Courtside: The day the music died: Sixers 111, Rockets 107.

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First Cup: Wednesday
Published 1/16/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Fran Blinebury of the Houston Chronicle: "There has been some serious misjudgment of talent and know-how, from Alston and Luther Head to Mike James and Steve Francis. The Rockets are a ship without a rudder at crunch time. With his random rotation changes, head coach Rick Adelman appears clueless and every combination he tries gets to the fourth quarter and looks hapless. ... Now Tracy McGrady comes back from his knee injury, maybe Saturday night against the Spurs, maybe the following game. But it hardly matters now. You can give up on this season. The ...

The Yao Line 01.15.08: Let Down and Hanging Around
Published 1/16/2008 by aloneconformist at Globetrotter
... basketball at that. Yao needs to work harder at pinning guys like Dalembert and Calvin Booth. They were a joke in the 3rd, light dinner fare for Yao, but they stepped it up in the 4th. Yao didn't. Everyone let down in this one and they gotten bitten in the ass for it. It should serve as a reminder to the Rockets that they still have a long way to go, just like the first one in Philly... but they really shouldn't need anymore reminders. Feigen is much harsher. Blinebury even moreso. ...