The sun was shining and the city of Houston was feeling good after being blasted by mother nature the day before. The Rockets were coming off of a solid W vs the Bobcats(although not impressive) and the Mavericks were in town. After sitting in traffic and getting some good advice from Matt Schaub we stopped by this awful establishment for a pre game refreshment. You may know it, it is catty corner from the Toyota Center on the southwest side. Lewis and I spent most of the time wondering how much the land costs and if we could come up with a business plan to buy it, because ANY positive change would make more money than it is now.
Getting into Toyota Center took longer this time, due to it being Friday(and not Wednesday) and an instate rival being in town(some would argue it's really south Oklahoma though). Houston Crowds are always nice to wait in, everyone generally keeps to themselves and you can usually find an intelligent perspective to chat with.
As soon as the lights went on we did what any smart anti dallas heckler does, find Mark Cuban. It didn't take long, he is the lil stocky guy sitting on the edge of his seat in the middle of the picture, wearing a grey shirt and looking shredded, even from the upper deck. He was in my shouting range but if you've ever been to an NBA game, finding 5 seconds of silence in between music and "everybody clap your hands"(which is dieing) can be tough, but I was up to the challenge. You never force your banter, if you need to say something, a long sarcastic voicing of their name will do just fine as filler. "Maaaaaarrrrrk" "MaaaAAAArrrkk" "YOU MAD BRO?!". Of course we got no response but there is no doubt in my mind that we helped provide some fun to his first Dwight Howard, James Harden, Toyota Center experience.
This game moved sooo slow at times, The Rockets shot 51 free throws! Part of that due to Dallas going into "hack a Dwight" mode with 6 MINUTES LEFT IN THE 3rd. I was laughing my sox off, what a pathetic attempt to bring down the beast, the ultimate compliment and a sure sign that the Rocks are really hard to beat(I say that because Dwight missed most of those shots going 5/12). I am excited and in awe of what I’m seeing, …..not going to make any bold predictions yet but the Rockets could be really, really, good. Really.
So to wrap up, James had 34 pts, 4 rebs, 3 asts, 4 stls, Dirk fouled out early(so did Asik), and we had Greg Smith, Terrence Jones, Aaron Brooks, Donatas, and Ronnie Brewer on the court with 3 minutes left in a 10 point game. I was boggled by this to be honest, that we could be good enough to not even have to finish the game. 10 points, in 3 minutes? We have all seen T Mac do it in 35 seconds and know that it is accomplishable, so to have our "scrubs" in the game at that time was balls. Kevin was saying(with his lineup) "hey we are going to win, I am going to rest my players, don't make me put them back in, Rick."
At the end of the day beating Dallas in anything is fun for a Houstonian. Cuban is a punk and a baby. Dwight made the OBVIOUS right choice. Harden is the Truth. Houston fans are always late. Dmorey is a genius. Dallas fans left early and had basic, non creative trash talk. I did enjoy watching Dirk and M onta. Go Rockets.
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| "Lewda" Lewis G |
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