WCF-Warriors vs Rockets

[king]

Rockets have to come out and make a strong statement game 1. They can not afford a night off! This is going to be an all out war.

i have the Rockets in a hard fought 7 game series

[ladybug33]

I hope Harden doesn’t come out dribbling the basketball too much. Harden is a great player but, he cannot afford to handle the ball too much because of turnovers. CP3 is better at setting up plays, and breaking down the other team’s defense. My only concerns are that Eric Gordon and the bench player’s showing up, and I hope that Green gets more playing time. Ryan Anderson has been disappointing the Rockets should pay him out of his contract after this season. CP3 should make Curry play defense by making big shots early and often to keep Curry from hiding behind the picks and shooting 3’s. Capella will have to show Draymond Green that he is not backing down from his foolishness kicking, and jawing on the court. Ref’s will hopefully be neutral. I expect a Rockets win tomorrow night. GO ROCKETS!

[PhatMack19]

Harden is feeling it early with the Rockets first 9 points.  

 

2 minutes in and Green already has a technical for going after Harden.  This series is going to get chippy 

[pdawg119]

56-56 Halftime

[Peppermint Patty]

Warriors are just too deep. After last night, I get a feeling they will sweep this series.

[king]

Rockets played too much hero/iso ball. Harden only passes it when he is in trouble 

[Tigers2010]

Been saying it all year. Houston improved and had a great regular season. They still do not have enough to beat Golden State...no one does.

[king]

Now that’s what u call a great game by Houston. They abandoned the Harden ISO and made Chris Paul the main ball handler. Gordon and Tucker stepped up big time. 

The series has now started

[king]

On 5/15/2018 at 8:51 AM, Bandwagon Ranger said:

Warriors are just too deep. After last night, I get a feeling they will sweep this series.

Really lol

[Peppermint Patty]

10 minutes ago, king said:

Really lol

Yep. Must have just been gas.

[Tigers2010]

Last night was a solid effort by Houston. I will not run from my opinion, even after the Rockets win last night. I never expected Houston to get swept. I thought, and still think it ends in 6. At the end of the day, Houston dropped home-court and got a split. That is a win for Golden State. Now, Houston has to steal one in Oakland. If they don't, I think they win Game 5 and get ended in Game 6. If they split the next two, it goes 7.

[stevenash]

On ‎5‎/‎13‎/‎2018 at 9:46 AM, ladybug33 said:

I hope Harden doesn’t come out dribbling the basketball too much. Harden is a great player but, he cannot afford to handle the ball too much because of turnovers. CP3 is better at setting up plays, and breaking down the other team’s defense. My only concerns are that Eric Gordon and the bench player’s showing up, and I hope that Green gets more playing time. Ryan Anderson has been disappointing the Rockets should pay him out of his contract after this season. CP3 should make Curry play defense by making big shots early and often to keep Curry from hiding behind the picks and shooting 3’s. Capella will have to show Draymond Green that he is not backing down from his foolishness kicking, and jawing on the court. Ref’s will hopefully be neutral. I expect a Rockets win tomorrow night. GO ROCKETS!

From my perspective, despite the solid victory, it was Paul who was guilty of dribbling too much at times

[Tigers2010]

What happened tonight isn't so much on Houston. They didn't play very well, but that isn't the problem. This is what the NBA is now. They (GS) have 4 stars. 2 superstars, but 4 stars, nonetheless. Nobody is beating them 4 out of 7. 

[king]

I don’t get why we play this stupid iso ball. Looked like they threw the game last night

[Tigers2010]

1 hour ago, king said:

I don’t get why we play this stupid iso ball. Looked like they threw the game last night

Harden is an iso player. Chris Paul covers it up, at times, but at the end of the day that is just who they are. Houston relies heavily on James and his game is iso. It works in the regular season because teams aren't play as much strategy based defenses in those games. Playoff defensive intensity is different, and Harden's game has very rarely translated to playoff success because of it. It wouldn't matter though, GS is at a different level than any team in the league.

[king]

What a win! That was a great game

[Tigers2010]

Both series are tied. Both higher seeded teams have home court advantage in a best two out of three series. Both higher seeds expected to lose. Crazy

[king]

Seems like every game gets bigger and bigger. Game 5 tonight @8

[navydawg31]

1 win away! But CP3 is hurt....

[Tigers2010]

No CP3 for Game 6. Hopefully he will be available for Game 7

[About a week ago]

With CP3 out the Rockets need Harden to score 35+, with Gordon and Ariza having big games as well. Capela, Green, and Tucker need to keep on doing what they are doing. But one of those first two have to go offf. Don’t think they can’t beat them without CP3. But with the Warriors back to the wall and back home, it’s a tough task. 

[navydawg31]

Harden will have a MVP performance tonight. Gordon will step up and rise to occasion. Tucker and capella will keep bringing what they got. And everyone thinking CP3 out and rockets can’t win tonight they pull a rabbit out the hat and beat the warriors. Rockets win, Vegas wins, NBA wins. We all win! Haha

[Tigers2010]

Up 17 after 1....SMH

[bullets13]

Rockets got out scored 64-25 in the second half.  The rockets scored 25 points in a half.  That’s terrible.  I knew they were in trouble when mid-way through the 3rd they were 13-26 from 3 and golden state was somehow still tied with them.  

[new tobie]

On 5/17/2018 at 0:47 PM, stevenash said:

From my perspective, despite the solid victory, it was Paul who was guilty of dribbling too much at times

Gotta have Paul in there to win though