Rockets Blog: Rockets 94 - Suns 82

It was a good night to start a blog. Oh, and I guarantee someone on Sportscenter references tonight's fight by saying "Houston, we have a problem." Guarantee it. Rockets recap:

Three Up: Tracy McGrady, Rafer Alston, Aaron Brooks.

T-Mac and Rafer combined for 28 of of 39 shooting?!?!? Only in Phoenix can this happen. Mark Jones had a great comment about Rafer's game as well: "He's using every single part of the rim to put the ball in the basket." That's definitely not a compliment. But hey, I'll take it. McGrady went vintage on everyone and showed off how easy it is to shoot threes went you aren't fading away with two people in your face. Rafer showed off his inner-Artest and went right at Matt Barnes, who is at least a good 6 inches taller than Skip. I've also decided that Aaron Brooks should try out for the Texans. Deion Sanders, anyone?

Three Down: Ron Artest, Luis Scola, Keith Jones's jacket.

Rawn is still struggling with his shot, and it's starting to get annoying. He needs to find better looks. And if he's going to shoot threes, he needs to make the wide open ones - all of which he missed tonight. Luis Scola also looked ugly. A-la Ichiro, he started running forward during the middle of his follow through on most of his shots, a technique that I'm sure will not lead to much good. As for Keith Jones, there's not much to say. He wore a lime-green sweater-jacket. I'll let the picture sink into your mind for a second. It's not good.

Stats of the Night: Number of embarrassing missed dunks: 1 - Robin Lopez

Number of blocks by the rim on Yao: Zero. Poor showing from the rim. Yao slammed two home.

Number of points by Raja Bell: Zero. He went 0 for 6.

Number of ridiculous blocks by Aaron Brooks: 1, on the ageful (opposite of ageless) Grant Hill.

Number of fights: 1

Number of fights started by Ron Artest: ZERO! Genius move by Adelman to bench him before the chaos ensued.

Almost-Injury of the Night: We had two scary moments in this one. Yao went down during the pushing and shoving, and anytime Yao hits the ground, we, as Rockets fans, hold our collective breath. Then Shaq joined in on the fun and threw an Illegal Block in the Back on McGrady, shoving him right on top of Steve Nash. It was quite a game for those who live for the tense moments. Remember, cortisone shots are always available!

73-9 Update: We're now 5-3. Just believe.