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Sports InsiderTracy McGrady has a Rockin' Return for Houston.
April 9th 2007 08:26
Dwayne Wade made his return to a basketball court for the first time
in a month and a half, and that was the high point for Flash in this game against the Charlotte Bobcats.
Wade as one would expect was rusty scoring 12 points on 3-for-9 shooting while the Heat as a collective unit lost to the Cats, 111-103 in overtime.
Flash managed to sum up his team and personal fortunes in a very succinct manner; “It's exciting to get back, but at the end of the day, you always want to win. You always want to come back and help your team win," Wade said. "I came back and at times, I looked OK and at times, I didn't.” (Reynolds, AP, 2007)
Miami’s cause wasn’t helped with 26 turnovers and missing 18 free throws – those numbers will more times than not result in a loss for a team.
Still, things must be looking up in South Beach with the return of the guy wearing number ‘3’.
LeBron James in recent seasons has managed to torch Detroit with big time performances but this time the Pistons made sure that wasn’t going to happen. They clamped down on King James and forced the rest of the Cavs to try and beat them – they didn’t.
Detroit scored the win, 87-82.
Bron-Bron was kept in check by a tenacious ‘D’ which resulted in a 5-of-16 shooting night for James. To rub salt into the wounds LeBron managed to miss some key free throws down the
stretch which saw off Cleveland for the night.
The Pistons made sure that every time LeBron had the ball on the perimeter he was double teamed and if he drove into to the lane to create his own shot Detroit would foul him hard. Message received loud and clear.
Rip Hamilton led the way for Detroit with 21 points while Mr. Big Shot, C-C-C-hauncey Billups scored 14 and dished off 12 assists for good measure. Detroit all up had six players score in double digits which is always a useful occurrence.
Phoenix and the Los Angeles Lakers also fought it out on the basketball court today (as opposed to fighting it out in South Central L.A.) with the Suns clinching the victory, 115-107.
Kobe Bryant’s 34 point and seven assist performance was curbed by a Phoenix squad which had too many weapons – Steve Nash 25 points,11 dimes, Raja Bell 22 points, Amare Stoudemire 19 points and Leandro Barbosa with 23. Phoenix was smoking hot.
Today’s NBALOUD performance of the day belongs to Tracy McGrady who marked his return in style with a 40 point, 10 assist and eight rebound performance. Sure your back is sore there T-Mac?
With a performance like that from McGrady you’d safely expect the Rockets to win. You’d be correct, with Houston beating the team from California’s Capital, 112-106.
Yao Ming also marked his return from back injury with a solid performance putting up 18 points on the stat sheet. Now, if only the super tandem could stay healthy for a nice playoff run.
In honour of Tracy McGrady here is a video of one of the greatest NBA performances in history. Down by 13 points with roughly 30 seconds to go against the Spurs and his team looking dead and buried. T-Mac, took over and proved that impossible is nothing. Word!
Guess whose back? Back again. Wade-y's back. Tell your friends. (Photo by Victor Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)
Wade as one would expect was rusty scoring 12 points on 3-for-9 shooting while the Heat as a collective unit lost to the Cats, 111-103 in overtime.
Flash managed to sum up his team and personal fortunes in a very succinct manner; “It's exciting to get back, but at the end of the day, you always want to win. You always want to come back and help your team win," Wade said. "I came back and at times, I looked OK and at times, I didn't.” (Reynolds, AP, 2007)
Miami’s cause wasn’t helped with 26 turnovers and missing 18 free throws – those numbers will more times than not result in a loss for a team.
Still, things must be looking up in South Beach with the return of the guy wearing number ‘3’.
LeBron James in recent seasons has managed to torch Detroit with big time performances but this time the Pistons made sure that wasn’t going to happen. They clamped down on King James and forced the rest of the Cavs to try and beat them – they didn’t.
Detroit scored the win, 87-82.
Bron-Bron was kept in check by a tenacious ‘D’ which resulted in a 5-of-16 shooting night for James. To rub salt into the wounds LeBron managed to miss some key free throws down the
Tracy McGrady is a supafly guy! (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)
The Pistons made sure that every time LeBron had the ball on the perimeter he was double teamed and if he drove into to the lane to create his own shot Detroit would foul him hard. Message received loud and clear.
Rip Hamilton led the way for Detroit with 21 points while Mr. Big Shot, C-C-C-hauncey Billups scored 14 and dished off 12 assists for good measure. Detroit all up had six players score in double digits which is always a useful occurrence.
Phoenix and the Los Angeles Lakers also fought it out on the basketball court today (as opposed to fighting it out in South Central L.A.) with the Suns clinching the victory, 115-107.
Kobe Bryant’s 34 point and seven assist performance was curbed by a Phoenix squad which had too many weapons – Steve Nash 25 points,11 dimes, Raja Bell 22 points, Amare Stoudemire 19 points and Leandro Barbosa with 23. Phoenix was smoking hot.
Today’s NBALOUD performance of the day belongs to Tracy McGrady who marked his return in style with a 40 point, 10 assist and eight rebound performance. Sure your back is sore there T-Mac?
With a performance like that from McGrady you’d safely expect the Rockets to win. You’d be correct, with Houston beating the team from California’s Capital, 112-106.
Yao Ming also marked his return from back injury with a solid performance putting up 18 points on the stat sheet. Now, if only the super tandem could stay healthy for a nice playoff run.
In honour of Tracy McGrady here is a video of one of the greatest NBA performances in history. Down by 13 points with roughly 30 seconds to go against the Spurs and his team looking dead and buried. T-Mac, took over and proved that impossible is nothing. Word!
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