Rockets beat Hawks 123-121 in triple OT

by **wangster** on Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:50 pm

Yao had a super game with 41pts, 16reb, 7ast. Granted, it was against Atlanta but still very impressive numbers. (Y)

http://www.nba.com/games/20040222/ATLHOU/boxscore.html

Waiting for yaomingmania.com to do a write-up on this game.

by **MaD_hAND1e** on Mon Feb 23, 2004 5:36 pm

That can shut up those Yao critics for a while
Hopefully he can develop and be able to do that night in night out

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:55 pm

Fantastic numbers for Yao. (Y)

He's already steadily increasing his scoring and rebounding numbers, the next step towards rivalling the numbers and success of the great centres in NBA history is to increase his assist numbers (and have more of these performances :wink:

). From what I've seen he's a great passer for a big man. If the Rockets run their offense through him, it wouldn't be out of the question for him to average 3 to 3.5 apg (as Hakeem did in his prime).

by **Bill Russell** on Mon Feb 23, 2004 11:03 pm

That must have been a heck of game to watch, what a pleasure to see a triple overtime thriller, (Y)

by **benji** on Tue Feb 24, 2004 2:09 am

Andrew wrote:From what I've seen he's a great passer for a big man. If the Rockets run their offense through him, it wouldn't be out of the question for him to average 3 to 3.5 apg (as Hakeem did in his prime).

He's alright...but he doesn't finish anywhere near the top of big men in any assist stat (around 50th in assist ratio, around 72nd in PPR and his Assist % is only 4.7)

Hopefully he can develop and be able to do that night in night out

Him going for 41pts 16rebs and 7asts night in and night out is asking a bit much IMO...

by **Jackal** on Tue Feb 24, 2004 2:31 am

Ben wrote:
Hopefully he can develop and be able to do that night in night out

Him going for 41pts 16rebs and 7asts night in and night out is asking a bit much IMO...

by **New School # 23** on Tue Feb 24, 2004 4:16 am

Yao was huge (y)

Very good numbers-41,16 and 7 dimes.I hope he will show us same good numbers in this year.

He is moving closer to Shaq,but he isnt so dominant.

by **benji** on Tue Feb 24, 2004 5:56 am

I messed up earlier and looked one column over from where I should've :oops:

Yao is 36th in big men who have played at least 15% of possible minutes in assist ratio, 50th in PPR and 12th in Assist %...

by **Fresh8** on Tue Feb 24, 2004 7:49 am

Wait for the playoffs and some big play-off games from Yao! I predict he will be very dominant by the 'second' season!

by **PoliceLineDoNotCross** on Tue Feb 24, 2004 9:08 am

Sit wrote:Wait for the playoffs and some big play-off games from Yao! I predict he will be very dominant by the 'second' season!

hmm.... i thought he was already in his second season. unless you meant something else

by **Matthew** on Tue Feb 24, 2004 9:59 am

The playoffs are often reffered to as "the real season" which is what sit meant, i think?

by **kevC** on Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:49 am

it's nice to see that no one's mentioning the fact that Yao was able to do this against ATLANTA... cuz to me those numbers are good no matter how bad the other team is..

by **MaD_hAND1e** on Wed Feb 25, 2004 1:27 pm

and he got 41 from taking only 21 shots (Y)

by **Fresh8** on Wed Feb 25, 2004 1:57 pm

The Second season are the p[lay-offs...

because all the crap teams are out...ahem- East...West

Only SOME East Teams deserve to play and more West team deserve to play oin the Second Season!

Go Yao!

Rockets beat Hawks 123-121 in triple OT

Rockets beat Hawks 123-121 in triple OT

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