Welcome to the second installment of Elliott Ness Sports Investigation. Today I will actually post two blogs with this being my first. As I promised you, here is the recap of the game 6 finale of the Rockets and Blazers that finally ended the Rockets 12 year second round drought.
Now to the game 6 recap.
My keys for the Rockets success were almost entirely achieved by the Rockets. Yao Ming was 
able to produce 17 points and add 10 rebounds for the Rockets and he kept the foul happy Greg Oden in foul trouble. My second key proved to be a very important factor for the Rockets win. Ron Artest had his best offensive showing in the series with 27 points and he shot 11 for 21 from the field. To win against the Lakers the Rockets will need Ron to provide quality offensive games like this one. Then the Rockets had 10 offensive rebounds which turned into second chance points, which is a great turn around from the horrible 3 offensive rebounds the Rockets had in game 5. However, the most important factor of the Rockets win were their role players. The play of Carl Landry, Von Wafer, and Kyle Lowry might not overwhelm the box score, but their energy, determination, and hustle proved to be signifigant as they went on a 13-2 second quarter run to push the Rockets lead to double digits.
able to produce 17 points and add 10 rebounds for the Rockets and he kept the foul happy Greg Oden in foul trouble. My second key proved to be a very important factor for the Rockets win. Ron Artest had his best offensive showing in the series with 27 points and he shot 11 for 21 from the field. To win against the Lakers the Rockets will need Ron to provide quality offensive games like this one. Then the Rockets had 10 offensive rebounds which turned into second chance points, which is a great turn around from the horrible 3 offensive rebounds the Rockets had in game 5. However, the most important factor of the Rockets win were their role players. The play of Carl Landry, Von Wafer, and Kyle Lowry might not overwhelm the box score, but their energy, determination, and hustle proved to be signifigant as they went on a 13-2 second quarter run to push the Rockets lead to double digits. The Trailblazers just couldn't get out of the hole that the Rockets put them in and it resulted in the 13th loss of 14 in the Toyota Center for the young blazers. They couldn't force turnovers and get easy shots. The Rockets had only 8 turnovers which matched their series low. Their inexperience showed and they looked like a team in panic ever since the start of the second half. They didn't stay poised, which was one of my keys for their victory, and the Rockets let their crowd hoist them to a victory.
Now the Rockets have to put this series behind them and head to a tough matchup against the defending Western Conference champions, the L.A. Lakers. If they have any chance to beat the Lakers, the Rockets have to play every position like it's their last. The Lakers are everones shoe in for the NBA finals but let me remind you that these are the playoffs in the NBA. Anything can happen, as some people are seeing with the amazing series of the Bulls and the Celtics, but more on that later. With their backs against the walls, the Rockets will try to make amazing happen with an upset of everones favorite team to hate.
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