McBaby can go home and whine.....loser that he is!

McGrady is no different than disappearing ink. He appears that he is there but when it matters the most he disappears. What do you have to say now Mr. Excuse maker? What will you say next? Way to finally handle your business Jazz. Of course Boozer is not off the hook here he is still yet to show up and to beat L.A. if Boozer plays this same way we will be going fishing, if he shows up Utah wins this series! GO JAZZ!

Lucky Houston not Health. T-Mac the best.

I don't hate many people, but I hate McGrady after what he said about Jazz fans. He can go home and whine the entire summer away. A loser for another year.

Well, let's face it. The Rockets are a one-man show, and no team advances on the strength of one superstar. T-Mac is a great player in a bad situation. Even Michael Jordan wasn't winning championships in his prime when he didn't have a supporting cast.

McGrady is an awesome player, a fantastic shooter, a good passer, able to make his own shot, an adequate defender. He also handles himself fairly well in interviews. But he can't win by himself, and it was his teammates who didn't show up last night. If McGrady were playing for Utah, we would love him. If you want to criticize Houston, how about mentioning Shane Battier, the college player of the year when he was a senior, who went a pathetic 2-7 in Game 6? Or how about first round pick and former Big Ten Player of the Year Bobby Jackson, who went 2-12, a performance certainly not worthy of the former runnerup to the Sixth Man of the Year Award? Still, it wasn't Houston's offense that cost them the game -- it was their defense. You're not going to win many games if your opponent scores more than 110 points. And that certainly was not Tracy McGrady's fault.

Maybe next year. Maybe not..

Ronnie Brewer was the man that shut McGrady down! What a defensive show!

McGrady is an awesome player. I would take him on the Jazz any day.

Umm...AZ Jazz Fan...I do not think that 40 points, 28 by halftime, is equal to being "shut down".

Brewer and the rest of the team stepped up their defense on McGrady in the second half, which is really what sparked the run (and the incredible board work in the 3rd...Houston was 1-and-done all quarter), but they absolutely did NOT shut him down.

If you think that was good defense by Brewer then I guess you will be happy when Bryant goes off for 60 and we only lose by 10...since Brewer would have done such a good defensive job on Kobe...after all, that IS short of his 80 point performance, right?

They must do a FAR better job on Kobe. In the end, the article is right, McGrady just did not show up in the 3rd. He can come up with whatever excuse he wants, and yeah it is a team game, but he was not even calling for the ball in the 3rd. The couple of times he touched it he settled for contested 18 footers...is that a super-star? No.

McGrady is a star of convenience...if it is convenient, he has a great game.

I have nothing against McGrady. He's a great player. But he doesn't have the same grit as some of the other stars in the league. Want my opinion? The rocket I would want most on our team is Battier.

Everyone on earth would be pulling for McGrady if he learned to keep his mouth shut! Most of today's professional athletes ascribe to the Muhammed Ali school of public relations...they think they can brag their way through any competition...but they forget the second part of the equation...Ali could back it up. At any rate, I agree, everyone needs to show up every night for the Lakers...and let's hope they are overlooking the Jazz the same way Boston overlooked the Hawks! Go Jazz...and Go Hawks!

Mc Fade y?? this title is so low. He gave everything he had. show some respect for a fighter who gave all.

Mc Grady should play for the JAZZ...he would be a team man with our group. He would end up helping us win the title! A couple of our guys (so called super stars) don't show up to play half the time...usually on the road. Trade em for players with consistency..like Matt Harpring. What a great guy!!!!

Uh, I don't know what Jordan you watched, but he won 6 titles during his "prime." He never dealt with not having a supporting cast. The Washington years were hardly his prime. Maybe you were talking about his baseball career.

To Hank and @Hank,
the rocket I would like to see in a Jazz uniform would be Scola. Looks like he has a great future in this league and he is the one player on their team that I didn't hear making any excuses when they lost.

His two best games were the ones that weren't close. when only down by 4 at the beginning of the third quarter, he went back to being MIA. Of course that's when the Jazz put on the real pressure, and thats when he crumbled. Once the fourth quarter started, he could all of a sudden begin scoring again. Of course the game was over then and he was no longer under any pressure to deliver. McGrady is a choker who also makes bad decisions and takes horrible shots down the stretch of close games. That is why he can't get pas the first round.

McGrady lost and can take his lazy eye back to Houston.

He can play when Houston is up, but chokes when they are down.

McFade-y is right on. Yeah, he had a great half. Not a great game. Not a great series. A great half and that is the story of his playoff life. One late game fade out after another.

McGrady will always be a big pull to the SportsCenter highlight reels, but he will never carry a team anywhere. His "me first" mentality and inaability to make teammates better ensure that at best he can only be the 2nd best option on a really good team.

Unfortunately for the Rockets, their other option, Yao Ming, seems to be far too fragile for NBA life.

Yeah, that headline is a bit of a cheap shot. McGrady had a horrible third quarter when the Jazz put the game out of reach, but he singlehandedly kept his team from being outright embarrassed in the fourth quarter. Anyone who can score 12 points in the fourth isn't fading.

That said, there were times in the series where he just disappeared. Attribute those dropoffs to the Jazz, though, and not to any inadequacy on T-Mac's part. His playoff numbers are better than his regular season numbers across the board.

The difference is the Jazz have a stronger, more complete team and were able to throw good players at T-Mac all night long. (How would you do if you had to deal with Harpring, AK, and Brewer all game long, rotated in so they're always fresh while you just get more tired?) Put T-Mac on a better team and the story might be different.

Now we're on to the Lakers...

Let's see the Jazz do what they did in 96 and beat the snot out of them! It's gonna be a lot harder than beating Houston--but if the Jazz bring their best game, they can do it.

McGrady can't complain that he's never favored to win in a playoff series. It just means he needs to play better during the regular season and get a higher seed. Or maybe not take up so much cap space....

You can say what you want about McGrady. To me he is one of the classiest players in the League. The Jazz did a good job of making him work hard for his points, even fouling him hard at times. T-Mac never said anything back, just continued to play. Gives credit where it's due, and is a good teammate.
Get him some more support, and watch out.

The league just scored another agent. After "Agent Zero" Arenas, we now have the one and only "007" McGrady. And, no T-Mac, you do not have a license to kill...

T-Mac's days are numbered. He's getting too old for this league. He looked tired and slow by the third.

It was good to see the Rockets get the smack down after game 5. Jazz better bring their A-game for LA.

"McGrady is one of the classiest players in the League".... are you kidding me? Did you not hear any of his comments about the NBA FANS in Utah, (who help pour money into his profession)? Did you not hear him throw his coach under the bus for not putting Mutumbo in to rebound on the foul line? Do you not realize that he has one of the richest contracts in the NBA, yet can't show anything for it? This guy is a whiner and turns it "on" or "off" like his cousin Vince Carter. TMac can go sulk in his mansion and airplane while true competitors keep playing!

Why another article about T-Mac? This series has been about D-Will, emphasis on will to win, and Memo. Let's focus on stars.

It took me a little while but I finally realized what it was about this article that bugs me...Once again TMac gets a pass on what he said...because he is some sort of demigod to the press, but how is it that he claims nobody expected him to win...2 consecutive years they lost out to a Jazz team that was seeded lower than them...whose expectations is he talking about?

Time for the WNBA.

He score 40, but his points came when the Jazz were in control. When Jazz up 16 in the 2nd quarter, McLady started scoring. When things got close in the third, No McLady, Jazz go up in the 4th, McLady is back to scoring.

Good Riddance.

t-mac you did great you are a under rated player who
takes all the blame because you have not made it through the first round just keep your head up
you know what they say, at first you don't secede
try try again

get ready LA u have flopers coming to town o and OKUR does= ugly