Pop the champagne bottles baby we're in the 2nd round

[YoungMoney23]

BEAT LA!

[King Roosk]

I'm in on the popping the champagne simply because without TMac and Alston, and with us out of the first round, 3 of the biggest things everyone's needed to STFU about for 4 years have been either temporarily or permanently taken care of. You'll never get anyone to stop bitching about the coach, that's pretty much a perpetuity in sports, but ah, such relief from the rest.

Uncork it!

Things had to change eventually, and thank God they did.

[Cro_Ruption]

congratz rockets, im happy for you, il be rooting for your team the whole way but what i dont understand about you fans is why do you settle for such a low thing? i mean sure gettin out of the first round is big but it doesnt compare to winning a championship. Why pop bottles till then sounds like you guys are just happy that you got out of the first round and dont care about the title, which is not good in my opinion

[aznkillabeezZz]

Brooks and Lowry is a better combo than Rafer and Brooks... You gotta admit that now after we passed the 2nd round and these two were big for us..

[moofs]

congratz rockets, im happy for you, il be rooting for your team the whole way but what i dont understand about you fans is why do you settle for such a low thing? i mean sure gettin out of the first round is big but it doesnt compare to winning a championship. Why pop bottles till then sounds like you guys are just happy that you got out of the first round and dont care about the title, which is not good in my opinion

I personally don't care about the championship (frequently ask why someone needs to vicariously win for me.. I do just fine for myself. Also the refereeing has been so bad for so long that it's hurt how much I actually care about the game, focusing more on stats, enjoying hustle, tension, analysis and research, bs'ing, and other things that aren't so much impacted by winning and losing) and don't think we have good odds to get there (although it's far from impossible). We aren't favored for a reason. Maybe if we had pus... TMac healthy, we'd be fine, but... No expectations of championship + the complaining HAS to end on several topics that have been a thorn for years = it's not settling, we're not done cheering or hoping yet, just past something stupid that had to be gotten out of the way. The fans' "settling" won't impact the team's ability to accomplish anything either, so no biggie.