Rockets have won 4 in a row now. With no Yao Ming! In the last 3 games Tracy has scored 31, 38 and 31. Of course they haven't played anyone that was very good. Hopefully Yao will be able to come back and play at somewhat the level he was at before the injury. Can you imagine if both T-Mac and Yao were healthy?Look at this stat line:
| Player | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| T-Mac | 20 | 5 | 6 |
| Yao | 26 | 9 | 2 |
And T-Mac has really just started to heat up. If they continue to do well in January that will be amazing. They play Utah, Chicago, Phoenix, Dallas, SA and Denver twice. What's hilarious is that the Rockets have a better record than anyone in the East. That's right, the Rockets! And they're the 6th seed in the West. Ridiculous. This of course is another reason that having conferences and divisions is silly.
P.S. - I finally found the article that Patrick had mentioned about T-Mac and his nearly constant back problems. Apparently his doctor has guaranteed that T-Mac will never have another back problem again. Here is the article:
Update: McGrady's rehabilitation specialist, John Patterson, said that barring a violent collision, McGrady's latest back spasms incident will be his last, the Houston Chronicle reports. Patterson worked on McGrady for about 2 1/2 hours last Friday, with McGrady reporting he felt much better as soon as he got up from the table and ever since.
Recommendation: "What we did is make sure what caused the back to go out in the first place," Patterson said. "Once we located that, we used passive resistance I call 'synergy release therapy.' Basically, it's looking for what caused the soft tissues or muscles to retract and correct that... My main point is to rehab them so they don't get hurt again the same way," Patterson said. "And then, it's to prevent another injury because biomechanics are not right. It's basically a combination of biomechanics and a microcurrent machine. Between the two, you can make it heal faster and prevent it from happening again." "I haven't had any flare-ups," McGrady said. "We'll see, but as of now, I feel good." Keep McGrady in your lineups, though expect a little bit of rust in the short term.
3 comments:
If you hadn't written about Tracy, I sure as hell was going to. He's been on a roll. His numbers don't even do it justice. Watching him, I can almost believe that quack.
I'd like to say the Rockets are doing great, but the truth is that they have been playing some crappy teams. I'm scared to see what their record will be after these next 10 games. I seriously wouldn't be surprised to see it go something like 2-8. Good news is that they have started their Yao-less stint well...cause its gonna get ugly fast.
I love the Rockets, really I do. But I have to agree with Patrick. The whole winning streak thing is a little overrated. It's great for the ego of a team in general but doesn't always mean their going to be 'good enough.' By the way, do we want to define 'good enough'? Is that a WCFinals appearance? Or do we demand a Finals win? Anyhow, the Rockets have offensive problems the way I see it. I've only seen them a few games but noone on the floor shows any kind of intended fluidity. They all look a little confused if they don't have the ball. You've GOT to have movement off of the ball offensively, got to. Van Gundy needs to take a hint from the NFL and hire an Offensive Coordinator.
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