sports.yahoo.com - 3/13/2008
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Houston 83, Atlanta 75 This was pretty ugly, no alibis to be found, but it was nice to see the Hawks (once a pretty sound defensive team, earlier in the year) pull out their best defensive performance in months. It was also nice to see the Houston Rockets , a team that had every right to pack it in after losing Yao Ming , pull off its eighth-straight win without Yao, and 20 th overall. ...
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Linkage - March 13
The AltRaps Blog —
... scoring is putting points on the board, but it’s making Toronto less dangerous overall. Ford dominating the ball is fine when the tough shots are going in, but two of his long misses started Warrior breaks that broke the game open, and his teammates (who haven’t so much as touched the ball in one or two minutes of game action) are out of sync once Ford actually gives up the rock. These guys are cold, they’re expected to bail Ford out, and you can expect what eventually happens. - Yahoo The start was a cinch: Golden State doubled up Toronto 35-17 in the first quarter behind a ...
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