Alston would have pushed this 7 games, as Utah wouldn't have won 2 games at Houston if he played. With that said, Utah also had Williams who's been bothered for a few weeks (thanks Carmello!), and Boozer who's been with a bad back for a while. Ofcourse this nothing near what the Rockets had to go through but they were certainly not 100%, these guys were more like 70-80%.
Anyways, you can't blame McGrady. I think he could have actually been more aggressive, but the Jazz did a rather good job on him defensively throwing 6 different guys on him, with tonight obviously being an exception for 3 quarters when he shot very well, but games 1-5 he shot 41%. Anyways, that's in large part do to Utah throwing fresh defenders at T-Mac, but he did become a distributor, hit the boards a kit and so on. The better team won, or atleast of the rosters that where available.
Seriously though, if Yao and McGrady can manage to be healthy, they'll be in running for the top seed out west again next season. Good luck to you guys next season (except against us
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