Ernie - "...from the Alamo City."
Chuck - "That's where everybody died, at the Alamo, right?
Despite a 27 point blowout......Pop was craking postgame jokes:
Reporter - "Can you tell us what just happened?"
Pop - "We lost. They won and played better."
DOMINATION = Rockets going up 22 points 15 minutes into the game and NEVER led by less than that the rest of the game......at one point, the Rockets led by 40 points!
DOMINATION = Rockets led 69-39 at Halftime......Spurs didn't score their 69th point until 10:47 minutes left in the 4th Quarter.
Spurs have given up most threes in their playoff history
Today, many will be yada-yada-yadaing the Rockets offense and setting the NBA playoff record with 22 3-pointers made (with Reggie Miller calling the game)......
but the Rockets held the Spurs to 37% shooting for the game.
Every Rocket scored:
COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN = LaMarcus Aldridge was a minus-36 in 25 minutes:
IMPORTANT to remember = as much of a slaughter as that was......last year, Houston won Game One vs OKC by 31 and every other game was competitive......this will be a series!