"Playoffs? Playoffs!? Don't Talk About Playoffs!!"

PhatPat23 · Post #1 » by **PhatPat23** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:36 pm

When I look at the scores every night, who should I be rooting against? We're sitting in the 10-spot, but we're primed to make a run, given the soft spot in the schedule. Looking at Golden State's upcoming schedule, and their ridiculous firepower, I don't see us catching them at any point (barring an injury to B-Diddy). The Lakeshow is six games ahead of us, but 5 of their next 6 come against Denver, Detroit, Cleveland, San Antone, and Dallas, not to mention a stretch where they play TWELVE OF THIRTEEN games on the road.. Someone told me Bynum getting hurt was a bad thing for Houston playoff hopefuls, seeing as how the other western teams we're chasing (Utah, GS, etc.) will roll into LA and smash them now. But I see it as an opportunity to go after LA. What do you guys think? Are they catchable? If LA plays Utah, who should I root for, speaking strictly from a Rockets fan standpoint?

Baller 24 · Post #2 » by **Baller 24** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:00 pm

1 name: Tracy McGrady.

Without him I don't see much hope.

Post #3 » by **TMACFORMVP** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:32 pm

Yeah playoff chances look slim. Our February schedule is relatively easy, but there's no such thing as that with our team considering we've lost to teams like Miami, Philadelphia twice and other teams.

We really first have to take care of business first, meaning play well before we start rooting for other teams to lose, because it's pointless if we don't play well.

Alex_De_Large · Post #4 » by **Alex_De_Large** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:58 pm

i always root against suns, mavs, spurs, and sometimes jazz, lakers, nuggets and blazers.

compucomp · Post #5 » by **compucomp** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:59 pm

nsballer07 wrote:1 name: Tracy McGrady.

Without him I don't see much hope.

7-7 without, 13-12 with.

Amel · Post #6 » by **Amel** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:04 pm

1 name: Tracy McGrady.

Without him I don't see much hope.

Baller 24 · Post #7 » by **Baller 24** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:21 pm

compucomp wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

7-7 without, 13-12 with.

Winning percentage is only 23% when we don't have him...pretty sad.

HTown_TMac · Post #8 » by **HTown_TMac** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:22 pm

TMACFORMVP wrote:Yeah playoff chances look slim. Our February schedule is relatively easy, but there's no such thing as that with our team considering we've lost to teams like Miami, Philadelphia twice and other teams.

We really first have to take care of business first, meaning play well before we start rooting for other teams to lose, because it's pointless if we don't play well.

When they were playing their best basketball all season

etopn23 · Post #9 » by **etopn23** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:24 pm

compucomp wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

7-7 without, 13-12 with.

So we must be better without T-Mac; i'm sure it had nothing to do w/ the difficulty of our schedule.

GO YAO@@@@@ :nonono:

compucomp · Post #10 » by **compucomp** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:39 pm

nsballer07 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Winning percentage is only 23% when we don't have him...pretty sad.

7-7 = 23%?

Did you learn from the George W. Bush school of math?

Post #11 » by **dream34** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:49 pm

compucomp wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

7-7 = 23%?

Did you learn from the George W. Bush school of math?

7-7 this season. He was referring to since Tracy joined the Rockets, we have a terrible percentage without him.

TiMacMania · Post #12 » by **TiMacMania** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:19 pm

Amel wrote:1 name: Tracy McGrady.

Without him I don't see much hope.

compucomp · Post #13 » by **compucomp** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:27 pm

dream34 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

7-7 this season. He was referring to since Tracy joined the Rockets, we have a terrible percentage without him.

This is the same guy that would deny that Yao ever averaged 25 ppg in the quest to call him a big Chinese stiff.

History is history. Everything is different this year. If JVG were still here we'd be battling for home court, not for the #8 seed. We're 7-7 without McGrady this year, 13-12 with.

Post #14 » by **TMACFORMVP** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:11 pm

compucomp wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

This is the same guy that would deny that Yao ever averaged 25 ppg in the quest to call him a big Chinese stiff.

History is history. Everything is different this year. If JVG were still here we'd be battling for home court, not for the #8 seed. We're 7-7 without McGrady this year, 13-12 with.

I agree with you that past seasons are past seasons and we've really played overall pretty well without McGrady, but you have to admit the record has to play a little part of it. It's a whole other ballpark when all your facing is over .500 teams compared to teams like Minnesota and New York.

When they were playing their best basketball all season

???

They've been consistently two of the worst teams in the NBA this season, especially Miami. There was no part this season they had a "good long stretch" of basketball.

dontel · Post #15 » by **dontel** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:15 pm

46-48 wins is the magic number to atleast qualify for a playoff spot

HTown_TMac · Post #16 » by **HTown_TMac** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:12 pm

TMACFORMVP wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

???

They've been consistently two of the worst teams in the NBA this season, especially Miami. There was no part this season they had a "good long stretch" of basketball.

Did you watch those games???
Miami played the best that they could I never said anyhting about a stretch you have to had watch the game to see how we lost it..

PhatPat23 · Post #17 » by **PhatPat23** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:19 pm

HTown_TMac wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Did you watch those games???
Miami played the best that they could I never said anyhting about a stretch you have to had watch the game to see how we lost it..

Maybe I'm confused, but if a team has failed to put together a good stretch of basketball over the course of at least a few games, yet they've managed to play a solid four quarters against our Rockets, its possible that our team is at fault. The rest of the league shuts Miami / Philly down on a nightly basis, but when they play us, they play a good brand of basketball. Its us, not them.

Alex_De_Large · Post #18 » by **Alex_De_Large** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:42 pm

40 GAMES left, we will win 30 if tmac stays healthy.

51-31- not bad.

HTown_TMac · Post #19 » by **HTown_TMac** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:04 pm

PhatPat23 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Maybe I'm confused, but if a team has failed to put together a good stretch of basketball over the course of at least a few games, yet they've managed to play a solid four quarters against our Rockets, its possible that our team is at fault. The rest of the league shuts Miami / Philly down on a nightly basis, but when they play us, they play a good brand of basketball. Its us, not them.

We always get the them at a bad time they were due for a win and philly the match up well against us and the Miami game everyone on thier team was doing everything right while we also played a great game they played to thier potential and thats why they won.

PhatPat23 · Post #20 » by **PhatPat23** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:21 pm

we're gonna have to agree to disagree bud.... u put the clamps on against miami and you'll come out of there with a win. its not like after they beat us they started a run and won 5 or 6 straight. there like 8-40 right now lol. can't blame everything on luck, sometimes you have to create your own good fortune.