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Houston Rockets
The Rockets play in the Toyota Center
in Houston,TX. Their 2003 - 2004 record was 45- 37 (fifth in the Midwest).
Here is the Houston Rockets
roster.
Local Paper
Houston
Chronicle
Team Pages:
CNNSI.com
| Rockets
ESPN.com
| Rockets
FoxSports
| Rockets
NBA.com | Rockets
Sportsline.com
| Rockets
Head Coach: Jeff Van Gundy
2004 Draft: G Luis Flores (#55), Manhattan
(rights traded to Dallas).
New Players: G Bob Sura (Free agent); G Charlie
Ward (Free agent); G Reece Gaines (Trade with Orlando); F Juwan Howard
(Trade with Orlando); G Tyronn Lue (Trade with Orlando); G Tracy McGrady
(Trade with Orlando); C Dikembe Mutombo (Trade with Chicago); F Ryan Bowen
(Free agent).
Season Goal:
Yao and McGrady is supposed to equal deep into the playoffs. But can Jeff
Van Gundy make the most of it?
Record vs. Nets: 1 - 0
G7: Rockets
80, Nets 69
McNuggets Of Wisdom
Tracy McGrady took games off last year while with Orlando. Anyone not see that coming? McGrady came clean in last week's Sports Illustrated that he wasn't always going full tilt, and well, for the money he makes, he feels guilty about that. You can only imagine how thrilled Jeff Van Gundy was to hear that, especially since the supposed powerhouse combo of Yao and McGrady continue to struggle. Of course, if the Rockets want to trade McGrady for say Kaniel Dickens and Jacque Vaughn, well, Lawrence Frank could combine him with his old teammate and fellow slacker Vince Carter and stand back and watch...Can the Nets, struggling in the face of RJ's loss, find the will to win on the road? Or will the Rockets, with the superstars and shaky supporting crew, put it together and blast the Nets all the way over to Dallas sporting their third straight loss?
- Joe
Houston Rockets Cheat Sheet
The Story from Houston: In case you didn't read it, here are some sample quotes from McGrady's SI interview: "Some nights I did slack off," says McGrady of last season. "I'm the leader, and these guys are following my lead, so the whole team suffers even worse. That was wrong. Now I would do it differently. I learned. I have to bust my butt no matter what."
"Last year was the worst experience of my life. And I learned. And believe me, I'm grateful for this opportunity here."
"Listen. You can sit there and say I'm making millions of dollars and I should play hard every night and how can I not? It's not that easy. In those situations you forget about how much you're making. It becomes so hard to get up for every game."
And with guaranteed money, you'd think he could find a way to remember how much he gets each game to underperform...
Pain Game: F Clarence Weatherspoon (calf) and G Charlie Ward (knee) are on the injured list.
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