Message-ID: <3554254.1075840315310.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:45:24 -0800 (PST) From: eblastoff@rocketball.com To: ebass@enron.com Subject: Inside The Rockets - January 14, 2002 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: eblastoff@rocketball.com X-To: ebass@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ExMerge - Bass, Eric\Deleted Items X-Origin: BASS-E X-FileName: eric bass 6-25-02.PST Mon., Jan. 14 TUE., JAN. 15 ROCKETS @ SIXERS First Union Center, 6:00 PM CT* FOX Sports Net, KPRC 950 AM (English), KRTX 980 AM (Spanish) *Please note updated start time of 6:00 p.m. CT. Game time is one hour earlier than originally scheduled. WED., JAN. 16 ROCKETS @ RAPTORS Air Canada Centre, 6:00 PM CT UPN 20, KPRC 950 AM (English), KRTX 980 AM (Spanish) The East Regional First Round results on The Road To Rocketsville are in. Thanks to your voting in our fantasy one-on-one tournament at rockets.com, all of the higher seeds with the exception of No. 10 seed Maurice Taylor, who upended No. 7 Don Kojis, will move on to the second round. Next up is the Southeast Regional First Round, featuring the talents of Rudy Tomjanovich, Steve Francis and Eddie Griffin amon g others. To cast your votes for this week's eight Southeast Regional matchups, click here now! The Road To Rocketsville is a virtual one-on-one competition at rockets.com where you the fans will decide the survivor of our fantasy tournament. Just like March Madness, we have seeded 64 of the best players in Rockets franchise history into four 16-player regions - East, Midwest, Southeast and West. Each week we will highlight a different regional and ask you to submit your vote for the winner of each fantasy matchup in that region. The winners of the first round will advance to the second round, and so on until one lone survivor is left standing on The Road To Rocketsville. Click here now to vote for this week's matchups! ROCKETS 5-GAME OUTLOOK The Rockets kick off a five-game Eastern Conference road trip tomorrow night in the City of Brotherly Love when they take on the Sixers at First Union Center. Following Tuesday's contest, Houston will make stops in Toronto, Boston and New Jersey before finishing off the trip in Atlanta on Jan. 21. For more details about Houston's next five games, check out the Rockets 5-Game Outlook. ROCKETS MULTIMEDIA Didn't get a chance to see Moochie Norris' three-pointer at the buzzer to down the Knicks last week? Or Steve Francis' buzzer-beater to defeat the Pistons on January 3? Then check out our Multimedia page at rockets.com, where you can see highlights of these shots and every other Rockets game played this season. MEET THE POWER DANCERS! Join us Wednesday night at Fox & the Hound, 11470 Westheimer, for another exciting Rockets Viewing Party! The festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. and the Rockets vs. Toronto Raptors game will get underway at 6:00 p.m. There will be plenty of interactive games to take part in and the Rockets Power Dancers will be on hand to mingle with fans and sign autographs at halftime. Also, the 2001-2002 Houston Rockets Power Dancer Calendar will be on sale. And don't forget about those great drink specials too! So grab a friend or two and head out to Fox & the Hound for a ton of fun and to cheer on the Rockets to another road victory! Join us at Fox & the Hound, 11470 Westheimer, for another exciting Rockets Viewing Party! To get to Fox & the Hound, take 59 South exit Fountain View. Turn right onto Fountain View, continue on Fountain View until Westheimer. Make a left on Westheimer and continue until you reach 11470 Westheimer. See you there! ROCKETS FAN OF THE WEEK Congratulations to Trey of Cantrall, IL, this week's Rockets Fan of the Week! Click here to see Trey's profile. Think you've got what it takes to be our next Rockets Fan of the Week? If so, drop us a line at fanmail@rocketball.com and let us know why you're the Rockets' biggest fan. ROCKETS BROADCAST UPDATE The NBA has announced that Houston's game at Philadelphia on Jan. 15 will no longer be televised nationally on TBS. The Rockets-Sixers matchup can be seen locally on FOX Sports Net. Accordingly, the game has moved to a 6:00 p.m. CT start time. In addition, the Rockets-Mavericks game in Dallas on Jan. 31 has been dropped from TNT's schedule and will only be telecast locally on UPN 20. The Rockets-Mavs game time remains at 8:00 p.m. CT. Click here to view the Rockets' remaining broadcast schedule. ROCKETS PHOTO GALLERIES Check out our Photo Galleries page at rockets.com, where you will find the latest action photos of all your favorite Rockets players. Click here to view a photo gallery from a past Rockets game or to check out a different bi-weekly gallery of every Rockets player. FAN FORUM We invite you to send us an e-mail to let us know what's on your mind concerning the Rockets. Would you like to see changes in the starting lineup? Do you have observations about the team you would to share? Just send us your thoughts and we may post your message in the Fan Forum section on our web site. To see a sampling of recent responses we've received from Rockets fans in January, click here. INSIDE THE ROCKETS Inside the Rockets is your chance to get up close and personal with Rockets players throughout the season. Each Monday we will ask a different question and the players' responses to that question will be posted. Be sure to check back each week to see their answers to an all-new question! Click here to view Rockets players' responses to this week's question: "Why did you choose the number you wear? What is special about that specific number?" TUX AND TENNIES CHARITY GALA 2002 Get ready to lace up your tennies! The Clutch City Foundation's sixth annual Tux & Tennies Charity Gala 2002 will be held on Thursday, February 28, 2002 at Compaq Center. For more information on tickets and tables, please call 713-963-7350. > Modify your account Deactivate your account _____ Topics: Single game tickets Weekly game schedule Team news