Damn, the Rockets really ended up putting the hammer down, delivering a good old ass whooping
in Portland
When Yao gets involved early it just opened everything up. And he came to play, getting that block on Aldridge early and scoring 16 in the first. And then they never looked back, even when Yao went out in the middler of the 3rd the Rockets continued to pull away. They simply put up their defensive intensity, Mutombo played like he was 28 again (was he ever 28 ? It feels like heīs been 40 for a decade) and Scola and later Brooks scored the ball. Brooks hit like 4 threes in a row
For the Blazers no one got going. They played an absolute stinker here. Even Roy did. Searched for contact everytime instead of just finishing, was inefficient overall and did only get 2 assists.
Oden was good later on and played with fire. Thatīs about it for positive aspects.
Rockets played incredible transition defense, too. The Blazers got absolutely nothing there, holy shit.
Seriously, the Blazers shot 42% (low, but not that low), got 15 offensive boards and hat just 8 Turnovers. And got only 81 points, that amazing.
What a great day of playoff basketball yesterday
Ron Artest terrible shot counter : 4. Good job Ron, you really composed yourself tonight and iīm only half kidding. That double-fake-stepin-onelegged-three point-leaner at the end of the first half was a thing of beauty ...