Rockets = threat to the GSW playoff hope?

Shabi__5 · Post #41 » by **Shabi__5** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 10:20 pm

Houston is now 4 games ahead of Denver.
We still have 12 games left against teams with losing records , I thhink we have a very good chance at getting more than 50 wins.

Post #42 » by **Sleepy51** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 10:25 pm

Shabi__5 wrote:Houston is now 4 games ahead of Denver.
We still have 12 games left against teams with losing records , I thhink we have a very good chance at getting more than 50 wins.

Hey, shoot the moon for all we care. I hope you run down that 2 seed and maybe we'll rise to the 7.

I'd be perfectly happy if we could face your Yao-less squad in the playoffs. Ol' Crazy-Eyes ain't beating us in 7 games without the big Wang. No way.

sportsfan38 · Post #43 » by **sportsfan38** » Tue Mar 4, 2008 10:14 pm

What's crazy is that the Rockets have a better chance of making the playoffs than the Suns.

tmacformvp07 · Post #44 » by **tmacformvp07** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 3:11 am

Sleepy51 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Hey, shoot the moon for all we care. I hope you run down that 2 seed and maybe we'll rise to the 7.

I'd be perfectly happy if we could face your Yao-less squad in the playoffs. Ol' Crazy-Eyes ain't beating us in 7 games without the big Wang. No way.

i'll be happy if there was a rockets - warriors match up in the playoffs.

what makes you think that the rockets will lose the series?

no yao means that you won't be able to triple team anymore and harrington won't camp around the 3 point line while yao stays inside to defend the paint.

also, the rockets are a physical team and not as soft as the mavs.

the rockets also have a better bench.

and there is still someone on the team by the name of t-mac and his hunger to get out of the first round and there's no one on your team that will be able to stop him.

turk3d · Post #45 » by **turk3d** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 4:14 am

tmacformvp07 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

i'll be happy if there was a rockets - warriors match up in the playoffs.

what makes you think that the rockets will lose the series?

no yao means that you won't be able to triple team anymore and harrington won't camp around the 3 point line while yao stays inside to defend the paint.

also, the rockets are a physical team and not as soft as the mavs.

the rockets also have a better bench.

and there is still someone on the team by the name of t-mac and his hunger to get out of the first round and there's no one on your team that will be able to stop him.

Ever heard of Stephen Jackson?

tmacformvp07 · Post #46 » by **tmacformvp07** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 6:12 am

hey i'm not here to make an argument or be a troll so i'm just going to leave it at that.

but next to the rockets, GS is my second favourite team.

i don't know if most warrior fans like the rockets but i don't care, all i know that i like the warriors and was so glad that they whooped the mavepricks last playoffs

good luck the rest of the way

Duiz · Post #47 » by **Duiz** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 9:45 am

I think Denver has a higher chance to drop the GSW out of the playoffs.. I am really hoping that Nuggets smash the floor hard.

Good luck on the playoff push!

Post #48 » by **Sleepy51** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 2:14 pm

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When Yao got physical with us last game it was game set and match. There are no strategies to neutralize Yao when he's willing to bang on guys like that. He could have scored 70 that game if he were gredier about the ball. I'm way more scared of Yao than Tracy.

I like Tmac, and I'm defintiely puling for your team to survive some really unfair awfuly luck, but lookit your sig man. McGrady will need Yao to beat playoff teams. You guys will get in and are playing great ball, but some component of your run right now is about a positive and determined emotional response to losing Yao catching a tailwind from a pretty easy schedule now and to look forward to. Circumstance has your guys feeling as good as a team possibly could dealing with what has happened. But when the playoffs hit and there are no bad teams left to play, it will be a very different dynamic.

Post #49 » by **floppymoose** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 5:17 pm

The west is gonna be wacky in the playoffs. I've never seen it more evenly matched from 1 through 8. As much as it might be a longshot for the Warriors to beat the Spurs, for instance, it seems less of a longshot for playoff upsets this year than any other year I can remember.

Duiz · Post #50 » by **Duiz** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 11:11 pm

I hope you beat the spurs!

rocket_zoom · Post #51 » by **rocket_zoom** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:19 am

blizzard wrote:Houston is the hottest team now, but they will start losing in a few games. After that don't expect them to play better than a .500 ball team. If GS wins over them in their final matchup (GS at home), it's not that hard to get their PO spot.

Well, it hasn't happened yet. Like I said, Denver is the biggest threat to GSW's playoff spot, not Houston.

SinceGatlingWasARookie · Post #52 » by **SinceGatlingWasARookie** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:37 am

Poor Nuggets fans. For now it looks like the Nuggets will be the team with the best record in NBA history to not make the playoffs.