-1st realy playoff experience for alot of their guys and it showed. Boozer/Okur combined 6-31 from the field. Ugghh. Kirilenko only 15 min.
-Fisher made the play of the game by blowing a wide-open, you'll never get an easier shot in basketball, layup that totally swung the game in the Rockets favor.
-Deron Wiliams definitely ready for the big stage. Shoulda had a triple double (15 pts, 9 reb, 9 ast) if not for imcompetent play by his teammates.
-Houston having Yao guard Boozer forced Booze to settle for 16 footers, and he couldn't throw the ball in the ocean tonight, just 1-9 in the second half. Of his 4 field goals, two were baseline jumpers in the first 8 minutes of the game, the other two were dunks off feeds from Deron Williams. That's it. Not the way you want to start your first playoff series.
-Also Yao Ming (13-15 FT's) definitely going to get "star treatment." He was coming over everyone's back and there was no call, but if you touch him its a foul. Should be fun.
-1 pt in first half for TMac, Yao misses 10 of his 18 shots, hold rockets to 32 point first half and Utah loses by 9? Not a good sign.
It will get better. Utah can and will play with these guys. Didn't you learn from the Suns ?
Run these guys and you beat them. Yao will be taken out due to his lack of ability to run up and down the court. If you guys are going to play that way then kick it back out to 18 foot and shoot.
After awhile he'll come out then you go in-side.
Utah didn't win 50 games not knowing how to play.
7-game series still on its way.
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