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Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Sun Apr 8, 2012 5:51 am
by rocketsballin
i gotta say i didnt expect the rockets to be this good w/o their starting backcourt. sure we're not playing like a contender, but to be 5 games over .500 with our setbacks is impressive...2 straight wins on the road vs chicago and lakers. even though they missing key players, so are we, so no excuses on their part. this is the toughest part of the season now that teams have build chemistry, and early season injuries are gone.
the wolves, suns, and jazz have cooled off. to stay in the playoffs all we need to do stay away from losing streaks (3+ games). looking at the schedule there's only 3 games that will be tough as nails for us...dallas twice and road game vs miami. every other game are in our favor. nuggets are right there with us in the standings. then the jazz and suns have barely been around .500. we keep up our level of play, there's no way we miss the playoffs
here's an encouraging article from feigen about lowry
just to hear about lowry coming back this soon is a huge bonus. our bench is gonna be dope as a mug with him as the 6th man. who knows, i was wrong about us struggling to stay over .500. him being back this week is a now possibility instead of a hopeful.
(i hope martin out for the season + playoffs and traded on draft night. please morey we all know you got mad skills yo. get his ass outta here and dont look back!)
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Sun Apr 8, 2012 6:01 am
by zapatasblood
Just need to stay away from three day breaks. Rockets seem to come out with no energy after a extended break.
Lowry should start and better start. He does not deserve to lose his spot in the rotation because of this sickness
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Sun Apr 8, 2012 6:31 am
by texasholdem
zapatasblood wrote:Just need to stay away from three day breaks. Rockets seem to come out with no energy after a extended break.
Lowry should start and better start. He does not deserve to lose his spot in the rotation because of this sickness
Didn't Lowry only become the starter because of Aaron's injury?
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Sun Apr 8, 2012 6:36 am
by zapatasblood
Well I never thought Aaron should have been the starter in the first place. Besides that Aaron was playing bad before the injury and Lowry was shinning.
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Sun Apr 8, 2012 6:36 am
by rocketsballin
yeah but the thing with lowry starting is that he could be a significant liability if he starts right away. needs time to get back into game shape (which is key in the toughest part of the season), new roster/new rotations - lowry needs to work his way back into those two things. with the congested schedule it shouldnt take long for lowry to get into game shape (4 game week followed by 5 game week). but i would rather him come off the bench
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Sun Apr 8, 2012 6:54 am
by Zubby
Lowry should and will come off the bench til he gets back in game shape.
He will be the starter come playoffs.
Lowry > Dragic still
More importantly who do we want to face.
LAC, LAL, OKC, or SAS?
I prefer OKC... SAS scare me sh*tless
If we play LAC I foresee a very ugly series, like ejections and blood on the court.
I don't think I have ever seen anyone irritate Scola like Blake Griffin does.
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Sun Apr 8, 2012 6:58 am
by dunleavyjr
defensively, lowry is better and stronger.
offensively, dragic runs the show.
i must say spurs are pretty good at draft picks.
both scola and dragic were drafted by spurs in 2nd round.
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Sun Apr 8, 2012 7:10 am
by rocketsballin
our best chance to advance is vs lac imo. they barely beat our depleted rosters last two meetings. with some chemistry and return of lowry, we have a good shot to beat them. lowry and dragic gotta play at a high level to make any 2nd round advance happen. just cuz one of them is benched doesnt mean they can start avg 8pts/3asts. the backcourt rotation should be only dragic/lowry/lee. that would net them at least 25mpg.
we played well vs okc, but i dont think we'll beat them in a 7 game series. too much star power, and ibaka could shut down scola. w/e mistaks they made vs us in the reg season wont be repeated in the playoffs.
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Sun Apr 8, 2012 7:16 am
by Zubby
IDK Chris Paul always seems to be the best player in the league once the playoffs starts and now he actually has a team with a lot of talent.
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Sun Apr 8, 2012 7:55 am
by MaxRider
start both of them
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Sun Apr 8, 2012 8:20 am
by rocketsballin
lowry's too short to defend 2guards for the whole game. the ones 6'4/5+ will be too much height for the whole game. it doesnt really matter which of lowry/lee/dragic get the most minutes, but those 3 need to be the backcourt rotation
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Sun Apr 8, 2012 10:51 am
by pr0wler
One of Dragic or Lowry can guard a lot of SG's defensively. When teams roll out undersized backup SG's like Jason Terry, Gary Neal, OJ Mayo, Randy Foye I see no reason why Goran and Kyle can't play the backcourt together for 10-12 minutes a night.
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Sun Apr 8, 2012 1:05 pm
by zapatasblood
Do not want to play the Lakers or Memphis. We have a chance against the rest of them
Edit: Spurs have caught fire at the right time so I don't want to face them either
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Mon Apr 9, 2012 8:06 am
by rocketsballin
"The Rockets are the only team to beat the Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder and Bulls on their home courts"
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketba ... 54119740/1
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Mon Apr 9, 2012 9:03 pm
by x-
zapatasblood wrote:Do not want to play the Lakers or Memphis. We have a chance against the rest of them
Edit: Spurs have caught fire at the right time so I don't want to face them either
I agree with this.
OKC or Clippers please.
(Am I crazy for thinking we might have a better shot of beating the Thunder than the Clips? Probably.)
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Mon Apr 9, 2012 10:00 pm
by MaxRider
we matchup better against the Spurs
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 6:12 am
by Jajwanda
rocketsballin wrote:our best chance to advance is vs lac imo. they barely beat our depleted rosters last two meetings. with some chemistry and return of lowry, we have a good shot to beat them. lowry and dragic gotta play at a high level to make any 2nd round advance happen. just cuz one of them is benched doesnt mean they can start avg 8pts/3asts. the backcourt rotation should be only dragic/lowry/lee. that would net them at least 25mpg.
we played well vs okc, but i dont think we'll beat them in a 7 game series. too much star power, and ibaka could shut down scola. w/e mistaks they made vs us in the reg season wont be repeated in the playoffs.
Ibaka can shut down Scola?
That guys one-on-one D is not impressive against true post-up big men.
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 2:02 pm
by FirstRocket
zapatasblood wrote:Do not want to play the Lakers or Memphis. We have a chance against the rest of them
Edit: Spurs have caught fire at the right time so I don't want to face them either
Seriously....Are we hoping for just to be in the playoff or however little chance of Championship title the team may offer? We have to face any team that stand in our way to the final. Realistic or not. Who care? Just want to see the team perform great against the best after a disappointing Tmac and Yao era.
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:59 am
by Zubby
HOU: 4 games 5 days...
@ DAL
@ NOH
vs GSW
@ MIA
vs NOH
PHX:
vs OKC
vs LAC
vs DEN
@ Utah
vs SAS
UTAH:
@ POR
vs ORL
vs PHX
vs POR
Maybe we get lucky and Denver loses 4 of 5... doubt it
Everyone has the tiebreaker on us, Utah has an easy schedule I see the winning out.
Re: Playoffs chances are looking better now
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:32 am
by FirstRocket
Playoffs chances are looking bad now!