Can rockets win series??

basketballrock · Post #1 » by **basketballrock** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 3:40 pm

we need james harden to show up in the playoffs or we might need to bench

i heard that 94% of teams that win 2-0 will win series

i am nervous but i think rockets will be win the 6% chance

MaxRider · Post #2 » by **MaxRider** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 4:08 pm

last time i check we are the opposite side of the 6%
yes we were up 2-0 and lost the series

13th Man · Post #3 » by **13th Man** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 4:36 pm

We have a chance if Harden shows up and we're able to contain LMA.

zapatasblood · Post #4 » by **zapatasblood** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:00 pm

Doubt it. I really the departure of Sampson has hurt this team greatly. I think that was when the team started to struggle up to now

rocketsballin · Post #5 » by **rocketsballin** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:30 pm

MaxRider wrote:last time i check we are the opposite side of the 6%
yes we were up 2-0 and lost the series

here's dirk, first 2 games vs houston he shot like ****, then they won the series. he still only had one or two good shooting games
http://espn.go.com/nba/player/gamelog/_ ... k-nowitzki

its all on game 3. we dont win, its over. harden IM LOOKING AT YOU N**GA~!!!!! :banghead:

ChokeFasncists · Post #6 » by **ChokeFasncists** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 10:10 pm

basketballrock wrote:we need james harden to show up in the playoffs or we might need to bench

i heard that 94% of teams that win 2-0 will win series

i am nervous but i think rockets will be win the 6% chance

Wait there, we're talking about losing the first two at home, that's a different animal:

http://guardianlv.com/2014/04/chicago-b ... ve-talent/

The only three teams that have ever come back to win a playoff series after losing the first two games at home were the 1968-69 Lakers–who would eventually lose in the NBA finals to Bill Russell’s dynastic Celtics, the 1993-94 NBA champion Houston Rockets, and the 2004-2005 Dallas Mavericks who lost to Phoenix in the second round. However, those teams boasted either hall of fame, or future hall of fame scorers such as Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Hakeem Olajuwon, or Dirk Nowitzki.

Harden and Dwight are not one of those. The only chance would be Linsanity: start Lin and TT; let Lin play loose and not be worrying. But against a well coached cohesive unit with two hot stars like them, I just don't see that happening either. So......I'll give you 0.5%. :cry:

bigbreakfast · Post #7 » by **bigbreakfast** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 2:20 am

not with mchale coaching, no.

000001 · Post #8 » by **000001** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 12:00 pm

BENCHING HARDEN ???? REALLY :crazy:

WE HAVE A CHANCE IF ALDRIDGE HAS A SEASON ENDING INJURY

NBAWestFan · Post #9 » by **NBAWestFan** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 9:40 pm

No Playoffs are different than the regular season.

Harden looks like someone just trying to draw fouls. Kinda gets old.

Houston is missing something to compete and beat playoff teams.
But the games are fairly close.

baki · Post #10 » by **baki** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 12:12 am

Aldridge (Portland's best) >>> Howard (Houston's best)
Stotts >>> McHale

It's as simple as this, and we've been saying this all year long, and right all year long!

baki · Post #11 » by **baki** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 12:14 am

000001 wrote:WE HAVE A CHANCE IF ALDRIDGE HAS A SEASON ENDING INJURY

Probably the worst idea ever on this board.

baki · Post #12 » by **baki** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 12:15 am

zapatasblood wrote: I really the departure of Sampson has hurt this team greatly.

You mean that guy who did the actual coaching of the Rockets? :-)

Screwston · Post #13 » by **Screwston** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 2:02 am

ChokeFasncists wrote:
basketballrock wrote:we need james harden to show up in the playoffs or we might need to bench

i heard that 94% of teams that win 2-0 will win series

i am nervous but i think rockets will be win the 6% chance

Wait there, we're talking about losing the first two at home, that's a different animal:

http://guardianlv.com/2014/04/chicago-b ... ve-talent/
The only three teams that have ever come back to win a playoff series after losing the first two games at home were the 1968-69 Lakers–who would eventually lose in the NBA finals to Bill Russell’s dynastic Celtics, the 1993-94 NBA champion Houston Rockets, and the 2004-2005 Dallas Mavericks who lost to Phoenix in the second round. However, those teams boasted either hall of fame, or future hall of fame scorers such as Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Hakeem Olajuwon, or Dirk Nowitzki.

Harden and Dwight are not one of those. The only chance would be Linsanity: start Lin and TT; let Lin play loose and not be worrying. But against a well coached cohesive unit with two hot stars like them, I just don't see that happening either. So......I'll give you 0.5%.

Granted, sure we had Hakeem, put Portland is not Phoenix Suns, they were much better than the current TrailBlazers, but we were the better team. Also Dallas was better than our 05 team, since Yao n TMac had no help what so ever, even tho we all know that series was horribly officiated against us.

All Im sayin in those series, better team won, now are we better than Portland? Lotta people thought so.
We shall find out tonight

rocketsballin · Post #14 » by **rocketsballin** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 5:46 am

we can still win this. howard AND harden need to show up. and i hope they run an intense layup drill saturday.

quatin · Post #15 » by **quatin** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 5:57 am

Anybody can win the series. We've had 3 games and they were all down to the last second. No one has the clear advantage over the other.

We were never going to stop LMA. We didn't stop him in the regular season and we haven't stopped him in the play offs. The key to winning was Harden. At the beginning of the series, we all thought Harden would dominate, because Portland didn't have a lock down wing defender that could stop him. However, Harden has been struggling, because he's not getting the foul calls on the drive during the regular season. He's settling for long jumpers and pull up 3s. That's why his efficiency is so low and why defenders can be more aggressive on defense against him.

Unfortunately, I don't see Harden recovering in this series. They're not going to call those fouls in the post season. We're going to have to rely on Howards post up game and actual set plays, which McHale is not good at. It's actually up to our role players to step up and win us this series. Lin, Bev and Parsons need to shoulder some of the offense creation to make up for Harden being double teamed.

moofs · Post #16 » by **moofs** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 6:11 am

baki wrote:Aldridge (Portland's best) >>> Howard (Houston's best)
Stotts >>> McHale

It's as simple as this, and we've been saying this all year long, and right all year long!

Half right.

I still say Aldridge is vastly overrated. This series aside.

inquisitive · Post #17 » by **inquisitive** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 6:03 pm

Having TT has made LMA come back down to earth. Stubborn Mchale finally had to give in...he had no choice really. Tjones just isn't there yet.

JetLife · Post #18 » by **JetLife** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 7:29 pm

We play on TNT Sunday....WTF!!!!!

ChokeFasncists · Post #19 » by **ChokeFasncists** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 8:59 pm

JetLife wrote:We play on TNT Sunday....WTF!!!!!

Oh no! There goes the series...... :cry:

Hank7 · Post #20 » by **Hank7** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 9:30 pm

I like the adjustment of having Asik guard LA. For a big guy, Asik moves his feet well and is longer than TJ so that he can at least make it harder for LA to see the basket. Another thing is that Harden still hasn't found his shot. Yeah, we were lucky to win, but it's not as if Harden was on. He still shot only 30%. If he can shoot 45% I like our chances.