Photo. Marc Morrison
Anyone who’s actually watched the Rockets/Jazz series (not just the highlights) can tell you this much: Tracy McGrady didn’t play any differently in last night’s Game 3 win than he did in the previous two losses. But because he knocked down some shots in the fourth quarter and found a way to shake […]

How will T-Mac respond?
(photo. Marc Morrison)
It’s over. After 22 straight wins — 10 of them without Yao Ming — the Rockets finally dropped one last night, at home to the Celtics, who as Kevin Garnett pointed out in the post-game are on a good little run of their own (13 W’s in their last 14). […]

Skip (photo. Jack Thompson)
Remember 4-5 years ago when Rafer Alston went from a journeyman to a legit NBA player? Balling with the Heat that year, Skip was able to shed the streetballer rep by protecting the ball and knocking down threes like he’d been watching Mark Price tapes. That version of Skip was the Skip […]

When Rip Hamilton drops major buckets on you, sometimes you don’t even notice how bad it is until you check the box score. Rip doesn’t blitz you with inhuman athleticism like LeBron (more on that later) or visibly impose his will on you like Kobe, and he won’t punctuate a big scoring night with a […]

You can be honest. When last night’s Team USA game against Puerto Rico started, you can admit that maybe you were just a little nervous (if you were rooting for Team USA). Puerto Rico has beaten Team USA before (in 2004 Team PR handed Team USA its worse loss ever in international comp), they have […]

There was a time when having T-Mac, Yao and Steve Francis on the same squad meant you had an instant contender on your hands (or at least a team hyped up as one). With Francis agreeing to a deal with the Rockets yesterday, though, now it’s just a decent guard who’s past his prime joining […]