[Playoffs Round 2] Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets

[TMU]

vs.

Game 1, Sept. 4: Rockets at Lakers | 9 p.m. ET on ESPN
Game 2, Sept. 6: Rockets at Lakers | 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC
Game 3, Sept. 8: Lakers at Rockets | 9 p.m. ET on TNT
Game 4, Sept. 10: Lakers at Rockets | 9 p.m. ET on TNT
Game 5, Sept. 12 (if necessary): Rockets at Lakers | 9 p.m. ET on ESPN
Game 4, Sept. 14 (if necessary): Lakers at Rockets | 9 p.m. ET on TNT
Game 7, Sept. 16 (if necessary): Rockets at Lakers | 9 p.m. ET on TNT

[YoungMoney23]

just turned it on and did not expect us to be up 19

[MaxRider]

Great to see Harden, Westbrook, Gordon all playing well

[HighRyzer83]

China missed a good one.

[YoungMoney23]

Time to send D'Antoni packing...

[MaxRider]

Time to send D'Antoni packing...

need a new coach to convince Morey taking best shot available is better than just layup and three
layup is consider bad when your players are too short and keep getting block

[wco81]

WT says D'Antoni told Rockets he's not coming back.

Also says Tyrone Lue will be a candidate for the Rockets.

[YoungMoney23]

Time to send D'Antoni packing...

need a new coach to convince Morey taking best shot available is better than just layup and three
layup is consider bad when your players are too short and keep getting block

Personally, I liked giving an unknown commodity a shot. JVG we saw first hand - lockdown defense but awful on offense (I'd rather coax Adelman out of retirement). Ty Lue to me is only relevant because he had Lebron. In a dream world, Pop is a free agent and doesn't wanna leave Texas. But I do like Kenny Atkinson or if he's not interested, Fizdale since he doesn't seem to mind getting on his guys. Timmy D always seems like a smart guy but I feel like the plan is for him to replace pop. Dave Joerger is another guy I never thought got his fair shake, especially in Sacramento - just look how much they regressed this year after being on the cusp of the playoffs a year ago.