ROCKET NOTES
Antoine Carr has been chasing an NBA championship ring for 14 seasons. He signed as a free agent with the Rockets after reaching the finals the previous two seasons with the Utah Jazz because he thought Houston’s nucleus was better equipped to win a title.
But after the Rockets dropped the opening two games against the Lakers in their best-of-five playoff series, Carr is questioning the character of his team.
“If we want to win, we have to go out and be aggressive,” said Carr, who played only 21 minutes in the first two games. “Hey, the Lakers were hitting their shots, but that should only disrupt you for a minute. We have old enough guys on this team who should know that that’s part of the game and to keep trying. This game is full of runs. If you get a good run going, you can always get back into a game.”
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Backup big man Othella Harrington played only three minutes in Game 1 before suffering an injury to his left eye, but Olajuwon picked up the slack with 22 points and eight rebounds.
Harrington returned in a big way in Game 2 with 12 points and nine rebounds in 18 minutes off the bench, and is expected to get more minutes tonight.
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