Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 9:00 am  |  14 responses

Houston and Its Unbreakable Spirit

It was on full display yet again last night: “They were their best Thursday in the opening minutes, the first minutes after the 40-point blowout. The next-best stretch came right after the Lakers reduced the 18-point lead to two. ‘I’ve stopped trying to figure this team out,” Battier said. (I know how he feels.) ‘When you think we’re down and out, this team comes with an unbelievable effort. We might not have the most talented team, but there is not a team with more heart in this entire league. We’ve shown it again, and again, and again, and again.’ They are not the most talented team. They are not the more talented team in the series. That’s what makes this so extraordinary, and makes them, Rockets coach Rick Adelman said, ‘special.’ ‘The last two days, all I heard was we weren’t going back to L.A.,’ Rockets coach Rick Adelman said. ‘I just can’t give our guys enough credit. After the game the other night, I knew we were going to come out … and play with intensity and lay it all out there. This team is a special team, special guys.’ Who would argue?”

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  • Bear

    First. Good job Rockets….but can you do it again in Game 7??

  • Ken

    Insert Rudy Tomjanovich quote here:

  • http://slamonline.com/online/category/blogs/fear/ Freedom Fries

    Oooooooh you’re gonna EAT them words. Watch. Sasha, Mbenga and Bynum come out on FIRE in G7 and go for 20 a piece !@#!@#!@#!@# bwaahahahahaha Jokeshow / Softshow / Noshow = Lakeshow

  • http://www.hibachi20.blogspot.com Hursty

    Never underestimate the heart of a champion.

  • http://www.shawn-kemps-offspring.blogspot.com/ TADOne

    I wouldn’t argue, Rick.

  • http://lacuevacrosscountry.com Slick Nick Da Ruler

    Rudy T should sit courtside for Game 7

  • http://ittakesanationofmillionstoholdthissac.blogspot.com ciolkstar

    I’ve come to really love this Rockets team. I mean, they are just scrappy and fearless. Scola was beasting early, Brooks late. Battier and chuck Hayes straight bodying fools, Landry wrecking on anyone who gets in his way, Artest gunning and hitting just enough of the bad shots to keep doing it, Kyle Lowry and Von Wafer just being awesomne in their own way. I love it! I gotta give some credit to Darryl Morey, this team is just a bunch of undersized cats with oversized hearts.

  • Prison Mike

    I agree with Slick Nick, the Lakers would get a boost if their former coach from 2005 was sitting court side.

  • http://www.myspace.com/weezyleezy337 weezy f. leezy

    yea this team got heart. brooks is gettin nicer. artest is my dude. battier aight. every team can use a guy dude like scola. hey, when artest talks…dont he sound like dennis rodman? haha, i think he does…and there aint notin wrong wit that at all :D

  • http://www.twitter.com/TheDiesel Anton

    No matter what happens, I hope Artest punches the gay black snake in the mouth with 1 min left to play.

  • http://slamonline.com DONONE

    NICEEEEEEEEE!!!

  • http://www.blogs.myspace.com/originadro Witness

    Lets go Rockets! Im pulling for yall in Game 7. We need every player to show up and not rely on anybody else’s effort.

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    Hursty Posted: May.15 at 9:38 am
    Never underestimate the heart of a champion.
    ________________________________________________
    Somehow I wonder if that ever gets to apply to Kobe Bryant.

  • LJ23 LeBron

    I think the Rockets will burn/own kobe’s and the Lakers little butt!!! In your face Kobe.

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