Career-Ending....?

There is a worry now in Houston as Yao Ming could miss all of the season with a broken left foot that has become a problem as of late. The Rockets have privately told league peers it could be a full season before Yao might be able to return to basketball. Yao will definitely be missing most of next season, if not the entire 82 games. The thing that scares the Rockets the most is that he could be done with basketball. The injury maybe and could be career-threatening. So if was the Rockets I would be looking for an insurance player.General Manager Daryl Morey said last week Yao's uncertain status wouldn't affect any of his plans for trades or free-agent signings. I feel that would be a big mistake for them.

Not a Game 7

Because the Lakers have two different identities and the Magic did not end the series when they had their chance, both will be playing a Game 7 on Sunday. 

I mean, the Lakers could have and should have ended this in Game 4 & 5 after they heard that Yao was done [EPIC FAIL]. No what do they Lakers do, come out flat and get beat. So what if you won Game 5 by 40 points, you still have to win one more in that's where tonight came in. They thought the Rockets would lay down but once again they were mistaken and took another L. The Rockets opened the game up on a 17-1 run [thanks in huge part to Scola: 24 points 12 rebounds]. They won't get to Finals playing like that I can promise you that. The Nuggets have some veteran players [Billups] and they will take advantage on the road. I mean, I expected the Lakers to play a lot more consistent than what they are playing now. Going into Game 7, I don't know what to think. I want to expect to see Kobe, Gasol, & Odom to actually show up but who knows. They probably need guard play to pick up the most though because Aaron Brooks [26] just have been out playing Farmar and Fisher

The Magic also got a W tonight to tie the series [which was not a surprise]. Another thing that was a no brainer tonight is how Dwight Howard scored 23 points and had 22 boards. This game was not like the others because the Magic were actually down in the 3rd quarter. The only difference was that win it was 75-75 with 3:46 left, they did not choke [it helped that Ray went o-7 too]. I was a bit surprised because the Magic did not have a great night shooting the 3-ball but still won [shooting 23%]. Game 7 will be at Boston where they have been quite successful. I still expect this game to go to the wire, but it maybe like the Game 7 with the Bulls that was not close. 

Game 3s

Whew! What a finish to the Mavs-Nuggets game. If you missed it, you missed one heck of a game from both teams. Chauncey Billups was fantastic of course scoring 32 points. On the other side Dirk Nowitzki matched him with scoring 33 points and having 16 rebounds. You cannot blame him for the Mavs not winning. He is doing this thing but the x-factor was probably Carmelo who scored 31 and hit the game winning 3 with 1 second left. There was a little controversy because there should have been a foul but if you are going to foul somebody, foul them. This is the playoffs man knock him into the stands. This is looking like it will be another sweep for the Nuggets as they take a commanding 3-0 lead. Here are the highlights of this game:

News out of Houston is that Yao will miss the remainder of the season with a hairline fracture in his foot. This comes after the Rockets lost game 3. This is a devastating blow to the Rockets chances as the series looks to be all but over in the next two games.