Denver vs. Houston - Recap - March 02, 2008

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Denver vs. Houston - Recap - March 02, 2008

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McGrady, Rockets maintain winning ways, push by Anthony, Nuggets HOUSTON (AP) -- After their 15th straight victory, the Houston Rockets finally moved up in the Western conference standings. Tracy McGrady scored 22 points, Shane Battier added 20 and the Rockets tied a franchise record with a 103-89 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night. The winning streak is the longest in the NBA ...

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Signal to Noise: Above The Rim: Rockets Roll

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Above The Rim: Rockets Roll
Signal to Noise — ... This really isn’t how the script is supposed to work, right? A team that’s on a roll and loses its big man in the middle for the rest of the season is generally supposed to collapse. Not Houston. Well, it helps if you’re going against a regularly dysfunctional and non-defensive oriented Nuggets team. Denver is going to wind up the odd team out in this Western Conference pile-up. So rarely can they bring it all together that it’s becoming obvious. Now — can the Rockets get past the first round without Yao, if they make it? Tracy ...

It's a bird... it's a plane... it's...
The Dream Shake — ... That's 15 in a row, bitches! We kinda called it. And yet no one believed us. Maybe now you will listen?? Hey - the Rockets are going to make the playoffs. We are. In fact, we'd have an awesome re-match with Utah if the playoffs started today. And we'd have home court freakin' advantage, too. Just like last year. ...

KOBE BRYANT IS COMPETENT
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop — ... Also in the West, the Rockets improbably extended their winning streak to 15 -- their third consecutive win since losing Yao Ming for the season -- thanks to 22 points from Tracy McGrady and a poor shooting night from the Nuggets' Allen Iverson (17 points, 7-of-22 from the field). ...

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