Well, we got what you would want out of the final, meaningless game of the season:  a win and no injuries.  We saw the reserves for most of the game with AK logging the most minutes for a starter.  Now the question will be, will the layoff hurt McGrady & Yao, or will the rest energize them?

The first game on the road is probably going to be one of the toughest the Jazz face, assuming they advance past the first round.  The Rockets have all the confidence, momentum, crazy home crowd mojo that you could want.  And despite how horrible the Jazz have played, I still think they can go in there an steal a win.  I like Okur out on the perimeter and making either Yao come out to guard him or making Houston put a smaller player on him.  Yao definitely affected Boozer the last game and Carlos would benefit from having Yao out of the paint.  If the Jazz can take game one, I think the series is over.  It would kill the Rockets psychologically and have the exact opposite affect for the Jazz.

Preview coming on the series.

p.s.  Doesn’t Araujo look like he should have a football in his hand?