petros93 wrote:I don't think Blazers would want us so we're probably playing the Rockets! Lets get a rematch for Russ' MVP season playoffs. It will be tough for whoever wins the series though all games with Houston have been tight.
All games with Houston were tight except for one. I don't have any hope in that series lasting more than 5 games.
Game 1 (Nov. 8): We blew them out 98-80. But it was during the portion of the season where the Rockets were as disappointingly awful as we were in February and March.
Game 2 (Dec. 25): We lost 113-109. Solid, competitive back-and-forth game throughout. But the Rockets didn't have Chris Paul. I remember Austin Rivers (who the Rockets had recently signed) stepped up and hit a couple of big 3s in the 4th quarter.
Game 3 (Feb. 9): We won 117-112. We were down by 26 at one point in the 2nd quarter; down by 22 at the half; the Rockets still held a 23 point lead 3 minutes into the 3rd quarter. They took us out behind the woodshed and beat us like a dog for pretty much 2.5 quarters. We fought back and won, and it was great, but that wasn't a game we controlled throughout or anything. Not the type of win that instills a lot of confidence in how you match-up with a particular opponent. Especially when...
Game 4 (Apr. 9): We won 112-111. While not to the same extreme as the previous match-up with the Rockets, we still had to erase a semi-large deficit, this time with less time remaining in the game than in the third game. We were down by 9 at the half which means were almost-kinda-sorta "right there" but not really the whole first half. But the Rockets led by 15 with 30ish seconds remaining in the 3rd quarter before we scored at the end of the period. We pulled off another improbable comeback but, again, not the type of win that really instills a lot of confidence in how you match-up with a particular opponent.
