First Round Playoffs: Blazers/Rockets Game 2 Thread

[whatsmyname]

omfg this is ridiculous

 

[MARIS61]

Rice STFU!

 

[Natebishop3]

Dude, that team won't die.

 

[nzsprinter]

Phew... yay we won!!!! now off to study!

 

[Umair1]

Although there was bad reffing, you guys played a great game and got the win. No excuses made. Gotta love Brooks' effort in the last minute

 

[Natebishop3]

Yao is pouting.

Ya, he's not as happy tonight, is he? I wonder if they'll be celebrating tonight.

 

[Penitentiary Face]

Although there was bad reffing, you guys played a great game and got the win. No excuses made. Gotta love Brooks' effort in the last minute

Beat it.

 

[blue32]

Jesus, wtf, Brooks is not THAT good.

 

[Natebishop3]

Jesus, wtf, Brooks is not THAT good.

He sure fooled me.

 

[MARIS61]

Nice that we won but look at this and tell me that's not a recipe for disaster 9 games out of 10:

http://www.nba.com/games/20090421/HOUPOR/boxscore.html

Nate, Blake, and Roy need to include the rest of the team. Depth is what got us here, not just Roy and Aldridge saving our bacon.

 

[illmatic99]

Brandon Roy.

Thanks for the great game.

 

[Natebishop3]

Nice that we won but look at this and tell me that's not a recipe for disaster 9 games out of 10:

http://www.nba.com/games/20090421/HOUPOR/boxscore.html

Nate, Blake, and Roy need to include the rest of the team. Depth is what got us here, not just Roy and Aldridge saving our bacon.

I know. It's scary. Rudy was barely involved in the offense.

 

[blue32]

It was the defense. Nobody was moving so and if they did they werent getting open, so Roy took over. Didnt we just see the same game?

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

I hope I don't sound like Mixum, but I didn't feel very good about this win. The biggest thing that bothered me was that despite Nate insisting on going inside, despite Yao and Mutumbo being out for long stretches, only Roy attacked the basket.

The other thing that bothers me is seeing Brooks almost beat us again. We seem to really have missed out on finding a quick moving, quick thinking PG, passing on Brooks, passing on Mario Chalmers, picking Taureen Green over Ramon Sessions after working them both out.

 

[MARIS61]

Jesus, wtf, Brooks is not THAT good.

Except against Blake, who beats him in every statistical category imaginable.

I don't get it.

 

[MARIS61]

Go Utah!

 

[oldmangrouch]

No such thing as a bad win, particularly in the play-offs, but there was nothing about this game to give us any hope for winning in Houston.

BTW, I have been defending Outlaw all season - but tonight he played like crap.

 

[MARIS61]

I hope I don't sound like Mixum, but I didn't feel very good about this win. The biggest thing that bothered me was that despite Nate insisting on going inside, despite Yao and Mutumbo being out for long stretches, only Roy attacked the basket.

Only Roy had the ball, and he wasn't sharing it.

 

[Natebishop3]

I hope I don't sound like Mixum, but I didn't feel very good about this win. The biggest thing that bothered me was that despite Nate insisting on going inside, despite Yao and Mutumbo being out for long stretches, only Roy attacked the basket.

The other thing that bothers me is seeing Brooks almost beat us again. We seem to really have missed out on finding a quick moving, quick thinking PG, passing on Brooks, passing on Mario Chalmers, picking Taureen Green over Ramon Sessions after working them both out.

We have that guy. His name is Jerryd Bayless. Brooks isn't a point guard. He isn't a passer. He's a scorer and he's scoring. Bayless could do what Brooks is doing, but he can't get off the bench.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

I know. It's scary. Rudy was barely involved in the offense.

Nate took him out early...for what, because Blake telegraphed a fucking pass that Von Wafer stole? wack. Rudy needs to be more involved. But ROY and LMA saved our ASSES tonight.

 

[blue32]

Only Roy had the ball, and he wasn't sharing it.

If he would have, we'd have lost.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

I spent the whole second half watching the game with my boss. don't know how hard it is to not yell FUCK FUCK FUCK during a blazers game.

 

[MARIS61]

No such thing as a bad win, particularly in the play-offs, but there was nothing about this game to give us any hope for winning in Houston.

BTW, I have been defending Outlaw all season - but tonight he played like crap.

But the team played their best of the game while he was in, +9.

Some things, particularly team defense, are hard to see when they happen and don't have stats.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

No such thing as a bad win, particularly in the play-offs, but there was nothing about this game to give us any hope for winning in Houston.

I disagree, but then again, I think that the Blazers at their core are a better basketball team than Houston. I think that tonight's win gave this young squad the ability to think they can WIN this series. Blazers steal one in Houston, the momentum swings RIGHT back to Portland.

If anything, tonight's game proves that Brandon Roy can dominate a game in the playoffs.

 

[MARIS61]

If he would have, we'd have lost.

More likely we would have blown them out.

That's how we roll.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

But the team played their best of the game while he was in, +9.

Some things, particularly team defense, are hard to see when they happen and don't have stats.

This game was more about freak runs than team offense/defense. If you think about it, the Rockets had that freak run at the end.....it was a game of streaks and it just happened to end when the blazers went on their final streak. can't deny it, after their streak, Brooks caught fiyah.


And the Twin Towers was an EPIC FAILURE. not saying it won't work next game but tonight, when the rockets are shooting that good, its not gonna work.

 

[Nikolokolus]

But the team played their best of the game while he was in, +9.

Some things, particularly team defense, are hard to see when they happen and don't have stats.

You and your abuse and misuse of the fucking plus-minus stat.

 

[VenomXL]

Great win. The missed free throws and Brooks bombs at the end gave me a heart attack though.

 

[MARIS61]

This game was more about freak runs than team offense/defense. If you think about it, the Rockets had that freak run at the end.....it was a game of streaks and it just happened to end when the blazers went on their final streak. can't deny it, after their streak, Brooks caught fiyah.


And the Twin Towers was an EPIC FAILURE. not saying it won't work next game but tonight, when the rockets are shooting that good, its not gonna work.

Most succesful lineup of the night was Joel, Greg, TO, Rudy and Sergio.

When Nate pulled Sergio after 2:59 it immediately stopped working due to the towers being frozen out on offense.

 

[Deebag]

He shouldn't have shared it obviously since he won us the damn game. Aldridge was the only one to step up from last game. That along with Roy's clutchness and Pryz' defense saved us. After shooting lights out two games in a row, the Rockets are due for a slump at home now.