Shaq and Yao been fairly close in production, defense. Yao getting slapped around and playing through it. Maturing very fast. PF Malone only good new Laker, hitting shots, also dishing out cheap shots. Cato and Taylor hanging in there. SF Huge advantage for Rockets here as Fox has been ofer, as in no points, 3 games. Jim Jackson using him badly. Even Nachbar outplayed him. Time for fulltime acting career. SG Kobe shoots free throws well, not much else. Ill advised and low% shots galore. Mobley right there with him, much better fg%. PG Big name Glove turning into malcontent cancer. Play already tried him D fish for fourth. Stevie outplays both, combined. Benches almost a non factor here as neither really has any depth. Lakers have zero big man depth if no slava. Rockets took a step up the food chain with victory over Lakers. To be honest, I think these teams have played each other even. But when at home, Rockets just shoot better. Hustle points and boards also to Rockets. Yao being named to Time's 100 World's Most Influential People may seem trivial, but NBA marketing and my old buddy David started drooling when that was announced. How are my 6 billions Yao co-fans feeling? Pretty damn proud at this point. Lakers just are not even as good as last season. All the hall of fame hype does not change how they play on the court. And in this what have you done for me lately business, they have lost 4 straight playoff games on the road. Were in position to lose game one in home, and generally are just valued on their years past championships. Well here they are, again, laying points, and on the road. I am all over this, and it may blowup in my face, but made so much fading them why not stick with it. Rockets +3 -10. and Rockets +2 1/2 ev for game. Also $L one position +1.28, one +1.35. Also adj line bet, Rockets -2 1/2 +.80. Rockets +1 1/2 -07. 1H, and lastly Lakers +3.50 to win in 7 games. Quite a bit of diverse coverage here, just hope for 1H lead, and work from there. Best Wishes...OF
Spurs much better than Rockets, who could easily be 3-1 in this series instead of 1-3. Spurs now resting, waiting for the same team they eliminated last year. They could be even better. Malone will not do what he did today playing Duncan. Look at his career stats vs. Duncan. I am very confident. Today may have went bad with ot, and 4 point lead in ot crumbled. I do not see Spurs even giving the Lakers a chance, Rockets practically first time for all, to make playoffs. Spurs deep with rings. My money say Spurs. Best Wishes...OF
