Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, both of whom have been suffering with aching backs, said Saturday that they felt fine and should be ready to go in tonight's game at Sacramento.
Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy always looks like he's miserable. Van Gundy looks miserable because he is precisely that. He admits it. And straight out of the misery-loves-company file, Van Gundy wishes his players were suffering just as much as he has been.
The Golden State Warriors hit all the items of their checklist and got a little bonus to beat the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night.
Van Gundy's postgame chats are brief, their message clear. So he also made a point Sunday that the Rockets' distressing loss to the Utah Jazz was not a playoff game.
The difference might have been in one minute, one possession, one shot. The minute was a disaster. The shot was missed. The possession was botched.
Rockets center Yao Ming was named the Western Conference player of the week after averaging 30 points, 12.5 rebounds and 2.25 blocks.
Yao Ming scored 35 points, but they weren't enough to help the Rockets in their bid for home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. They fell 86-83 to the visiting Utah Jazz.
Just because the Houston Rockets have clinched a playoff spot, that doesn't necessarily translate into extra rest for Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming.
"I mean, come on. It should be more than that. I do my part. I fight inside. But if they don't give me the call, then they don't give me the call."
For a team that had just clinched a playoff spot with its sixth straight home victory, the Houston Rockets didn't seem very happy.
Chris Paul scored 28 points and David West added 23 to lead the New Orleans Hornets to a 106-94 win Sunday night against the Houston Rockets.
As much as the Rockets might have toyed with the notion that they were blowing out the Detroit Pistons, pouncing from the start and leading by as much as 20 points, that was not enough to get a win.
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