2/9 | G55: Oklahoma City Thunder at Houston Rockets - 7:30PM CST

[spearsy23]

Net Rating of the single best predictor of success as far as I know. It's certainly better than 'i think they're really good.'

Sorry, i don't think that is true.

In one of the post above, it is said that the Lakers had 14th best NetRtG before Lebron's injurie. And since we are talking about playoffs, according to that there are 13 teams in this league that would beat Lebron & Lakers in a 7 games series. Do you belive that is true?

Your opinion is irrelevant to rather a statement is true or not.

There is no metric that is 100% accurate at picking games.

[Osirus89]

At the point when Lebron went down:
Clippers hadn't given up on their season yet
Houston was a lottery team
Memphis wasn't horrible

It's honestly pretty impressive that the top three seeds have been able to stay consistent for pretty much the entire season. Most teams below have either surged or plummeted like a rock at some point with the exception of maybe Portland.

Regarding the lakers: Yes, quite a few teams could beat LA with homecourt advantage. GS, Denver, OKC, HOU, POR, SA, UTA. Lebron is always a concern, but other teams should be able to beat them with depth. Those teams also more than likely have at least one guy that can match Lebrons output on offense.

[ThunderBolt]

I don’t have a good feeling about tonight’s game. It feels like harden is going to score 50.

[spearsy23]

I don’t have a good feeling about tonight’s game. It feels like harden is going to score 50.

He'll drop fifty AND they'll hit 45% of their threes

[Dadouv47]

More worried about Shumpert

[ThunderBolt]

More worried about Shumpert

Have two players ever scored fifty in the same game?

[Dadouv47]

JVG saying we are the team with the best chances to upset Gs...would agree if we had Terrence Ross, Mirotic, Prince or some decent wing on the bench.

[ThunderBolt]

I’m glad we have George.

[ThunderBolt]

Im not sure russ needs to even be shooting shots at the rim. The guys offense is a joke. Stop shooting!

[Thundershock88]

Man, Russ looking terrible out there. Can't finish layups, can't hang onto the ball. Prime Russ isn't ever coming back.

[ThunderBolt]

Adams puts the ball on the floor in the paint for no reason too often.

[NaturalThunder]

I hate that the rockets traded for Iman Thunder Killer Shumpert.

[ThunderBolt]

Man, Russ looking terrible out there. Can't finish layups, can't hang onto the ball. Prime Russ isn't ever coming back.

At times he’s tries to make the right play but he just can’t do it. Then he gets pissed and starts doing stupid stuff.

[NaturalThunder]

What!?!? Why didn't the basket count? That's horrible!!

And of course PG misses both FTs.

[Dadouv47]

All team except PG13 looks terrible

Ref stole a basket and a possession from us.

[Dadouv47]

We need Grant/Ferguson to hit their shots or we are screwed

[NaturalThunder]

And first possession of the 2nd quarter Gerald Green banks in a three after a foul and completes a four point play.

Exact same thing that happened to PG at the end of the 1st quarter and it was deemed a non-shooting foul.

[ThunderBolt]

What a great year to do nothing at the trade deadline. Maybe next year when russ has had a couple more knee surgeries we can be more aggressive.

[NaturalThunder]

PG's shot not counting, then him missing both FTs, has turned into things spiraling out of control.

In this current Rockets run, a three point shot counted on a foul for the Rockets on the exact same thing that happened to PG when it didn't count.

[NaturalThunder]

This one is over. The Rockets bench is outscoring us 16-2 and has sustained a long run with Harden on the bench. The only way we can beat the Rockets is to limit the Rockets bench. But right now they're beating our *** with Harden on the bench.