Last night, the Boston Celtics ended the Houston Rockets 22-game winning streak. Today everyone is talking about the end of the streak and how it signals the downfall of the Rockets in the West. I’d like to see how they rebound with this next road trip (NO, GS & Phx). Houston has two things flying right now. Number one, they are adapting to playing without out Yao. This includes multiple bigs (Scola, Deke & Landry), yet less of a focus on that hulking presence in the paint. Number 2, did Boston really re-invent the wheel by denying T-Mac the ball and forcing Luther ‘Gimme’ Head, Bobby ‘No Relation’ Jackson, ‘Sugar’ Shane Battier & Skip to beat them? That seems like the best possible idea, unless it’s May. Once its time for Mexican Memorial Day, I wanna Tracy ‘I-can-see-both-of-you’ McGrady do something.
And I’d be remiss if I neglected to mention that Boston has a comeback win in San Antone & a 20-pt W now in Houston. They’re going for the ‘trifecter’ on Thursday. (Why is that Bostonians drop the R in car, yet add one to anything that ends in A? Trifecta, Plaza, etc.) The C’s are 22-4 vs. the West. They’ve beaten Detroit in Beantown and the D. And lost close twice each in Cle & Orl. All I’m tryna say is that the C’s can hang with the West teams, they play a nice brand of left coast ball. They can stretch the floor & spread the floor. But of the 12 glorious year that Big Ticket spent in the West Conference, how many times did he beat TD or the Diesel? They have to show me they can beat the bigs in the L. Howard and the Pistons frontcourt—who’s guarding who? Is KG gonna D up LBJ? Tune in starting this April for the answers to these questions and MORE!
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