Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Yao out for the year....

Yao Ming has a broken foot and will miss the rest of the year....crushing blow for Houston (who happens to be playing some of the best ball in the league right now)....They are only 3 games up on the 9th place Denver Nuggets and I would definitely predict this injury COULD end up costing them a playoff spot....Seemingly, this will clear up the battle for the 8th spot a bit because Houston really use no stopgap for missing Yao (aka the best center in the league not named Howard), and this team firmly falls on the back of T-Mac again....take a minute while I yawn at the prospects of Yao-less Houston.....k, we're back......After looking at the rockets' remaining schedule, I still give them a chance (tho less than 50%) of making the playoffs but they need to finish at least 11-15 (i'd say 12-14) to get to 48 wins to have a shot....In conclusion, this absolutely kills Houston's theoretical shot at getting deep in the playoffs and maybe bounces them from the top 8 altogether...bad luck

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