His goal isn't to outplay him, it's to limit Dame as much as he can. He shot a lower percentage and he gummed up Dame's ability to run the point. Mission accomplished.
I swear, you'd think they were the #1 seed and we were the #8. Do they not realize we have the exact same fucking record???
That could have just as easily been 2-2 or 3-1 our way. They really only blew us out in that one game.
Now, the NBA can rig this either way and make it dramatic because we have the same record. The #5 seed beating the #4 seed is totally within their wheelhouse to control. I'm looking forward to what the NBA decides!
How surprised would you be if the NBA decides who should win or lose based on some kind of algorithm that projects advertising and viewership?
We'd be fucked, and the rockets would win a championship. There's no hand in poker that beats the viewership Jeremy Lin gives the nba...
I completely disagree with this assessment of the matchup, Dame in every game had stellar numbers and Beverly did not. This is hype. All because of 2secs of posturing by Beverly that Dame shrugged off. Beverly was the loser in the guard matchup, not Lillard. In one game Chandler Parsons beat Nico, another Harden beat Mathews but Beverly never beat Lillard
Yes, that's the most likely scenario. However, what if they decide they want to build a new marquee player that they can market? Someone who just signed the 3rd largest shoe endorsement deal sounds like a better fit than someone known around the league as the biggest flopper. Also sounds better than a whiny, past-his-prime C with back issues. And the fact that Lillard is on a small-market team is an added bonus - it'll show everyone that the new CBA is achieving its intended goals. [/wishful thinking]
To get the complete fan view from the Rockets fans requires a computer that types Mandarin Chinese and the ability to read it
Nice story, problem is it didn't actually happen. In the 30 minutes that Beverly guarded Lillard this year Damian scored 31 points on 52% shooting. http://stats.nba.com/featured/playoffs_2014_blazers_rockets.html?ls=iref:nba:serieshubs:top:modtop
Yeah its pretty obvious they are doing that as the cities of San Antonio, Memphis and Oklahoma City keep leading that metric.
Yeah its quite odd because Lillard actually performed worse with other Houston players defending him. But don't let facts get in the way of sensationalism!