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Holy Cow. The Blazers had a much better season than we realized!! This Houston team is very good, and we have nothing to be ashamed of.
 
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Yesterday, my fiancee and I weren't sure who to root against... we didn't hate the Rockets before the playoffs, but we both agreed we hate them now. And the Lakers... well, they're the Lakers! We've hated them for YEARS!

We decided yesterday that we wanted all the games to go into quadruple overtime, and arrange themselves to force a seven game series.

However... after watching this game... I was rooting against the Lakers much, much more. It just proves to me that my second favorite team indeed is "Whoever Is Playing The Lakers Tonight".

Go Rockets. Like you say, the better they do after beating us, the better we look.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
Go Rockets. Like you say, the better they do after beating us, the better we look.
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I'd love to see the Rockets sweep the Lakers or beat them 4-1. That would make our performance against Houston look even better.
 
Yep. Tonight's loss by LAL helped with the healing process of losing the series against HOU. It makes me think we didn't lose because of a lack of poise or being a young team.
 
Anyone got a link to that moving gif picture of Vujacic crying?

I need it :).
 
It didn't look to me like the Lakers watched any tape from the Portland series. They didn't try to front Yao and they paid the price.

They tried to guard Artest with a quick small forward and paid the price.

Scola had multiple open looks from exactly the same spot he killed Portland from. He didn't make them pay, but he will if that continues.

The Lakers looked like shit. They are going to have to bring it a lot harder in game 2.

BTW, Bynum sure did play Yao to a standstill. And by that I mean that Yao took his lunch money, bought candy with it, then ate that candy in front of him.
 
maxiep said:
Yep. Tonight's loss by LAL helped with the healing process of losing the series against HOU. It makes me think we didn't lose because of a lack of poise or being a young team.
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Well, our lack of playoff experience didn't help any, but Houston is clearly a VERY good team. My admiration continues to grow for Rick Adelman, who is probably the most underrated coach in the NBA.
 
LittleAlex said:
It didn't look to me like the Lakers watched any tape from the Portland series. They didn't try to front Yao and they paid the price.

They tried to guard Artest with a quick small forward and paid the price.

Scola had multiple open looks from exactly the same spot he killed Portland from. He didn't make them pay, but he will if that continues.

The Lakers looked like shit. They are going to have to bring it a lot harder in game 2.

BTW, Bynum sure did play Yao to a standstill. And by that I mean that Yao took his lunch money, bought candy with it, then ate that candy in front of him.
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qft. Pretty much hit on every point I was thinking.

Except that Aaron Brooks must be soiling himself over his luck. First he gets to go against Blake, and then Fisher. Probably the two point guards in the playoffs least capable of guarding a speedster.

Well, there's always hope that the Rockets beat LA and he gets Kidd in the WCF. But Barea seems to guard PG's a lot, so that may not be the advantage it has been.

Bynum and Gasol are such crappy defenders. After watching Przybilla and Oden bust their asses against Yao, I was actually pretty frustrated with the Lakers. They didn't even really try to stop him. They sort of just fumbled around and waited for Houston to forget about him. (Which of course they did too often.)

BTW--Roy just looks better and better to me after watching Kobe jack up a ridiculous number of shots to get his points. Roy looked so effortless against this team that I was beginning to wonder if the defense of Artest and Battier was overrated. Sure didn't look that way tonight.
 
lol the refs just fucking LOVE Houston, I swear to god. 29-19 free throw advantage, 26-14 fouls called (almost DOUBLED), and this is IN LA. That is just ridiculous (and yes, I realize a lot of those were intentional fouls at the end of the game...it still favors Houston by a bunch). Of course it wasn't the only reason why LA lost, but it certainly contributed.

If this keeps up, you might as well stick a fork in LA. There hasn't been ONE game in the playoffs this year where they didn't get the whistles.
 
Ya, our inexperience did hurt us in game one if nothing else. It's to bad we met the Rockets in the first round because I think another team we would have done better against and made it out of the round and when we face the Rockets we wouldn't have played so bad in the opening game.

I do agree that the better the Rockets do the better we look.
 
mgb said:
Ya, our inexperience did hurt us in game one if nothing else.
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And game four. I still think that that's a game Portland should have won, but they threw it away in the fourth quarter with uncharacteristic turnovers and inability to get their own defensive rebounds.
 
mook said:
qft. Pretty much hit on every point I was thinking.

Except that Aaron Brooks must be soiling himself over his luck. First he gets to go against Blake, and then Fisher. Probably the two point guards in the playoffs least capable of guarding a speedster.

Well, there's always hope that the Rockets beat LA and he gets Kidd in the WCF. But Barea seems to guard PG's a lot, so that may not be the advantage it has been.

Bynum and Gasol are such crappy defenders. After watching Przybilla and Oden bust their asses against Yao, I was actually pretty frustrated with the Lakers. They didn't even really try to stop him. They sort of just fumbled around and waited for Houston to forget about him. (Which of course they did too often.)

BTW--Roy just looks better and better to me after watching Kobe jack up a ridiculous number of shots to get his points. Roy looked so effortless against this team that I was beginning to wonder if the defense of Artest and Battier was overrated. Sure didn't look that way tonight.
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I thought Artest might have just been trying to get into Kobe's head saying Roy is harder to defend, but he might have just been stating the truth.
 
He was saying the truth. I didn't see Kobe do anything tonight that Roy can't do.
 
lol Artest said Roy is harder to defend than Kobe? Somehow I missed this. Someone link me! :D
 
Rockets winning only proves the Blazers. Plus, I believe they could have fared well against the Lakers.
 
mook said:
qft. Pretty much hit on every point I was thinking.

Except that Aaron Brooks must be soiling himself over his luck. First he gets to go against Blake, and then Fisher. Probably the two point guards in the playoffs least capable of guarding a speedster.

Well, there's always hope that the Rockets beat LA and he gets Kidd in the WCF. But Barea seems to guard PG's a lot, so that may not be the advantage it has been.

Bynum and Gasol are such crappy defenders. After watching Przybilla and Oden bust their asses against Yao, I was actually pretty frustrated with the Lakers. They didn't even really try to stop him. They sort of just fumbled around and waited for Houston to forget about him. (Which of course they did too often.)

BTW--Roy just looks better and better to me after watching Kobe jack up a ridiculous number of shots to get his points. Roy looked so effortless against this team that I was beginning to wonder if the defense of Artest and Battier was overrated. Sure didn't look that way tonight.
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I like your take on it, lol. Brooks does have it easy.

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lol the refs just fucking LOVE Houston, I swear to god. 29-19 free throw advantage, 26-14 fouls called (almost DOUBLED), and this is IN LA. That is just ridiculous (and yes, I realize a lot of those were intentional fouls at the end of the game...it still favors Houston by a bunch). Of course it wasn't the only reason why LA lost, but it certainly contributed.

If this keeps up, you might as well stick a fork in LA. There hasn't been ONE game in the playoffs this year where they didn't get the whistles.
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This is uncalled for. Did you watch the game? Houston was aggressive and earned every foul.
 
mgb said:
I thought Artest might have just been trying to get into Kobe's head saying Roy is harder to defend, but he might have just been stating the truth.
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Maybe.

I think Brandon may have a quicker single step, and has a much shiftier change of pace. Artest can see what Kobe wants to do and put a body on him for a step or two to disrupt him.

When he tried that against Roy, he'd body him for one step and Roy would just do a quick step-back jumper, or a jerking switch to his other hand. It'd throw Artest off and free him up for a drive, jumper or an open pass. Artest just couldn't stay in physical contact with Roy long enough to control him.

I think I'm going to continue watching this series, even though I said I wouldn't. It's just so interesting in watching the contrasting styles of Kobe/Roy and how both teams handle Yao.

I have so much more respect for Yao than I ever did before these playoffs. I swear--I feel like if both of his feet are under his shoulders, he'll make the shot every time. He only seems to miss when he's off-balance.
 
Just imagine how fucking raw we would be with a HEALTHY TMAC in the lineup! Wow, just wow.!
 
I'm rooting for the Rockets. They looked good tonight. No way they beat the Lakers in this series. However, I now believe they can win another game or two and force this thing to 6 or 7 games and make things interesting. I didn't think that a few hours ago. I thought Lakers 4-0 or 4-1. It still may go down like that, but if Houston wins a game or two at home we at least have a series.

Lakers will get Gasol off in Game 2 and win by 12-20 pts. No question.

Yao plays 40 minutes again tonight (even after the collision) Adelman seems content to let this guy play until the wheels fall off.
 
He has to play atleast 40 minutes a game. We have no size at the backup C. This is where we get hurt the most by not having a tall defender like Mutombo. Our backup centers are Hayes (6'6) and Landry (6'9). Yao has to stay in there to defend Bynum/Gasol. If it's Gasol by himself, I think Adelman put in Scola.
 
Kaydow said:
I'm rooting for the Rockets. They looked good tonight. No way they beat the Lakers in this series. However, I now believe they can win another game or two and force this thing to 6 or 7 games and make things interesting. I didn't think that a few hours ago. I thought Lakers 4-0 or 4-1. It still may go down like that, but if Houston wins a game or two at home we at least have a series.

Lakers will get Gasol off in Game 2 and win by 12-20 pts. No question.

Yao plays 40 minutes again tonight (even after the collision) Adelman seems content to let this guy play until the wheels fall off.
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why are yao's minutes an issue? it's the playoffs. there is plenty of rest between games. there are no back to backs. yao has played 40+ minutes four games in a row now with no ill effects. his minutes are not a problem. he is capable of playing 40+ minutes a night in playoff scenarios.
 
Umair1 said:
Just imagine how fucking raw we would be with a HEALTHY TMAC in the lineup! Wow, just wow.!
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Not so fast. The identity of this team w/o T-Mac might be what makes them tick. They realize they have to play a physical, grind it out, one possession at a time brand of basketball and they've all bought into it. I've never seen them play defense like this with T-Mac. Well, maybe during that 20 game win streak last year. I should revise that - I've never seen this team play defense like this when Yao AND T-Mac are playing together.

Plus, what do you do with Artest and Battier if T-Mac was healthy?
 
Kaydow said:
Not so fast. The identity of this team w/o T-Mac might be what makes them tick. They realize they have to play a physical, grind it out, one possession at a time brand of basketball and they've all bought into it. I've never seen them play defense like this with T-Mac. Well, maybe during that 20 game win streak last year. I should revise that - I've never seen this team play defense like this when Yao AND T-Mac are playing together.

Plus, what do you do with Artest and Battier if T-Mac was healthy?
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yao played in the first 12 games of the 22 game win streak.

a healthy tmac would make this team much better. healthy being key though. the tmac of this season was a detriment to the team. but a healthy tmac makes the team basically impossible to defend and he was a good defender himself when he needed to be.

no real reason to get too caught up on it though. the old tmac likely is never coming back.
 
rocketeer said:
why are yao's minutes an issue? it's the playoffs. there is plenty of rest between games. there are no back to backs. yao has played 40+ minutes four games in a row now with no ill effects. his minutes are not a problem. he is capable of playing 40+ minutes a night in playoff scenarios.
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He might be able to do this for one series. But two is pressing your luck. We've seen Yao tire and wear down before and it's ugly. Tonight was his 4th straight game of 40 minutes or more. That's just crazy for a man his size.

If this series goes 6 or 7 games and Yao keeps logging 40 minutes, he WILL wear down - it's inevitable.
 
Not necessarily. From what I saw the Lakers weren't making him work nearly as hard as Joel and Greg did by fronting him or us having an additional person shadow him.
 
Go Rockets Go!

barfo
 
Kaydow said:
He might be able to do this for one series. But two is pressing your luck. We've seen Yao tire and wear down before and it's ugly. Tonight was his 4th straight game of 40 minutes or more. That's just crazy for a man his size.

If this series goes 6 or 7 games and Yao keeps logging 40 minutes, he WILL wear down - it's inevitable.
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he hasn't and he won't. in the playoffs there is always a day between games and sometimes even two days. he'll get plenty of rest.
 
LOL! So much for the shit talk. So how many games will it take the Rockets to eliminate the Lakers?
 
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