chron.com - 12/29/2008
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As the Rockets completed their warm-ups and returned to the Toyota Center locker room Saturday, word spread that Tracy McGrady would not play. Teammates were stunned by the 11th-hour decision and spread the word like hot new gossip. The news brought shock and questions, even almost amusement at ...
blog.cleveland.com - 12/22/2008
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blog.cleveland.com —
Tuesday night the Rockets come to town. Who
better to chat with than the people responsible for...
our first ever pre-game Q&A - The Dream Shake. Lee and Dave have moved uptown since we last spoke and dropped the "blogspot" from their name. And One, on the other hand, is a creature of habit.
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Dream Shake - Rockets Pre-Game Q & A
waitingfornextyear.com - 12/24/2008
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waitingfornextyear.com —
Cavaliers 99 Rockets 90 [box] In a game
that often felt like a playoff game in both...
atmosphere and in physical and intense play, the Cavaliers were able to hang on to beat the Houston Rockets 99-90. The game was everything it was supposed to be. A tough, back and forth affair between two
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Home Perfection Remains Intact
truebluejazz.com - 12/29/2008
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truebluejazz.com —
Man, we have really been slackers lately. Dream
Shake was kind enough to exchange some very insightful...
and poignant questions with us before last night's travesty of a game: 1. What offensive set has shown to be the most productive against the zone def.....screw it.....
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First Cup: Monday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: "Daryl Morey said Sunday that Tracy McGrady vowed in that pregame meeting to return fully committed to playing, likely beginning tonight against the Washington Wizards, and to playing with energy and intensity. But the Rockets' season of uncertainty -- as the news that McGrady could not play spread, Ron Artest changed his mind to say he could -- had grown stranger and more unpredictable. 'It's getting hard,' Rockets guard Rafer Alston said. 'You don't know who you have day in, day out. I know one person it's ...
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: “As the Rockets completed their warm-ups and returned to the Toyota Center locker room Saturday, word spread that Tracy McGrady would not play. Teammates were stunned by the 11th-hour decision and spread the word like hot new gossip. The news brought shock and questions, even almost amusement at their season in which every gathering brings updates of who will and will not play. In the offices a few feet away, a day after McGrady had said his sore left knee had felt ‘pretty good’ only to be unable to play a day later, McGrady was ...
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