Same State, Different Teams: A Spurs Dynasty|Yr. 6|1-1

[CouchPotato94]

Phoenix Suns (87)


@ Houston Rockets (89)

Korver wins it for Houston


Newcomer Kyle Korver has already made a big impact after 2 games.

Korver's long trey at the buzzer sealed a come-from-behind victory for Houston. In the first half, the Rockets couldn't handle Chris Bosh, and they went into the locker room down by 8. In the third, they handled him a little better, and a buzzer-beating three from Korver made it a seven-point game going into the 4th. Some scrappy defense from Sebastian Telfair and another Korver three tied the game at 86 with 20 seconds left. With the Rockets in the penalty, Telfair fouled Latrell Sprewell with 3.2 left. The Suns struggled from the charity stripe(16-26), and Spree made 1 of 2. The Rockets got the ball in to Korver, who shot a three - almost identical to the spot where he shot from in the third quarter at the buzzer - that rimmed around and finally dropped.




Starting 5 Stats and Key Bench Player PTS/REB/AST/BLK/STL


Phoenix:

C - Yao Ming 8/8/0/0/1

PF - Chris Bosh 13/10/1/1/0

SF - Josh Howard 12/3/0/0/0

SG - Latrell Sprewell 10/2/3/0/1

PG - Rod Strickland 14/3/6/6

KBP - 12/1/4/0/0






Houston:

C - Amarè Stoudemire 8/9/0/4/1

PF - Ike Diogu 2/2/0/3/0

SF - Mike Dunleavy, Jr. 6/0/0/0/3

SG - Joe Johnson 5/1/0/0/0

PG - Sebastian Telfair 19/0/4/0/6

KBP - Kyle Korver 27/4/1/0/1



Player of the Game:




Sebastian Telfair


Next Rockets Game: 11/4 @ Boston

[CouchPotato94]

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Starting Lineups:


Boston:

C - Ben Wallace

PF - Pau Gasol

SF - Donyell Marshall

SG - Morris Peterson

PG - Sam Cassell





Houston:

C - Amarè Stoudemire

PF - Ike Diogu

SF - Mike Dunleavy, Jr.

SG - Joe Johnson

PG - Sebastian Telfair

Key Matchup: Stoudemire vs. B. Wallace

[Mark.]

Good luck for that one, lets see if Ben can contain Amare

[CouchPotato94]

Houston Rockets (93)

@ Boston Celtics (89)



Rockets win wild one in Boston


Jeff Van Gundy took a risk, and it paid off.

With 55 seconds left and the Rockets behind by two, Van Gundy decided to tell his team not to foul. The ball was then stolen by Mike Dunleavy, who dribbled up and buried a three. The Rockets got the rebound at the other end, and buried the Celtics with free throws.

The difference in this game, was free throws, other than that it was almost even. The Rockets shot 13-15 from the charity stripe(.867), and the Celts shot 18-29(.679).



Starting 5 Stats and Key Bench Player PTS/REB/AST/BLK/STL


Houston:

C - Amarè Stoudemire 8/8/1/8/1

PF - Ike Diogu 9/6/5/3/0

SF - Mike Dunleavy, Jr. 19/5/0/0/4

SG - Joe Johnson 8/0/2/0/0

PG - Sebastian Telfair 10/1/4/0/4

KBP - Kyle Korver 20/2/0/0/1



Boston:

C - Ben Wallace 14/6/0/2/1

PF - Pau Gasol 15/6/1/1/1

SF - Donyell Marshall 9/2/1/0/1

SG - Morris Peterson 0/0/4/0/0( )

PG - Sam Cassell 18/2/3/0/1

KBP - Boris Diaw 18/1/3/0/0


Player of the Game:



Amarè Stoudemire (for some reason o.0)



Next Rockets Game: 11/15 vs. Portland

[Donatello]

Player of the Game:



Amarè Stoudemire (for some reason o.0)

I've noticed that a high amount of blocks will usually get a player awared the PotG.

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Starting Lineups




Portland:

C - Raef LaFrentz

PF - Drew Gooden

SF - Bobby Simmons

SG - Steve Francis

PG - Stephon Marbury





Houston:

C - Amarè Stoudemire

PF - Ike Diogu

SF - Mike Dunleavy, Jr.

SG - Joe Johnson

PG - Sebastian Telfair





Key Matchup: Marbury vs. Telfair

[KIG1]

Steph versus Telfair should be a good one. Looks like cousins are going to face off. Starbury must feel shitty for playing in Portland right now.

[CouchPotato94]

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Houston wins seesaw game


It seems like the Small Forward position has been clicking for the Rockets lately.

Last game, Mike Dunleavy led the way. Today, it was Ron Mercer.

Mercer erupted for 24 points in, by far, the best game of his career. The bench pretty much led the way for Houston in this game, with Tim Thomas also having a good game.


It seemed like every time Portland jumped out to a fairly big lead, Houston would come back and take the lead. The Rockets had a 4-point lead with 14.4 seconds left, but Stephon Marbury hit a three, then the Blazers quickly fouled. Mercer hit both free throws, and Steve Francis missed a last-gasp trey. Franchise was relatively quiet this game:



Starting 5 Stats and Key Bench Player PTS/REB/AST/BLK/STL

I'm making an exception, I have 2 key bench players



Portland:

C - Raef LaFrentz 6/19/2/0/0

PF - Drew Gooden 8/10/1/1/0

SF - Bobby Simmons 10/2/2/0/4

SG - Steve Francis 13/0/3/0/0

PG - Stephon Marbury 21/2/5/0/1

KBP - Devin Brown 10/1/1/0/0






Houston:

C - Amarè Stoudemire 8/2/0/5/2

PF - Ike Diogu 2/6/1/3/0

SF - Mike Dunleavy, Jr. 10/2/0/0/2

SG - Joe Johnson 5/2/1/0/1

PG - Sebastian Telfair 3/3/3/0/1

KBP's - Ron Mercer 24/1/2/0/0

Tim Thomas 13/9/0/0/1


Player of the Game:



Ron Mercer



Next Rockets Game: 11/22 @ Minnesota

[CouchPotato94]

Steph versus Telfair should be a good one. Looks like cousins are going to face off. Starbury must feel shitty for playing in Portland right now.

Yea, I bet he does.

I think Starbury won.

[KIG1]

Wow Telfair played pretty bad for you. Steph had a good game as did Mercer

[CouchPotato94]

I bet Fitzy's like OGM MERCER DA BOMB!!!!!!11

[z50bo]

Marbury and Francis both in Portland
Develop Telfair so that he can b better than Starbury!

[CouchPotato94]

Marbury and Francis both in Portland
Develop Telfair so that he can b better than Starbury!

Bassy has huge potential, but I don't know about being as good as Marbury.

[KIG1]

Maybe in years he will become as good as Marbury though. He can only get better from here on out.

[CouchPotato94]

Maybe in years he will become as good as Marbury though. He can only get better from here on out.

That's sorta what I meant, but okay.

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Starting Lineups:


Houston:

C - Amarè Stoudemire

PF - Ike Diogu

SF - Mike Dunleavy, Jr.

SG - Joe Johnson

PG - Sebastian Telfair




Minnesota:

C - Dale Davis

PF - Eddie Griffin

SF - LeBron James

SG - Manu Ginobili

PG - Jason Terry



Key Matchup: Johnson vs. Ginobili

[CouchPotato94]

I don't know why, but Ginobili always seems to kill me.

[CouchPotato94]

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Minnesota makes huge comeback



The Houston Rockets started great, then faltered late. They had as big as a 10-point lead in the 4th quarter, then the Timberwolves made a huge comeback, led by Manu Ginobili. it seemed like he couldn't miss during that stretch. Sebastian Telfair sat early for foul trouble, and missed nearly the entire second half. Eric Snow played great in his absence, recording a double-double, only the second of the year for Houston. The first was by Ike Diogu.

"We played better than this against Utah" said disgruntled Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy, referring to the 108-97 loss vs. Uta, in which they were down by as many as 29. "Eric did a great job with Bassy on the bench, but he was our only playmaker today".



Player Stats PTS/REB/AST/BLK/STL




Houston:

C - Amarè Stoudemire 11/4/0/4/0

PF - Ike Diogu 4/5/2/1/1

SF - Mike Dunleavy, Jr. 13/2/3/0/2

SG - Joe Johnson 11/1/1/0/1

PG - Sebastian Telfair 2/1/1/0/1

Tim Thomas 13/1/1/0/1

Eric Snow 14/1/10/0/1

Kyle Korver 18/0/0/0/0

Ira Newble DNP:CD

Ron Mercer DNP:CD

Etan Thomas 2/5/2/3/3

Nenad Krstic 0/1/0/3/1



Minnesota:

C - Dale Davis 6/6/0/2/1

PF - Eddie Griffin 9/9/0/1/0

SF - LeBron James 3/3/7/0/1 (I pwnt him)

SG - Manu Ginobili 15/0/3/0/1

PG - Jason Terry 27/1/2/0/0

James Posey 6/2/6/0/0

Stephen Jackson 4/0/2/0/1

Darrell Armstrong 17/0/1/0/0

Matt Barnes DNP:CD

Zarko Cabarkapa 5/1/0/1/1

Jon Barry DNP:CD

Joel Przybilla 0/3/0/0/0



Player of the Game:



Jason Terry




Next Rockets Game: 11/23 @ Dallas

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Starting Lineups:


Houston:

C - Amarè Stoudemire

PF - Ike Diogu

SF - Mike Dunleavy, Jr.

SG - Joe Johnson

PG - Sebastian Telfair





Dallas:

C - Shaquille O'Neal

PF - Dwight Howard (oh noes!)

SF - Gerald Wallace

SG - Mike Miller

PG - Shaun Livingston


Key Matchup: Stoudemire vs. O'Neal

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STAT, Rockets bounce back with win




The superstar who had been quiet all year finally exploded in Dallas.

Amarè Stoudemire dominated down on the block, tallying 44 points, the most by any Rocket this year in one game. He handled Shaq well, holding him to 13 points. Again, the Rockets started to fade a little bit lae, but then bounced back to stay ahead ad hold on for the victory. Sebastian Telfair also recorded a double-double.




Player Stats PTS/REB/AST/BLK/STL


Houston:

C - Amarè Stoudemire 44/6/0/4/2

PF - Ike Diogu 10/4/2/3/1

SF - Mike Dunleavy Jr. 2/2/4/0/2

SG - Joe Johnson 6/1/0/0/2

PG - Sebastian Telfair 10/2/10/0/4

Eric Snow 4/0/3/0/3

Tim Thomas 5/3/1/0/2

Kyle Korver 3/2/1/0/0

Ira Newble DNP:CD

Ron Mercer DNP:CD

Etan Thomas 0/1/1/3/0

Nenad Krstic 2/1/0/1/1





Dallas:

C - Shaquille O'Neal 13/6/0/1/1

PF - Dwight Howard 4/5/1/1/1

SF - Gerald Wallace 7/3/1/1/1

SG - Mike Miller 12/0/0/0/0

PG - Shaun Livingston 17/3/8/0/0

Danny Granger 6/1/1/0/1

DeSagana Diop 0/1/0/0/0

Gordan Giricek 0/0/1/0/1

Samaki Walker 0/1/1/0/0

Dikembe Mutombo DNP:CD

Nick Collison 6/7/0/0/0

Jannero Pargo 12/0/2/2/0


Player of the Game:



Amarè Stoudemire

Next Rockets Game: 12/2 @ Los Angeles Lakers

November recap next...

[CouchPotato94]

NBA RECAP: November


Rockets Games:

G1 - W 105-91 vs. Chicago

G2 - L 108-97 vs. Utah

G3 - W 89-87 vs. Phoenix

G4 - W 93-89 @ Boston

G5 - W 85-82 vs. Portland

G6 - L 92-88 @ Minnesota

G7 - W 86-77 @ Dallas


POWER RANKINGS TOP 10:

1. New Jersey 6-1
2. Minnesota 5-1
3. Utah 8-2
4.Toronto 5-3
5. Houston 5-2*
6. Miami 4-1
7. Dallas 5-4
8. New Orleans/Oklahoma City 4-4
9. Sacramento 3-0
10. LA Lakers 5-4

LEAGUE LEADERS:

PTS: Paul Pierce - Utah - 302

PPG: Paul Pierce - Utah - 30.2(coincidence?)

Field Goals Made: Paul Pierce - Utah - 120

Field Goals Attempted: Paul Pierce - Utah - 243

3-PT FG Made: Eddie Jones(FINALLY) - LA Lakers - 33

3-PT FG Attempted: Eddie Jones(FINALLY) - LA Lakers - 85

3-PT %: Shareef Abdur Rahim - Miami - 1.000

FT Made: Paul Pierce - Utah - 46

FT Attempted: Paul Pierce - Utah - 58

Offensive Rebounds: Amare Stoudemire - Houston - 34*

ORPG: Jamaal Magloire - Denver - 5.0

Defensive Rebounds: Derrick Coleman - Utah - 79

DRPG: Kurt Thomas - Seattle - 10.7

REB: Dwight Howard - Dallas - 107

RPG(no, not rocket-propelled grenade): Elton Brand, Cleveland - 14.2 Jamaal Magloire - Denver - 14.2

Blocks: Amare Stoudemire - Houston - 37*

BPG: Amare Stoudemire - Houston - 5.29*

Steals: Gerald Wallace - Dallas - 24

SPG - Ben Wallace - Boston - 2.86

Assists: Shaun Livingston - Dallas - 66

APG: Steve Nash - Miami - 9.6

Minutes: Paul Pierce - Utah - 383

MPG: Al Harrington - Denver - 44.8 Peja Stojakovic - Milwaukee - 44.8



LEAGUE STANDINGS:


WEST:

PACIFIC:

1. Sacramento 3-0

2. Golden State 3.1

3. LA Lakers 5-4

4. Phoenix 3-5

5. LA Clippers 0-7



NORTHWEST:

1. Minnesota 5-1

2. Utah 8-2

3. Seatle 2-1

4. Portland 3-4

5. Denver 2-3



SOUTHWEST:

1. Houston 5-2*

2. Dallas 5-4

3. New Orleans/Oklahoma City 4-4

4. San Antonio 1-4

5. Memphis 0-2












EAST:


ATLANTIC:

1. New Jersey 6-1

2. Toronto 5-3

3. Boston 4-3

4. New York 3-3

5. Philadelphia 1-4





CENTRAL:

1. Milwaukee 2-2

2. Indiana 3-4

3. Chicago 2-3

4. Cleveland 2-3

5. Detroit 1-4




SOUTHEAST:

1. Miami 4-1

2. Washington 3-3

3. Charlotte 2-3

4. Atlanta 1-3

5. Orlando 0-4






PLAYERS OF THE MONTH:


EAST:

Rookie - Raymond Felton - Philadelphia

Player: Andrei Kirilenko - Toronto




WEST:

Rookie - Channing Frye - New Orleans-Oklahoma City

Player - Paul Pierce - Utah

*User team

[KIG1]

Try to keep everthing the same color because it is really tough on the eyes. Other than that, nice work. The Clippers at 0-7, wow.

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Starting Lineups:

LA Lakers:

C - Rasheed Wallace

PF - Al Jefferson

SF - Andre Iguodala

SG - Eddie Jones

PG - Devin Harris



Houston:

C - Amare Stoudemire

PF - Ike Diogu

SF - Mike Dunleavy Jr.

SG - Joe Johnson

PG - Sebastian Telfair




Key Matchup: Stoudemire vs. Wallace

[KIG1]

The Lakers have a really balanced team. Lets hope that you can take them out in this game.

[CouchPotato94]

ARGH, I left the game at a friend's house AGAIN(I'm never taking that game anywhere ever again). Dynasty should be running again tomorrow.