Who do you want to play in the playoffs?

[STOMP]

I don't think the Spurs have a shot this season. At least if they have to play the Lakers anyway. LA owns them.

owns would imply that the Spurs never beat LA, yet they're 1-1 this year. The Spurs did lose to the Lakers in 5 games last year, but that was with a severely hobbled Manu. I'll stand by my earlier statement that a healthy Spurs club probably beats LA without Bynum.

...besides, 2009 is an odd year. You know what happened in 2007, 2005 & 2003 right?

STOMP

 

[yinets1860]

so many people vote for Rockets..............

 

[ABM]

Dallas.

Weren't they the last team we faced in the playoffs?

Sweet revenge.

 

[B-Roy]

so many people vote for Rockets..............

They are probably the easiest, but that doesn't say much.

 

[Blazer Freak]

Houston or the Hornets for sure. Hornets I feel we can match up against quite well, and with David West and Tyson Chandler always trying to get reactions out of the team I feel we really get up to play them. Houston I think is another great match up if Oden is healthy because they've got just Artest and Yao, and I can see us winning in 5 against them.

 

[barfo]

This is like "if you were to have sex with a supermodel, which supermodel would you want"?

I can tell you that they are all great. It doesn't really matter that much.

barfo

 

[BrianFromWA]

Not Jessica Alba. She said Derek Jeter gave her some strand of gono-syphil-herpa-litis. Or something.

STDs remind me of the L*kers. Let's not play them in the first round

 

[HOWIE]

Let's make the playoffs first before getting greedy and picking who we want to play.

I'd second that, but if & when we do, I picked the Suns, I think that Portland would be able to hang with them.

 

[HailBlazers]

Soo many vote for the rockets...

They are probably the easiest, but that doesn't say much.

Anyone wanna change their vote!?!? I know that our shots didn't go down tonight, but Houston was looking pretty tough

 

[B-Roy]

Soo many vote for the rockets...



Anyone wanna change their vote!?!? I know that our shots didn't go down tonight, but Houston was looking pretty tough

Nope. Rockets through and through.

 

[rocketeer]

They are probably the easiest, but that doesn't say much.

uh, what?

i must have missed this thread, but the rockets being the huge favorite seems ridiculous.

 

[rocketeer]

i'd say the mavs, hornets, and nuggets would all definitely give the blazers a better chance of advancing than the rockets.

 

[MARIS61]

I'd say we have no answer against the Rockets.

They have consistently toyed with us and it took a miracle to win the first time.

Tonight we never had a chance, were never in it at all.

We would need to really embrace the running game, and trust Sergio and Bayless to be out there more, and I don't see Nate doing that.

He will tighten the rotation considerably come playoff time, and Roy and Blake will be dog-tired in the fourth quarters of games.

I'd much rather face SA or the Lakers but we'll be seeded too high for that in the first round.


I really don't care who we play as long as we play in the finals.

 

[B-Roy]

uh, what?

i must have missed this thread, but the rockets being the huge favorite seems ridiculous.

I just think we match up the best with the Rockets.

 

[KingSpeed]

I'd say we have no answer against the Rockets.

They have consistently toyed with us and it took a miracle to win the first time.
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We were absolutely in it. We shot better than them. Made one more shot than them. We merely lost it at the free throw line. Outlaw was fouled on that one drive that would've cut the lead to 2 but they didn't call it. But you have to make the free throws that the refs gave us and we didn't shoot as well as we needed to to win the game.

My point is the game was very close. If anything, WE were toying with them, letting them get a big lead, knowing that we can climb right back into the game at will. Which we did, as usual. It was very close.

 

[rocketeer]

We were absolutely in it. We shot better than them. Made one more shot than them. We merely lost it at the free throw line. Outlaw was fouled on that one drive that would've cut the lead to 2 but they didn't call it. But you have to make the free throws that the refs gave us and we didn't shoot as well as we needed to to win the game.

My point is the game was very close. If anything, WE were toying with them, letting them get a big lead, knowing that we can climb right back into the game at will. Which we did, as usual. It was very close.

one team shot 44%. the other shot 43.9%. to say that one team shot better is technically correct but insignificant.

 

[MrJayremmie]

That is why I picked Dallas. With home court I think we can beat them ina playoff series. I think we may be able to also beat Phoenix. I don't think we could beat anyone else.