The point I was making was without Yao and another scorer, Alston, the team is very weak. With those two out you only have T-Mac, maybe Battier will provide some 3s but you can’t count on it. That means all the only thing the other team has to do is focus and tire T-Mac down and that is what they are going to do until some other scorer steps up to help out, period.

Magic and Collins said it perfectly, you can’t blame T-Mac for losing this game, he is only human and he gets tired.

I’ll leave with quotes from Doug Collins and Magic.

Collins on the strong performance of Rockets guard Tracy McGrady for the first three quarters:
“What an effort it has been tonight, it’s a shame that people will write about Tracy McGrady’s fourth quarter because he was brilliant through the first three quarters. The whole philosophy of Utah is to try to wear him down and take away his legs in the fourth quarter. He has to do so much for this team without Yao Ming and without his starting point guard in Rafer Alston and it just took it’s toll.”

Magic Johnson on the competitiveness of the game:
“It won’t be T-Mac’s fault tonight (if they lose), he’s playing just like a superstar is supposed to play when his team is depleted and the talent is not there to beat a strong Utah team. Utah has come to sweep this series, they think, ‘we know that we’re better than them, we are going to be physical and we’re going to run.’ Utah’s bench is better now, they are playing very good basketball right now.”

I hear you on the floppin. I can’t stand it. Be competitive and play some damn defense. When I used to go down the lane if you stood in my way you got the Chuck truck!

Manu and Tim Duncan do that ish too!!! GO PLAY SOCCER!!!!

As for T-Mac…one of my favorite stars of all time. I just don’t think he’s really equipped to do it all by himself. At least not anymore. You can kinda see it in his eyes sometimes…he just seems tired. Can’t blame him…..sad kinda…

He needs a supporting cast to do it, I mean damn look at what he did when he was in Orlando, remember who was on that lame ass squad that he got to the playoffs every year? No one. Now this year he starts off hurt, then comes back, Yao gets hurt for the damn season & playoffs, they survive and make it, then Rafer, the only other offensive threat , gets hurt and they lose by 4 and you want to blame him for that too. Come on man, it isn’t like they are playing scrubs either..

T-Mac is my boy, I can’t stand by and allow the hate to build up against him.

These cats couldn’t have played in the 80’s. Kevin McHale laughs at your feeble attempts to clothesline:)

It’s on him. That’s what superstars do. I don’t care who is on his team. I want to see some 20 point quarters and some 45, 9 and 7 games to stave off elimination.

Yes his team has been a detriment and Rick Adelman has never been known to be the best x and o’s guy, but damn…

The cat can ball–don’t get it twisted–but win a series first.

Rockets are suffering because of injuries, simple as that. Yao is gone and Rafer is gone and no one is stepping up to fill their place. Battier isn’t consistant on offense to step up, and hell thats pretty much it.

Also Scola commits the most dumbest fouls I have ever seen. I have watched about 60 rocket games this year. And boy does Scola commit dumb @ss fouls. He is a hacking machine………..he11 he should have had 15 fouls this game. Yet boozer was getting called for ticky tac crap in the first half.