Blazers @ Rockets game thread 1/5/11

[VenomXL]

Wes is having an even worse game than last night.

 

[Natebishop3]

Man, gotta say, LMA plays so differently now. He grabbed that board towards the end of the 2nd over like three or four Rockets and go the foul. That's amazing. He never would have done that in the past. I really gotta think that playing with Camby has rubbed off on him.

 

[Darkwebs]

Man, gotta say, LMA plays so differently now. He grabbed that board towards the end of the 2nd over like three or four Rockets and go the foul. That's amazing. He never would have done that in the past. I really gotta think that playing with Camby has rubbed off on him.

And the supposed pounds of muscle he put on this summer.

 

[illmatic99]

LaMonster looks even better when he has rest. Only about 15 mins for him in the first half. Dante playing decent and Joel being back gives LA that much needed break.

 

[Natebishop3]

And the supposed pounds of muscle he put on this summer.

He does look bigger though.

 

[Darkwebs]

We gotta give some props to Batum. He is playing hurt and playing very well, despite his bum ankle.

 

[Darkwebs]

He does look bigger though.

Yeah, he's no Karl Malone, but does seem a little bit bigger. It's paying dividends on his low post presence (rebounding and scoring).

 

[Nikolokolus]

We gotta give some props to Batum. He is playing hurt and playing very well, despite his bum ankle.

It doesn't look like he's favoring his leg much (if at all) are you sure he's still feeling any effects from that turned ankle the other night?

 

[illmatic99]

He's running so gingerly. It's pretty evident.

 

[Darkwebs]

It doesn't look like he's favoring his leg much (if at all) are you sure he's still feeling any effects from that turned ankle the other night?

I saw him limp after he made a simple lay in where he barely jumped. And he seems to be running kinda funny, but maybe I am imagining things- not sure.

 

[Nikolokolus]

He's running so gingerly. It's pretty evident.

Hmmm ... guess I missed it.

 

[VenomXL]

Well, that was fast.

 

[Darkwebs]

Jeez, there goes our lead in about a minute

 

[alex42083]

What a lame start. Get it into LA.

 

[B-Roy]

Well, that was sad.

 

[Darkwebs]

Dre took 2 bad shots to start the 2nd half

 

[VenomXL]

I'm watching the end of the Celtics/Spurs game and I think the Celtics announcers are going to have simultaneous aneurysms.

 

[Darkwebs]

Not sure why we didn't feed aldridge to start the 2nd half

 

[MickZagger]

I went to grab something to eat and I come back and our 10 pt lead is now down to 2. What happened?

 

[Darkwebs]

Uh oh. Are we showing signs of fatigue?

 

[mgb]

Come on Blazers time for a run~!

 

[mgb]

Got to take it inside!

 

[Darkwebs]

Miller is killing us this half.

 

[alex42083]

Finally we go into LA... 5 minutes into the half.. ugh

 

[VenomXL]

Pathetic.

 

[MickZagger]

Looks like Sikma's done some good work with Jordan Hill.

 

[VenomXL]

Jordan Hill banging on us?

 

[Darkwebs]

Dre is suddenly warming up. Redemption for his earlier crappy play

 

[mgb]

Thank god for Miller keeping us in it.

 

[Darkwebs]

Martin is making it look easy