Bosh got in a load of foul trouble, it was basically the bench that closed the game even when it was still close.
At least I can take solace that Chicago just took down Indiana in the same embarassing fashion they smashed the Raptors one day prior. One can hope the Raps will come out with vengeance against Portland, I'd like to see them play (I only watch victories to save on internet usage).
Also, aside from defence, what's this I hear about Bargnani suddenly scoring well again for the Knicks? BOOO!!!
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Derrick had an ugly game against the Bobcats, but a win is a win I suppose.
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Blazers at .818 .................... #3 in the league................. It's going to hurt when they crash.
I know that Blazers last game on this road trip is against Milwaukee, they should take that one(in theory, you know how it goes). Crash begins this Friday(I think)? Against sumbrownkid's team. I think that's only the third quality team Blazers play so far this season, which more than explain their 9-2 start, hopefully a 10-2 soon.
I know that Blazers last game on this road trip is against Milwaukee, they should take that one(in theory, you know how it goes). Crash begins this Friday(I think)? Against sumbrownkid's team. I think that's only the third quality team Blazers play so far this season, which more than explain their 9-2 start, hopefully a 10-2 soon.
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This week's NBA Fan Night Game of the Week involves the Atlanta Hawks at the Miami Heat. So NBA fans want to see what El Heat can do against the Hawks once the Hawks fly into Miami.
Meanwhile, my Rockets will be going back to work as part of a back-to-back. We will be taking on the Boston Celtics tonight at Toyota Center, then we're up in Dallas on ESPN tomorrow night to take on the Dallas Mavericks.
Enjoy some NBA hoops tonight, folks.
Meanwhile, my Rockets will be going back to work as part of a back-to-back. We will be taking on the Boston Celtics tonight at Toyota Center, then we're up in Dallas on ESPN tomorrow night to take on the Dallas Mavericks.
Enjoy some NBA hoops tonight, folks.
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Ouch! Have you seen video of Chris Paul getting kicked to the head by Tony Allen during the Grizzlies at Clippers game last night? The kick looked very unintentional. However, Allen got ejected for his troubles and got a Flagrant-2 called on him. If you find pictures or video of it, the kick to CP3's head was brutal, yet accidental.
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Reminds me of the highlight of Chalmers elbowing another player, it was just few days ago. I think his arm got caught fighting thru screen or something, when he yanked his arm out of it, the elbow hit this guy(can't remember the player for the life of me) in his head.
Edit: I'm sorry, but intentional or not, end result is clearly a kick.
Regardless of your intention of putting your leg in front of a player driving to the basket, as far as I'm concerned, that is as good as any intentional flagrant foul. In basketball, you sometimes make yourself bigger using your arms & legs at times, but you don't kick that high, and you don't completely clothesline a drive to the basket like that.
I agree 100% with the Flagrant 2, and IMO, he should be suspended for AT LEAST couple of games.
Edit: I'm sorry, but intentional or not, end result is clearly a kick.
Regardless of your intention of putting your leg in front of a player driving to the basket, as far as I'm concerned, that is as good as any intentional flagrant foul. In basketball, you sometimes make yourself bigger using your arms & legs at times, but you don't kick that high, and you don't completely clothesline a drive to the basket like that.
I agree 100% with the Flagrant 2, and IMO, he should be suspended for AT LEAST couple of games.
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Back-to-back wire-to-wire victories. We took down multiple-time NBA champions, the Boston Celtics, 109-85 here in Houston. We led by as many as 35 points once in this game. That was easy... the next game, not going to be a cakewalk. Next Rockets game is at Dallas tomorrow night to be aired on ESPN. Mavericks problems coming up for the Rockets. The Mavs have beaten us six straight times in Dallas. The Rockets are now 8-4 on the young season heading into this crucial Southwest Division match tomorrow night.
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I wanted to be respectful. Probably should have said "double-digit time NBA Champions." This Celtics team is obviously NOT any of the vintage Celtics teams. But still, beating a legendary franchise is beating a legendary franchise.
As for the Tony Allen kick to Chris Paul, it was still pretty brutal. I couldn't help but laugh at the "I didn't know Jackie Chan..." comment after CP3 took that kick to the head. Only thing more brutal would be that classic moment where Kurt Rambis got clotheslined going to the basket. In practice, I've always learned a Flagrant-2 Foul is defined as "unnecessary and excessive contact" where a player makes a move intended to hurt or injure a player rather than go for the ball. I saw more accident than intent with that kick to CP3's dome. Despite that, the Flagrant-2 was warranted. This kick was more accidental than the kick N. Suh gave to Matt Schaub's groin last year- if you want to use examples from other sports.
Congratulations to all other winners from Tuesday's games.
As for the Tony Allen kick to Chris Paul, it was still pretty brutal. I couldn't help but laugh at the "I didn't know Jackie Chan..." comment after CP3 took that kick to the head. Only thing more brutal would be that classic moment where Kurt Rambis got clotheslined going to the basket. In practice, I've always learned a Flagrant-2 Foul is defined as "unnecessary and excessive contact" where a player makes a move intended to hurt or injure a player rather than go for the ball. I saw more accident than intent with that kick to CP3's dome. Despite that, the Flagrant-2 was warranted. This kick was more accidental than the kick N. Suh gave to Matt Schaub's groin last year- if you want to use examples from other sports.
Congratulations to all other winners from Tuesday's games.
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Great.
So Jimmy Butler is ruled out with turf toe for this upcoming set of away games.
It seems like Chicago and turf toe go together like peanut butter and jelly.
So Jimmy Butler is ruled out with turf toe for this upcoming set of away games.
It seems like Chicago and turf toe go together like peanut butter and jelly.
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The Houston Rockets led most of the way at Dallas tonight. However, we failed 123-120 as McLaren's Mavericks remain perfect (6-0) at home this season while also increasing Houston's losing streak at Dallas to seven. As a Rockets fan, all I can say is... damn it! Son of a m:censored:f:censored:ing b:censored:!!!
Still plenty of season left, but you hate to not finish the job after doing so well leading most of the game. I feared we'd lose anyway for three reasons- on the road, on national TV, and on ESPN/ABC. Houston teams (let alone the Rockets) usually fail on national TV anyways. Just adds to us being such a woeful sports city. Happy now, Dallas?
Elsewhere...
* It was an exciting finish in New York City between the Pacers and Knicks. Indiana won 103-96, but a big part of NYK's loss was a three-shot foul committed by the Knicks to bring the game to a 89-89 tie late in the game. Made all three free throws. New York's woes continue.
* 95-91 was the score in Charlotte as the soon-to-be Charlotte Hornets took down the Brooklyn Nets.
* The New Orleans Pelicans wasn't into Utah's Jazz, so they put a 108-98 beating on Utah in New Orleans.
* Floundering Philadelphia saw Toronto's Raptors leave Philly with a 108-98 victory.
* The Atlanta Hawks hosted the Detroit Pistons. Victory went Atlanta's way with a 93-85 win by the Hawks.
* Portland offered Milwaukee some Pacific Northwest hospitality, only because the Trail Blazers weren't buying the Midwestern hospitality of Milwaukee. 91-82 was the final score as Portland won.
* In Minneapolis, the Los Angeles Clippers went to the Target Center and left with a 102-98 win.
* Boston's back-to-back in Texas ends up being a losing one. After the beatdown by my Rockets the previous night, San Antonio put a 104-93 hit on the boys in green in San Antonio.
* The Phoenix Suns weren't bright enough to burn up Sacramento. Phoenix ends up losing 113-106 to the visiting Sacramento Kings.
Congratulations to the eventual winner of Memphis at Golden State.
Still plenty of season left, but you hate to not finish the job after doing so well leading most of the game. I feared we'd lose anyway for three reasons- on the road, on national TV, and on ESPN/ABC. Houston teams (let alone the Rockets) usually fail on national TV anyways. Just adds to us being such a woeful sports city. Happy now, Dallas?
Elsewhere...
* It was an exciting finish in New York City between the Pacers and Knicks. Indiana won 103-96, but a big part of NYK's loss was a three-shot foul committed by the Knicks to bring the game to a 89-89 tie late in the game. Made all three free throws. New York's woes continue.
* 95-91 was the score in Charlotte as the soon-to-be Charlotte Hornets took down the Brooklyn Nets.
* The New Orleans Pelicans wasn't into Utah's Jazz, so they put a 108-98 beating on Utah in New Orleans.
* Floundering Philadelphia saw Toronto's Raptors leave Philly with a 108-98 victory.
* The Atlanta Hawks hosted the Detroit Pistons. Victory went Atlanta's way with a 93-85 win by the Hawks.
* Portland offered Milwaukee some Pacific Northwest hospitality, only because the Trail Blazers weren't buying the Midwestern hospitality of Milwaukee. 91-82 was the final score as Portland won.
* In Minneapolis, the Los Angeles Clippers went to the Target Center and left with a 102-98 win.
* Boston's back-to-back in Texas ends up being a losing one. After the beatdown by my Rockets the previous night, San Antonio put a 104-93 hit on the boys in green in San Antonio.
* The Phoenix Suns weren't bright enough to burn up Sacramento. Phoenix ends up losing 113-106 to the visiting Sacramento Kings.
Congratulations to the eventual winner of Memphis at Golden State.
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If it's any credit John, the Rockets probably should have won the game with the way it was going. But, you know Dallas is a comeback team & they pulled off another last night somehow. Still early, but Ellis is definitely proving to be a great addition to the team. I think Nowitzki also surpassed Jerry West for 15th all time scorer.
