Game 1: Blazers vs Rockets - Game Thread

[The Sebastian Express]

I'm glad Joel decided he wanted to go solo against Yao and keep it all on his shoulders. This was a brilliant plan.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

Fuck you David Stern!

 

[Sedatedfork]

I'm glad Joel decided he wanted to go solo against Yao and keep it all on his shoulders. This was a brilliant plan.

LoL

 

[Trip]

Terrible officiating. Houston shoots FTs, Blazers don't.

This is the playoffs; Houston's shot 2 free throws on blatant fouls. And that offensive foul on Yao? Przybilla is giving him loads of man love in the post.

 

[yakbladder]

WTF? Blazers get their arms mauled and no call. Rockets don't like the color of the floor and get a foul called for them. So much for home court advantage. Apparently the refs were instructed to keep the whistles quiet. In these cases I always like the flailing two elbowed rebound to loosen up things (namely people's teeth)

 

[theprunetang]

This is the playoffs; Houston's shot 2 free throws on blatant fouls. And that offensive foul on Yao? Przybilla is giving him loads of man love in the post.

Yet, Joel gets hammered by Yao on a layup and nothing.

 

[illmatic99]

Where's the D?

 

[The Sebastian Express]

Aha! I know the Afflek Trivia answer: Detroit and Chicago.

 

[BasX]

Yao is out, so Portland needs to attack inside. Let's see what Deke can do.

 

[illmatic99]

WTF? Blazers get their arms mauled and no call. Rockets don't like the color of the floor and get a foul called for them. So much for home court advantage. Apparently the refs were instructed to keep the whistles quiet. In these cases I always like the flailing two elbowed rebound to loosen up things (namely people's teeth)

Yao in the playoffs = good for NBA?

 

[The Sebastian Express]

Mike Rice just butchered Mutumbo's name.

 

[BasX]

Deke fouls Oden.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

this is brutal officiating. fuck it, Oden time.

 

[MARIS61]

Doris Burke knows nothing about this team.

 

[BasX]

Oden bricks it

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

oden needed to put that on the floor and dunk.

 

[Trip]

Aaron!

 

[MARIS61]

Houston has come in and taken the energy right out of the gym. Exactly what needed to be done.

Go away now.

 

[BasX]

WTF Battier?

 

[Sedatedfork]

Jesus Christ

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

horrible shit.

 

[Fawzi83]

If this was the regular season Oden would've dunked that, but he nervously threw up a prayer

 

[BasX]

34-23 at the end of the first. Yao eatting babies, Roy proving he is a star, Dirty stuff, gonna be a fun series.

 

[Sinobas]

So what the hell, we can't guard these guys, and we're getting our asses kicked. If we lose this game, we don't have much of a chance of winning the series.

 

[theprunetang]

Blazers are going to have to adjust to the officiating.
If you aren't getting calls, you need to work twice as hard.
Bad quarter.....but we can still take this!!!!!

 

[Sedatedfork]

Let's see if Outlaw can get us going in the 2nd.

 

[yakbladder]

Yao in the playoffs = good for NBA?

What you mean billions of Chinese watching and millions in Houston is good for the NBA?

Could they at least just hand out the script ahead of the season so we know what to expect? Every year the NBA looks more and more like the WWF.

 

[Trip]

Go away now.

Hi, how are you?

 

[maxiep]

WTF Battier?

He was going for the two for one.

 

[Fawzi83]

What you mean billions of Chinese watching and millions in Houston is good for the NBA?

Could they at least just hand out the script ahead of the season so we know what to expect? Every year the NBA looks more and more like the WWF.

World Wildlife Foundation?