WCSF: (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs (4) Houston Rockets, Part 1 | Series Tied 1-1

carnage24 · Post #121 » by **carnage24** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 2:58 pm

Not sure if LA resting hurts them or helps them

And for the rockets im not sure if they are gassed

hoosierdaddy34 · Post #122 » by **hoosierdaddy34** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 2:59 pm

Up-And-Coming wrote:
hoosierdaddy34 wrote:

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Lebron should be the one that’s the aggressor on offense, not AD imo. AD should just continue to play his game and move without the ball and have Lebron set him up. AD is not meant to be a big post up player. That hasn’t worked so far the first couple games and becomes too predictable

The point was there was a massive lane for a lob that OKC didn’t take advantage of. That LA bigs are just going to roll and get dunks all day on because Houston kept leaving the lob open.

Official · Post #123 » by **Official** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 3:02 pm

if you don't have size at the rim, things don't go typically well against a Lebron led team. Throw in Davis and it is a wrap.

Alkaholic · Post #124 » by **Alkaholic** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 3:07 pm

People don't realize Dwight and Mcgee will not be playable this series.
Our guards will feast on them they are going to force the Lakers to play small ball and jack up 3s.

Lunartic · Post #125 » by **Lunartic** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 3:08 pm

Lakers in 6

Harden is a tremendous choke artist
Westbrook is a tremendous idiot

Bergmaniac · Post #126 » by **Bergmaniac** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 3:14 pm

I expect a pretty easy series win for the Lakers, even with the February version of Westbrook playing they would have been major favourites, and he's clearly in way worse shape now.

fbalmeida · Post #127 » by **fbalmeida** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 3:17 pm

Liam_Gallagher wrote:
fbalmeida wrote:
Liam_Gallagher wrote:AD is gonna feast against the Rockets - Vogel will just put him at C to match up with D’Antoni’s small ball.

He got a measly 17 points here. I have no idea how, but that's what happened.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202008060HOU.html

You mean in the meaningless bubble game?

Davis fared better in this perfectly competitive mid-season game. But they still lost.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202002060LAL.html

Spanish_Laker · Post #128 » by **Spanish_Laker** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 3:23 pm

Alkaholic wrote:People don't realize Dwight and Mcgee will not be playable this series.
Our guards will feast on them they are going to force the Lakers to play small ball and jack up 3s.

People don't realize Tucker and House will not be playable this series.
Our bigs will feast on them they are going to force the Rockets to play big ball to prevent the Lakers from scoring inside on every play.

PD: fixed for you

ocelot17 · Post #129 » by **ocelot17** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 3:27 pm

Read on Twitter

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K_chile22 · Post #130 » by **K_chile22** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 3:28 pm

Spanish_Laker wrote:
Alkaholic wrote:People don't realize Dwight and Mcgee will not be playable this series.
Our guards will feast on them they are going to force the Lakers to play small ball and jack up 3s.

People don't realize Tucker and House will not be playable this series.
Our bigs will feast on them they are going to force the Rockets to play big ball to prevent the Lakers from scoring inside on every play.

PD: fixed for you

people who think the Rockets struggle with big teams now just haven't watched. If the lakers win, it's just because lebron is lebron and AD is AD. The rockets struggle to contain quick guards, tuck can't be moved by just about anyone outside of Jokic and embiid.

MisterHibachi · Post #131 » by **MisterHibachi** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 3:28 pm

Spanish_Laker wrote:
Alkaholic wrote:People don't realize Dwight and Mcgee will not be playable this series.
Our guards will feast on them they are going to force the Lakers to play small ball and jack up 3s.

People don't realize Tucker and House will not be playable this series.
Our bigs will feast on them they are going to force the Rockets to play big ball to prevent the Lakers from scoring inside on every play.

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Rockets can't play big. They have one style and one style only. No major adjustments possible for them.

ALPHAandOMEGA · Post #132 » by **ALPHAandOMEGA** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 3:30 pm

Spanish_Laker wrote:
Alkaholic wrote:People don't realize Dwight and Mcgee will not be playable this series.
Our guards will feast on them they are going to force the Lakers to play small ball and jack up 3s.

People don't realize Tucker and House will not be playable this series.
Our bigs will feast on them they are going to force the Rockets to play big ball to prevent the Lakers from scoring inside on every play.

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They may feast but, for better or worse, the Rockets wont change what they do for the Lakers. Tucker and RoCo will still be 4 and 5.

Nacho Bidness · Post #133 » by **Nacho Bidness** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 3:35 pm

Spanish_Laker wrote:
Alkaholic wrote:People don't realize Dwight and Mcgee will not be playable this series.
Our guards will feast on them they are going to force the Lakers to play small ball and jack up 3s.

People don't realize Tucker and House will not be playable this series.
Our bigs will feast on them they are going to force the Rockets to play big ball to prevent the Lakers from scoring inside on every play.

PD: fixed for you

People don't realize that Davis doesn't play like a wrecking ball. Rockets players like Tucker are strong enough to keep him from getting deep position at the rim and he settles for turnarounds and jumpshots. He doesn't feast in the paint against us like people think he would on paper. All the bigs will get hunted on switches on the perimeter and that is including LeBron. This looks good on paper for the Lakers but the size advantage has rarely helped teams against us so far, save a handful of games during the season. 538 didn't give us a 63% chance of winning this because they're Rockets fanboys lol.

Bergmaniac · Post #134 » by **Bergmaniac** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 3:37 pm

MisterHibachi wrote:Rockets can't play big. They have one style and one style only. No major adjustments possible for them.

Exactly. The only traditional big on their roster is the soon to be 38 year old Tyson Chandler who hasn't played since January and is there only for his locker room presence. They won't go big even if they are losing badly.

MrSparkle · Post #135 » by **MrSparkle** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 3:45 pm

I'm gonna enjoy the series. I think LAL wins in a close series. I wouldn't discount the Rockets. They have what the Blazers didn't - heavy/athletic wings and tweeners. Blazers were just too small to have a chance. Lebron is not going to feast on Covington, J. Green, House, PJ, and he's gonna have to chase Gordon around too (I imagine Green is assigned to hound Harden all series).

I saw HOU as a dark-horse this year. They're a long-shot since it seems Westbrook is at 75% (and just generally declining anyway), but I will say, he usually comes alive when little defensive darlings like Caruso (or Beverley) try to get under his skin.

Not sure how PJ/AD match-up. Obviously Davis will have some big numbers, but I wonder if PJ throws him a little off his game, or if AD just has a field day and decides the series. AD is shooting the 3-ball well, and moving smoothly. I do think this is where my man PJ finally loses the C match-up.

I like the way HOU is playing but I just feel like Russ isn't there, and I don't like how Harden has been deferring to Russ at the end of games. But hey, all that matters are 4 wins right now.

Heej · Post #136 » by **Heej** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 3:47 pm

Tucker would've read that lob pass to Adams and broken it up. Both of them would've hesitated after their eye contact and given more than enough time for Tucker to read it. Adams and Gilgeous don't have chemistry or IQ like that.

timO · Post #137 » by **timO** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 3:52 pm

Rox in 7, the redemption of Russ and H

timO · Post #138 » by **timO** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 3:54 pm

hoosierdaddy34 wrote:
Up-And-Coming wrote:
hoosierdaddy34 wrote:

Read on Twitter
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Lebron should be the one that’s the aggressor on offense, not AD imo. AD should just continue to play his game and move without the ball and have Lebron set him up. AD is not meant to be a big post up player. That hasn’t worked so far the first couple games and becomes too predictable

The point was there was a massive lane for a lob that OKC didn’t take advantage of. That LA bigs are just going to roll and get dunks all day on because Houston kept leaving the lob open.

i saw that play too, but in the court its not that simple

jg77 · Post #139 » by **jg77** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 4:22 pm

Dort put 30 on the Rockets defense last night...so I don't even want to imagine what LeBron and AD are about to do.

hoosierdaddy34 · Post #140 » by **hoosierdaddy34** » Thu Sep 3, 2020 4:24 pm

timO wrote:
hoosierdaddy34 wrote:
Up-And-Coming wrote:
Lebron should be the one that’s the aggressor on offense, not AD imo. AD should just continue to play his game and move without the ball and have Lebron set him up. AD is not meant to be a big post up player. That hasn’t worked so far the first couple games and becomes too predictable

The point was there was a massive lane for a lob that OKC didn’t take advantage of. That LA bigs are just going to roll and get dunks all day on because Houston kept leaving the lob open.

i saw that play too, but in the court its not that simple

Oh it absolutely I’d that simple. You have a lane to the basket and smaller, unathletic players scrambling to you. That’s a lob a dunk for an athletic big. Houston is extremely susceptible to the lob because of their roster construction and defensive system.

Who ya got?