McGrady, Rockets Stay Alive with Win

EG Blog: Winners and Losers

BDG posted 4/30/2008 from www.clublakers.com

TMac is a loser? Seeing TMac hanging his head as Houston are looking to continue his inability to push past the first round, one can’t help but question what is it that makes one player an eternal loser and another a winner. I’m not calling TMac a loser here either, but the man doesn’t seem to be able to get the monkey from his back. Other players have had similar labels, whilst some we ...

Utah vs. Houston - Box Score - April 29, 2008

FanIQ Blog found this 4/30/2008 on scores.espn.go.com

UTAH JAZZ STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS Andrei Kirilenko , SF 29 2-7 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 5 Carlos Boozer , PF 35 8-18 0-0 3-4 5 5 10 2 3 0 5 3 19 Mehmet Okur , C 39 4-11 2-4 4-6 1 9 10 0 0 0 3 3 14 Ronnie ...

Rockets hammer Jazz in Game 5 to keep series alive | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog found this 4/30/2008 on www.chron.com

• Game statistics This is how you send a message. Tracy McGrady had said it was time the Rockets made some sort of point, but he did not say what he had in mind, as if he was still formulating ideas ranging from strong drives to harder fouls. ...

Utah Jazz: Harpring says he just plays hard — not dirty

ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog found this 4/30/2008 on deseretnews.com

HOUSTON — A year ago, when Houston and Utah danced during the postseason, Rockets star Tracy McGrady called him "a nasty player" on the defensive end of the floor. This year, Shane Battier of the Rockets compared him to a football player. At least a ...

Game 5: Where Utah takes the night off

Ball Don't Lie found this 4/30/2008 on thedreamshake.blogspot.com

Oh yeah! *That* was beautiful!!! If you had told me a team would win by 26 points last night... I'm not going to lie, I would have suspected the winner would have been Utah. The Rockets are not exactly built to win playoff games by 26 points. We ...