2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #2 Houston Rockets vs #7 Golden State Warriors (Series tied 1-1)

[okboomer]

The Warriors have 0 offensive rebounds to the Rockets 7 and are -8 total on the glass. Lead by 13. This isnt good for the Rockets.

[Handlez]

Kenny's pants lol

[Wargreymon]

lol Shaq wanted to laugh at "banging him around like that'

[cjx]

Oh yeah, Amen is supposed to be Jordan-esque

This is a series of the more experienced son of Jordan (Butler) vs. the less experienced son of Jordan (Amen) ...

[TheRaptor!]

Wanna see if Steph can escape from Amen Island

Steph's Offence >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thompson's D

Regular season means nothing

Amen 2/2/2 minus 13

Steph 16 at the half.

Imagine thinking this kid can stop a certified all time great.

Way too predictable

[Patches Perry]

lol Shaq wanted to laugh at "banging him around like that'

When a guy is banging you...

[durden_tyler]

81 pts combined for both teams. i love this for the NBA.


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[KO7]

Are the refs going to call a single travel on Şengün?

[ORLMagicGirl15]

Rockets signed Jalen Green to a 3 yr $110 deal btw.

I am not well versed in his game but this is his first playoffs, lots of nerves. You have to give these guys time. Not everyone comes out the gate. I feel the same way about Jabari. Glad that Sengun is doing well.

[Tracymcgoaty]

I dont see Houston getting back. They're not good enough on offense. It's for a team that bad on offense to make a comeback no matter how good their defense is.

[durden_tyler]

Rockets +7.5 halftime line. Ugh, want to jump on that one but the offense was so inept can’t pull the trigger…


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[LarsV8]

Rockets still have some roster balancing to do, simple as that.

But that is okay, this is just the beginning.

[cupcakesnake]

Sengun actually seems pretty hard for the Warriors to stop, but he just got into some foul trouble. If he can stay on the court and they run their offense through him a lot, I think the Rockets offense can be fine.

For a few possessions, Houston was just giving Sengun the ball and letting him iso whoever. He walked his man to the rim a few times.

[durden_tyler]

Sengun actually seems pretty hard for the Warriors to stop, but he just got into some foul trouble. If he can stay on the court and they run their offense through him a lot, I think the Rockets offense can be fine.

For a few possessions, Houston was just giving Sengun the ball and letting him iso whoever. He walked his man to the rim a few times.

Felt like part of Warriors’ plan. Sengun could end up with 50 and they’ll still win this if others can not get their rhythm.


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[ConSarnit]

Sengun actually seems pretty hard for the Warriors to stop, but he just got into some foul trouble. If he can stay on the court and they run their offense through him a lot, I think the Rockets offense can be fine.

I doubt it. The Rockets don’t have the shooting. They have to play Adams and Amen and no one will guard those guys out to the 3pt line. Even guys like Eason and Brooks are the type of player you can leave somewhat open and hope to recover because they won’t kill you. The Rockets have real offensive issues.

[picc]

This is going exactly how I thought it would.

Think about how many times you were watching the Rockets offense and thought "huh? why would they do that?" That's why they never had a chance. Young, uber dumb teams don't beat good, veteran, experienced teams unless they have a significant talent advantage, which the Rockets don't. A young, dumb team without an all-star caliber shot creator against an experienced and well-coached playoff defense with nothing but time to prepare, is a disaster.

The Rockets defense will be fantastic because Udoka is a great defensive coach and they have the athletes for it. Their offense though will probably not get that much better, because they don't have an elite creator and their best offensive player (Sengun) despite being a very good scorer, is not a creator either and is also very green in terms of offensive awareness and decision-making.

I think their best shot is playing Adams all game and just seeing if they can rebound until they make it, because the FG% will consistently be in the toilet.

[TheRaptor!]

Sengun actually seems pretty hard for the Warriors to stop, but he just got into some foul trouble. If he can stay on the court and they run their offense through him a lot, I think the Rockets offense can be fine.

For a few possessions, Houston was just giving Sengun the ball and letting him iso whoever. He walked his man to the rim a few times.

Hes not good enough to carry his team to win a best of 7 series ....let alone against Curry Butler and Draymond

[ClutchCity713]

Didnt expect us to win the series since we are a young team without playoff experience but Stone better make a trade for a star this offseason. Im afraid he gonna run it back with this same roster and we will be worse than this season.

[CIN-C-STAR]

If I was the Rockets I’d come out with FVV, Eason, Brooks, Jabari, Sengun…
I don’t think this off reb strategy is gonna work.
Play through Sengun, defend and try to get some transition buckets.

[durden_tyler]

Locking in the Rockets -1 third quarter bet. Trusting they will at least start the half pissed off… before the Warriors make a run again in the fourth.


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