We are definitely guilty of some wishful thinking this week. No offense to Nate Jaqua, but we are really hoping to be surprised and see Michael Fucito starting alongside Blaise Nkufo this week.

This is probably not going to happen, though. The reality is Sigi probably wants to continue to test out the dual-target forward pairing that he's been toying with in recent weeks and with little at stake in this game, it seems a likely experiment to try.

That doesn't mean we believe the Fucito experiment is just for our own good. We honestly believe Fucito would make a good pairing with Nkufo and there seems to be some real potential for their to be some late-game substitution possibilities.

Otherwise, this is a pretty standard lineup for the boys in Rave Green. Zach Woosley of Dynamo Theory provided us with his best guess on the Houston lineup.

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