[08] Franchise Pt 2 (1-0) - Rockets survive against Lakers

[Awesom3]

ITS TIME

NBA Live 08 Dynasty
Sim - 12
Play - 8
Difficulty - All-Star
Playoff Length - 7/7/7/7

ITS TIME.

Depth Chart
PG - Steve Francis/Rafer Alston/Aaron Brooks
SG - Tracy McGrady/Mike James/Luther Head
SF - Shane Battier/Bonzi Wells/Kirk Snyder
PF - Luis Scola/Chuck Hayes/Steve Novak
C - Yao Ming/Dikembe Mutombo/Carl Landry

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Will be used later.

[Xiphias]

good luck with this one

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Yea. I plan to bring Francis back to stardom x)

[Phantom18]

Omegah,
Don't bring him back to stardom but he could easily be a 20 PPG/10 APG/4 RPG in Houston's system assuming he did start and play around 35 minutes a game. Good luck

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Pre-Season Game

Blazers @ Rockets

The newest Shooting Guard/Center tandem in the league is just about to face off with the best Shooting Guard/Center tandem.

Brandon Roy and Greg Oden will face off against Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming.

"We're just going to try things out here. It's no problem if we don't win, it's just pre-season. We're going to try out the new system and see who fits in well with who." says new Head Coach Rick Adelman.

Steve Francis will get the starting nod at Point Guard in his homecoming. Dikembe Mutombo, Rafer Alston and Chuck Hayes will be on the inactive list. Rafer has a bruised knee, Chuck Hayes has a sore back and Mutombo decided to sit out. All of the injuries are very minor so Rockets will not be missing too much.

Projected Starting Line Ups

PG - Steve Francis
SG - Tracy McGrady
SF - Shane Battier
PF - Luis Scola
C - Yao Ming

PG - Jarrett Jack
SG - Brandon Roy
SF - Martell Webster
PF - LaMarcus Aldridge
C - Greg Oden

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Rockets fall short in pre-season



Steve Francis' homecoming wasn't quite as one would want it. The Rockets fell in pre-season to the new Trail-Blazers with new face Greg Oden. Francis had 15 4th quarter points which took the Rockets who were at one point down by 27 to 10 points with just over 2 minutes to play.

Houston was badly outboarded with newcomer Greg Oden being a major factor in that.

"That's not something we have to worry about. We had Mutombo and Hayes sitting out this game. Those are our 2 best rebounders." says head coach Rick Adelman.

"The biggest problem of this game was fouls. We were fouling way too much, the next biggest problem was that we weren't hitting from outside. We have a lot of good shooters on the team but tonight wasn't any of their nights." says Rick Adelman

On the brighter side, a rare pre-season sell out crowd welcomed Steve Francis back home.

The Rockets wore their older jerseys, affectionately dubbed as 'pajamas' to this game in Francis' return.

"It's great to be back. The fans all accept me, it's just great." says Steve Francis.

The Rockets will open up their season against the Los Angeles Lakers where Tracy McGrady will go head to head with Kobe Bryant.

McGrady soars in for the slam.


Just like old times, Steve Francis opens up the game with an alley oop to Yao.


Francis shows he hasn't lost a touch.


One of Blake's many fouls drawn.

[Lamrock]

Well written and presented, but you would be surprised at how much BBcode improves the presentation of a dynasty. Use it.

Good luck.

[Clutch]

awesome to see another Rockets dynasty good luck man and hope Scola is the difference maker and becomes RotY!

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Rockets take on Lakers in season opener.

Tracy McGrady will go at it head to head with Kobe for the second game of the 07-08 regular season.

Projected Starting Line Ups

PG - Steve Francis/Jordan Farmar
SG - Tracy McGrady/Kobe Bryant
SF - Shane Battier/Lamar Odom
PF - Luis Scola/Ronny Turiaf
C - Yao Ming/Kwame Brown

Key Match Up - Tracy McGrady and Kobe Bryant

2 of the league's best shooting guards will go at it in both of the team's season openers. It's a shootout between Tracy McGrady and Kobe Bryant.

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Rockets - 19 21 35 19
Lakers - 28 25 11 27



Rockets escape with win after strong comeback from Lakers

After playing some really poor basketball in their 1st half with Yao Ming in foul trouble where the Lakers outscored the Rockets 53 to 40 and at one point led by 18 and killed the Rockets on the boards when Coach Adelman decided to go with Luis Scola and Chuck Hayes in the post against the likes of Kwame Brown, Ronny Turiaf and Andrew Bynum.

Another Yao Ming showed up halftime talk.

"That was really out of character of Yao. He's always been quiet." says Tracy McGrady.

"Yao was crazy in there. You should've heard what he said, he was like "Guys, I'm sick of this high post crap. Just get me the ball down low. Let's go half-court, Van Gundy style. I can just go post those suckers up. They can't stop me." " says teammate Rafer Alston after the match.

And that's what they did. Rockets started the 3rd quarter on a 16-2 run and would've kept the Lakers below double digits in the 3rd quarter if it hadn't been for an Andrew Bynum put back with 5.7 seconds to play.


New Head Coach Rick Adelman calling out plays.

When asked if he was bothered by this, Rick Adelman calmly responded "It's fine. They needed to get back in the game, and they needed something to get comfortable with. They're still adapting to the system."

The Lakers came back strong in the 4th to a point where they were down by 3 with just over 28 seconds left in the 4th. Tracy McGrady dribbled the shot clock out and passed it to Yao who turned around for a fade away that just rimmed out. Chuck Hayes got in good position for a tip that missed but when Kwame Brown secured the rebound it was already too late to do anything.


T-Mac to the rack!


Kobe's reverse lay up puts the Lakers within 3.


Not the best of shots but Kobe gets it to go.

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(1-0) @ (0-1)

Rockets and Jazz playoff rematch

The Rockets will look to get revenge for last year against the Utah Jazz in their second game of the season.

Projected Starting Line Ups

PG - Steve Francis/Deron Williams
SG - Tracy McGrady/Ronnie Brewer
SF - Shane Battier/Andrei Kirilenko
PF - Luis Scola/Carlos Boozer
C - Yao Ming/Mehmet Okur

Keys to Success

+ Pay extra attention to Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer.
+ Hit open 3s.