Before Game 1 of the Blazers/Rockets series, DA MAN Jeff Van Gundy predicted that Houston would BLOW OUT the Blazers... Even I thought that was a bold statement as Portland was going into the playoffs on a nice winning streak and held a 34-7 record with those 7 loses being close and contested games...
Apparently, "The Notorious J.V.G." knew what I knew. The Blazers don't match up well with Houston as Houston won the season series 2-1 and the Portland one win was the miracle heave from 35 feet from Roy. The Blazers haven't won a game in Houston in decades and normally games at Houston are blowout dubya's for the Rockets while games at Portland, games are tighter.
AND then, there is my "x-factor" of coaching. McMuffin got it ALL wrong!! NOT Putting Bayless in (at all until garbage time) to try to stop Aaron Brooks was a ghastly mistake. I mean, Steve Blake was abused like Danny Bonaduce. I mean, Brooks ONLY finished with 27 points, 7 assists, and 4 rebounds in his first Playoff game start... Oh, and on a sidenote, I am glad ESPN commentary touched on the Oregon Alum Brooks destroying Steve Blake, which you wouldn't get from Blazer play-by-play suckup Mike Barrett (but I still love you Mike Rice!!).
Yao Ming was going into the playoffs with a ton of mileage on him and a bad foot, YET Coach Muff would not run him to death and let him have his way on offense. I mean, Yao went through the Olympic experience in his home country and played INJURED (Wait, didn't Coach Muff see this 1st hand from the U.S.A. bench?), AND then played 77 games this season which is like a blue moon because he is injury prone and misses at least 2 dozen games a season. Normally, Yao is pulling his shorts, gasping for air at the 8 minute mark in the 1st quarter, but Yao would rest his injury comfortably only playing 24 minutes. Oh, he ONLY scored 24 points on 9-9 FGs and grabbed 9 boards to go as well... Well done Coach McMuffin!!
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