Now That's a Game! Blazers in OT 101-99
Blaze of Love —
WOW. A big thanks to Charles Barkley for calling this a "boring" game at half time. How'd that finish work out for ya, Chuck?
In case you didn't get to see this game, you missed one hell of a finish. It went something like this:
In regulation, a defensive stop by Roy on Artest to get the ball back ...
You Be The Judge
Dime Magazine —
Did Brandon Roy catch, turn, and get that game-winning jumper off within 0.8 seconds, or were the scorekeepers a bit slow on the trigger starting the clock? Either way, that was one of the prettiest 30-footers I’ve ever seen.
Brandon Roy shoots down the Rockets in overtime
Sports Crackle Pop —
If you missed the fantastic finish between the Houston Rockets and Portland Trailblazers last night you are in luck as Kellex over at TheBlazeofLove has you covered. It was big shot after big shot. First Brandon Roy, then Yao Ming, and a buzzer beater by Roy to finish off the Rockets in overtime.
If you want the abridged finish, you can see Brandon Roy’s buzzer beater after the jump…
Brandon Roy For The Win
Intentional Foul —
Now that is how you finish an NBA game: two clutch shots by Brandon Roy sandwiching a huge turnaround jump shot from Yao Ming. In fact, Roy was involved in all three of these plays as he hit the first clutch shot but left enough time on the clock for Houston to get a play off — the Yao Ming turnaround. Roy contributed here by following Yao in the act of shooting, which allowed the Rockets to take a one-point lead.
After that, it was Roy time. Again.
That, my friends, is called clutch; although, I agree with Charles Barkley and ...
NESW Sports Headlines 10/7/2008
NESW Sports, Sports Videos —
Here are some real quick Headlines for today.
All White Basketball Team < Gunaxin
Another AWESOME Raptors Photo shop < Cuzoogle
ER is rewriting the Rocky Movies < The World of Isaac
Dr. Lou funny Mark Wahlberg vid < Awful Announcing
LT goes Moe Howard tonight < Hugging Harold Reynolds
How much would you pay for Backs Soccer lessons < In Game Now
Bruce Pearl Loves the Ladies < Intentional Foul ...
Links: The Rockets’ Dead Glare
SLAM Online —
by Lang Whitaker
As the Blazers and Rockets wound down last night, I had to keep reminding myself that we’re early in the season. Otherwise, why would Brandon Roy have fouled Yao Ming with less than a second to go. Similarly, why would the Rockets have left Brandon Roy open with 0.8 on the clock?
Like Charles Barkley said on Inside the NBA…
“One of my pet peeves with basketball is you should never score when the ball is out of bounds for the simple fact that you have five guys guarding four guys. That’s exactly what you just had (in the Rockets/Trail Blazers game) and (the Trail Blazers) still got a wide ...
Game Day: Our 4-times-a-year reminder
Canis Hoopus —
Game Notes:
Saturday, 9:00 at Trail Blazers TV: KSTC-45 Radio: KFAN-AM 1130
Records:
Minnesota - 1-4, Portland -2-3
In a contest matched in its ability to rankle Wolves fans only by yearly trips to Memphis (Rudy Gay) and Boston (KG), the Wolves head to Portland tonight to face the better 1/2 of the Randy Foye draft sandwich, Mr. Brandon Roy--who is hot off of one of the best game-ending shots you will see all year.
Tonight's game also marks Kevin ...
3 NBA owners, 2 trades, 1 bank shot, and a partridge in a pear tree
SLC Dunk —
Here are some snippets from the NBA that I have seen in the last 24 hours:
1. So I know lots of you hate Bill Simmons and to be honest, he doesn't have the voice for radio or podcasts, but he commemorated his 100th weekly podcast today by interviewing David Stern for 40 minutes. Most of you don't know, but I can't stand David Stern. I think he is smug and loves himself and has a superiority complex. But interviews like this make him more likeable. He gets to just chat about his job, his love for basketball, and seem more like a real human being. Simmons also celebrated Stern's impending 25th anniversary as commish of ...
Note to Rick: Score 100 Points and You Can Sleep All You Want
The Dream Shake —
Normally stats like this have some sort of catch. This one doesn't, because when it takes place, we're undefeated. And not in some "when McGrady hits a three pointer on the third Tuesday of the month" kind of way. Nope, this is much simpler.
If we score at least 100 points, we in. The game might as well be pronounced over the very moment it happens. And the stats do not lie:
We're 10-0 "When 100 Points Happens", and you can only count the Warriors for two of those. The 100 Rule, as I have so cleverly dubbed it, isn't very lenient either: in the two games that we've scored 99 points, we've lost...by four points ...
Speaking on Behalf of a Western Underdog
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
The Lakers are the favorites to win the West. That's an easy call -- they have no real peer in the standings. They are by far the most likely, out of the eight teams, to win. But are they likely to win the West? That's a little different. If you take the seven other teams, they each have some chance of winning. If you add all those slim chances together, who's the favorite, the Lakers -- or the Nuggets, Spurs, Rockets, Blazers, Hornets, Jazz, and Mavericks combined? John Hollinger's playoff projection system says that the other seven teams have a combined 63.9% chance of winning. Justin Kubatko's system gives the field a ...
One reason the Rockets will win in 6: The law of averages
The Dream Shake —
Everyone knows the Rockets have not won a playoff series since the Hakeem era. Everyone also knows that this includes seven (7) straight first-round flame-outs. Much of that with Yao Ming on the team, and a healthy amount of that with Tracy McGrady on the team.
That said, the Rockets are going to win this series in 6 games. Why?
This:
You see, Brandon Roy is good. Really good. But it took a miracle freakin' shot to keep the Rockets from sweeping the Blazers in the regular season. As it stands, the Rockets still beat ...
Playoff Preview: Portland (4) vs. Houston (5)
Portland Trail Blazers —
This Portland vs. Houston series is of course near and dear to my heart as a Blazers homer, but I genuinely think that this could be one of the tightest matchups in the playoffs. These teams met only three times this season, with Houston claiming wins on both of their home games, and the Blazers winning their one game at home thanks to Brandon Roy's miracle shot ...
