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[Martti.]

> Settings :

Game : NBA 2K13
Platform : PC
Team : Houston Rockets
Difficulty : Superstar
Played Quarter Length : 10 minutes
Sim Quarter Length : 12 minutes
Season Length : 82 games
Playoff Length : 7-7-7-7
Rosters : Babyface Rosters
Sliders : My own
CPU Trades : On
Draft Prospects : Real draft classes ('13 and '14)

>> Roster



C - Omer Asik (70)
PF - Patrick Patterson (75)
SF - Chandler Parsons (75)
SG - James Harden (81)
PG - Jeremy Lin (78)



6th - Carlos Delfino (69)
7th - Marcus Morris (68)
8th - Larry Sanders (68)
9th - Shaun Livingston (67)
10th - Terrence Jones (67)
11th - Tyler Honeycutt (65)
12th - Donatas Matiejunas (66)



IR 1 - Fransisco Garcia (68)
IR 2 - Greg Smith (64)
IR 3 - Scott Machado (64)

> Season Highs:

Points : James Harden (46)
Rebounds : Patrick Patterson (17)
Assists : Jeremy Lin (16)
Steals : Jeremy Lin (6)
Blocks : Omer Asik, Larry Sanders (4)
FG Made : James Harden (19)
3PT Made : James Harden (7)
FT Made : Patrick Patterson/Jeremy Lin (10)
Minutes : James Harden (40)

[Axel.]

Good to see another story from you. I'd suggest Houston, since it's not necessarily a popular team around here and since I won't be doing an association with them in 2K13. I'd also like to see if you could make Harden and Lin All-Stars.

If not the Rockets, then definitely the Pacers. They are on my shortlist for a 2K13 association as well.

[dare]

Indiana and Houston, its good to see this section being active again.

[Lamrock]

I think a Houston story would be fun.

[Kenny]

You've previously done Miami and Milwaukee, so I think you're due for a Western Conference team. So I'd suggest either Denver (naturally) or Houston from your list. To throw another out there (I'm getting a little repetitive on this one), I really want to see someone do Utah.

[Valor]

I think a Houston story would be fun.

+1, make Omer Asik a star

[mpac]

Try memphis. I believe few changes without moving the key players will make them contenders

If based on the top choices i go for denver

[Martti.]

Yes, it's Houston.

As I'm looking at the roster, I have a huge logjam at back-up PF. I'm probably gonna package a lot of guys they got in hope of Dwight (Jones, Motirjunas, White) for picks. Wouldn't say no to Noel, Muhammed this year or more importantly, Wiggins or Jabari Parker next year.

First year will be mostly sim and don't be surprised to see quite a few trades. I'm keeping my key guys (Harden, Lin, Parsons, Asik, Patterson) though.

[Thierry •]

GREAT choice man. Hopefully my man Delfino can make an impact

[Valor]

ASIK AND DESTROY!!!!!!!

[Axel.]

Great choice, Martti. It's gonna be nice to see someone other than me with a Rockets story for a change.

[Lamrock]

Can't wait to see what you have in store for this team.

[hova-]

Good choice. A whole lot of assets on the Rockets and with Harden one of the best guards in the league.

[Sit]

Nice choice with the team. I am excited about how many stories are up in this section for this year!

[Justine.]

Great choice. Hope you don't trade D-Mo, instead develop him. I don't like Asik that much. Good luck man!

[dare]

Nice team choice, ditch Patterson move Jones or White in there.

[Martti.]

Patterson could be a bait, I'd need a solid PF. If I do get a good draft pick for Patterson, Morris can start easily.

[Red Rocket]

Give Terrence Jones some minutes! Best of luck. Something about Houston makes them a fun team to play with.

[The X]

Glad you didn't go Heat or Bucks again. Rockets are a solid choice. You're right about the forward logjam. I think you'll like Parsons so keep him.

[Martti.]

Parsons is awesome, he stays for sure.

[Martti.]

Harden debuts with career-high, Rockets open with big win

James Harden's first game as a Rocket was a memorable one, as he scored a career-high 43 points, 26 after the intermission to lead the Rockets to a win in their season opener.

Jeremy Lin also had a great debut, as he nearly picked up a triple-double, coming only 2 rebounds shy. The Rockets also got 15 points from Chandler Parsons and 10 from Marcus Morris.

The game was very close at the start, as there were 16 lead changes in the first half alone. The Rockets got some separation in the third quarter as Harden scored 16 points in that quarter. The Pistons still wouldn't give in, narrowing a 11-point deficit to 5 by quarters end.

In the fourth, thanks to big boosts from Delfino and Morris, the Rockets started the quarter with a 14-3 run. Omer Asik scored all of his 6 points in the final quarter to finish off the Pistons who once again clawed their way back thanks to 12 fourth-quarter points from Corey Maggette.

Box Score

HOU (1-0) | 23 | 23 | 24 | 30 || 100 ||
DET (0-1) | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 || 86 ||

Player of the Game : James Harden

| 43 PTS | 7 REBS | 4 ASTS | 0 STLS | 3 BLKS | 19-29 FG | 5-8 3 PT FG | 0-0 FT

Chandler Parsons : 15 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 7-12 FG
Jeremey Lin : 11 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, 3-10 FG
Marcus Morris : 10 points, 6 rebounds, 5-7 FG
Carlos Delfino : 8 points, 3 assists, 3-5 FG, 2-2 3PT
Omer Asik : 6 points, 3 rebounds

Brandon Knight : 17 points, 11 assists, 4 rebounds, 8-15 FG
Rodney Stuckey : 15 points, 4 assists, 3 steals, 7-18 FG
Corey Maggette : 14 points, 6-11 FG
Greg Monroe : 10 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 5-9 FG
Charlie Villanueva : 8 points, 3-4 FG, 1-1 3PT
Jason Maxiell : 8 points, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks, 4-6 FG

[vig32]

Good game! It's kind of weird though, those stats were pretty similar to the Rockets second game they had irl this year. I think Harden had like 45 and Lin was close to the triple double as well. Keep it up man, I'll be following!

[Thierry •]

Yep I was also going to say that it was too close to the real life game. It was a perfect simulation

[hova-]

Nice win. The same happened in my season, Harden ripped the Pistons for 53. It's good to see videogames resembling real life.

[Durant35]

Nice association! Looking forward to reading more of these! OKC misses Harden baby!

[Sit]

Good win Martti boy. That is what I like to see. I am happy to see a fairly life like performance from your team!

[Red Rocket]

Good victory to start the season off right! Sounds like a broken record, but it was a really like-life win. Hope you can have Harden playing like this all year.

[Valor]

Asik only 3 reb?? How many minutes did he play

[Martti.]

About 30. The guards did all the rebounding, plus Morris and Parsons who had 6 each.

[Valor]

About 30. The guards did all the rebounding, plus Morris and Parsons who had 6 each.

mmm that's what I actually noticed about 2K13 too, little guys are still grabbing way too many rebounds over the bigs (5'9" Isaiah Thomas was getting up there n getting boards over bloody Demarcus Cousins in mine lol). Get the Asik wall more involved!

[Lamrock]

Art imitates life. Harden's going to be a lot of fun to use.

A tip about guards rebounding: I lower the vertical to around thirty and boost the blocking and rebounding sliders (I think 90 blk, 50 off, 100 def). I think it helps.

[Valor]

A tip about guards rebounding: I lower the vertical to around thirty and boost the blocking and rebounding sliders (I think 90 blk, 50 off, 100 def). I think it helps.

Thx for the tip man, gonna have to try that out

[Martti.]

I don't mind the guards rebounding, but Asik needs to be more involved. Gotta try that slider adjustment, Asik got those 3 boards in the fourth quarter.

[mrmoves20]

Harden resembling his real-life counterpart!

[Axel.]

Nice win against the Pistons, and the score doesn't tell you that they provided some resistance. Great game from Harden too, just like in real life!

[megarover]

Harden went H.A.M. Ill be following

[Justine.]

[Martti.]

Thanks a lot, I will use it in my recaps.

[Martti.]

And to all the followers, I hope I can post another update this weekend. I have an assignment at school I need to finish, but I think there's time.

And as for the rookies, I'll include you guys, but I won't bother with a contest. I'll jus keep an eye on who follows and offers good advice and constructive criticism. The best will be in the draft class, that is of course, if you're interested.

[Martti.]

LeBron and Wade combine for 67 points as Rockets fall to 5-2

James Harden and Jeremy Lin both had 8 assists in the first half and held a 7-point lead at the half, but Dwyane Wade scored 27 points in the second half to lead the HEAT over the Rockets, 120-112.

The Rockets, who are off to a surprising 5-1 start with wins over the Pistons, Hawks and Grizzlies, jumped out to a quick 17-10 advantage, but behind LeBron, the Heat soon took the lead, 27-26. Carlos Delfino hit a three-pointer with 2 seconds left to regain the lead.

The Rockets managed to maintain a lead, James Harden played a big part with 19 points in the first half.

The Rockets held a 76-66 lead in the third quarter, but Dwyane Wade scored 12 straight points for the visitors to take the lead. LeBron James did his part also with all-around effort on the floor.

The game was still close all throughout the fourth with 9 lead changes in the final 6 minutes. James Harden missed 2 threes in the closing minutes to narrow the gap and Dwyane Wade closed the deal with 6 points in the final 1.26 and Norris Cole closed the book with free throws.

The Rockets will face Hornets next.

Box Score

HOU (5-2) | 29 | 34 | 26 | 23 || 112 ||
MIA (6-2) | 27 | 29 | 34 | 30 || 120 ||

Player of the Game : Dwyane Wade

| 39 PTS | 6 REBS | 4 ASTS | 1 STLS | 1 BLKS | 19-27 FG | 0-0 3 PT FG | 1-1 FT



James Harden : 33 points, 14 assists, 13-24 FG, 3-9 3PT, 4-4 FT
Omer Asik : 19 points, 13 rebounds, 9-13 FG
Jeremey Lin : 19 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 8-14 FG
Carlos Delfino : 11 points
Patrick Patterson : 10 points, 5-6 FG
Chandler Parsons : 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists



LeBron James : 28 points, 11 assists, 3 rebounds, 14-25 FG
Mario Chalmers : 13 points, 9 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 steals
Udonis Haslem : 10 points, 5 rebounds, 5-5 FG
Norris Cole : 8 points, 4 assists, 3-4 FG
Chris Bosh : 8 points, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks, 4-5 FG

[Martti.]

Skipped (Simulated) Games :

@ ATL | W 87-81

James Harden : 23 points, 7 assists
Jeremy Lin : 15 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals

POR | L 106-107

James Harden : 33 points, 7-11 3PT
Marcus Morris : 14 points, 5 rebounds

DEN | W 99-78

James Harden : 23 points, 5 assists
Jeremy Lin : 17 points, 4 assists

@ MEM | W 90-78

James Harden : 25 points, 10-18 FG, 4-7 3PT
Patrick Patterson : 20 points, 7-12 FG

DET | W 93-88

James Harden : 22 points, 9-16 FG
Jeremy Lin : 21 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals

Notable transactions :

Greg Oden signs with Sacramento
Mickael Pietrus signs with Thunder
Josh Smith and Kevin Martin sign extensions



Trade breakdown :

HOU sends - Royce White, 2013 2nd round pick
MIL sends - Larry Sanders

[mrmoves20]

Sucks that you lost. You had the lead in the first half. Harden had another great game. Let's hope you keep on winning and at least nag the 4th spot in the West.

[hova-]

I like the trade. Why spoiler? Whatever ... the player you got is a defensive beast and has some potential, whilst the player you lost is crazy (although he can ball). So let's just hope that trade works out well for you. Did you offer the trade?

5-2 is very good btw. Good start.

[Martti.]

Removed the spoiler, there wasn't really a need for it.

Trade checked for Sanders and this was the deal they wanted. Another one was Patterson <=> Sanders, 1st but I don't want to trade Pat just yet.

[Valor]

Meh on Sanders (I'm prob biased since he's a Buck ) but not like you gave up anything important for him 5-2 is a really good record for the Rockets though

[Martti.]

I'm really surprised about the sim results.

And I really liked Sanders, especially since he was drafted by Milwaukee. I hoped he could be a big asset, but he was buried on the bench for the first two years so I kind of lost track of him.

But since he's averaging 12 ppg, 11.7 rpg and 7.3 bpg in his last 3 games, I wanted him on my team. Plus, I could use a tall, athletic back-up C. Now I have a rotation my set.

C - Asik/Sanders
F - Patterson/Morris
F - Parsons/T Jones
G - Harden/Delfino
G - Lin/Douglas

I always use 10-man rotations.

[Sit]

In my D, Lin averages 20 and 10 and Harden averages around 20 per game. I have TO edit their tendencies and ratings.

Great job with the simming. As you said - surprising!

Can you sign Yi Jianlian?

[Martti.]

Harden is averaging 28 for me, leading the league. And I have no use for Yi, don't like him.

[Sit]

Harden is averaging 28 for me, leading the league. And I have no use for Yi, don't like him.

Yi develops into a nice player in 2K

[Valor]

Bench Sanders and play Asik 48 minutes