Rockets (#4) vs Blazers (#5) Playoff Series Thread

[Killakobe81]

Under close inspection his flaws become glaring.
Like I said not a true franchise player.
Not worth a max contract.

Where are DPG and the Rox fans that said they could absolutely win a title and were legit contenders?

[Spurs da champs]

Under close inspection his flaws become glaring.
Like I said not a true franchise player.
Not worth a max contract.

Where are DPG and the Rox fans that said they could absolutely win a title and were legit contenders?
I said the same shit, I was wrong in regards to the regular season, tho he is defiantly not top tier material for a playoff run, Rockets remain mediocre even with the addition of peanut head. :lmao

[GuerillaBlack]

Rockets about to take game 3, 4, and 5, lose game 6, and win in seven. I'm laughing as a I type that.

[tlongII]

I think Houston is a legit contender with the right coach. They have enough talent. McHale won't cut it though.

[Killakobe81]

I think Houston is a legit contender with the right coach. They have enough talent. McHale won't cut it though.

no offense, but you think the Blazers are legit contenders. You guys have a WCF ceiling same as Rox.
Neither play great defense.
If Harden wasnt choking could easily be 1-1 or 2-0 Rox.

Aldridge deserves mad props ... but you guys are not built to ring yet either.

[Killakobe81]

Rox and Blazers need favorable match-ups and choking to make WCF ...fwiw.

[tlongII]

no offense, but you think the Blazers are legit contenders. You guys have a WCF ceiling same as Rox.
Neither play great defense.
If Harden wasnt choking could easily be 1-1 or 2-0 Rox.

Aldridge deserves mad props ... but you guys are not built to ring yet either.

No offense taken. We can win it though.

[tlongII]

Rox and Blazers need favorable match-ups and choking to make WCF ...fwiw.

That's what all teams need.

[Kawhi]

459423332446642176

[The Gemini Method]

No offense taken. We can win it though.

Not against a team with actual coaching like Dallas and San Antonio. You have the right match-up for the first round but after that there would need to be a 2nd choke job by a team that is legitimately better than the Blazers. Harden and Dwight are not the cream of the crop and McHale is a complete corpse out there.

[tlongII]

Not against a team with actual coaching like Dallas and San Antonio. You have the right match-up for the first round but after that there would need to be a 2nd choke job by a team that is legitimately better than the Blazers. Harden and Dwight are not the cream of the crop and McHale is a complete corpse out there.

We can beat either Dallas or San Antonio no problem. We have significantly more talent than those teams.

[tlongII]

The team that will give us problems should we match up is OKC.

[The Gemini Method]

We can beat either Dallas or San Antonio no problem. We have significantly more talent than those teams.

You're delusional. It's ok though--your team is a nice warm fuzzy story. But when they fall. You will disappear.

[tlongII]

You're delusional. It's ok though--your team is a nice warm fuzzy story. But when they fall. You will disappear.

Not delusional at all.

Aldridge > Duncan
Lopez > Splitter
Lillard > Parker
Batum = Leonard
Matthews < Ginobili


What about the above do you disagree with?

[Robz4000]

Not delusional at all.

Aldridge > Duncan
Lopez > Splitter
Lillard > Parker
Batum = Leonard
Matthews < Ginobili


What about the above do you disagree with?

Splitter >> Lopez tbh; Leonard > Batum as well.

[tlongII]

Splitter >> Lopez tbh; Leonard > Batum as well.

:lmao

[Robz4000]

There's a reason your Guests went after Shitter before Sideshow Bob tbh. Also offered him more cash.

[tlongII]

There's a reason your Guests went after Shitter before Sideshow Bob tbh. Also offered him more cash.

Everybody makes mistakes.

[Robz4000]

Made a mistake not gunning for him harder tbh. Guests' ceiling is limited due to terrible D and Splitter would've improved it to average. Good thing for the Spurs they didn't.

[tlongII]

Splitter sucks. Lopez is a much better player.

[Robz4000]

:lol No. He isn't.

[tlongII]

:lol No. He isn't.

:lmao Yes. He is.

[Robz4000]

:lmao Yes. He is.

Considering neither contribute much on offense and Splitter is a far better defender, I'd say he's the superior player. Chinook, what say you?

[tlongII]

Splitter - 8.2 ppg 6.2 rpg 1.5 apg

Lopez - 11.1 ppg 8.5 rpg 0.9 apg

:lmao

[tlongII]

And Splitter is a LOUSY defender!

[Chinook]

Considering neither contribute much on offense and Splitter is a far better defender, I'd say he's the superior player. Chinook, what say you?

Of course Splitter's better than Lopez. Are you really upset at Tlong having a homer take?

[Robz4000]

Of course Splitter's better than Lopez. Are you really upset at Tlong having a homer take?

Nah, was hoping you had some defensive stat to throw out tbh. You're pretty good with 'em.

[Chinook]

Nah, was hoping you had some defensive stat to throw out tbh. You're pretty good with 'em.

Just go to Basketball Reference. I'm at the gym.

[Brazil]

Just go to Basketball Reference. I'm at the gym.

:lol

[CGD]

Either would be tough, but it prefer the spurs face the blazers than rockets. It's the least bad match up

[GuerillaBlack]

The team that will give us problems should we match up is OKC.

Blazers are going to lose this series. Quote me.

[Gummi Clutch]

Tlong, there is just no way you win more than 1 game against us. Its impossible not to be blunt about it..just the reality of things

[dg7md]

:lol Kevin McHale
:lol Dwight Howard failing in the playoffs again
:lol The Beard choking
:lol Making Aldridge look like the second coming of Shaq

[Franklin]

The guests are 2-0 over the Rockets in this series but both games were very close, and LMA played like a beast in both games. LMA ain't gonna sustain the God-mode for the entire series because the Rockets, as poorly coached as they are, will make specific adjustments concerning LMA and restrict his performance to a realistic level. Blazers' playoff trend will follow a similar path like their regular season, I guess. Even if they beat Houston in the first round they'd still get curbstomped in the 2nd by another Texan team (Spurs).

[Calispursfan11]

Lol DWERT!

[GuerillaBlack]

Dwight has actually came to play. Harden is the choker right now.

[tlongII]

Tlong, there is just no way you win more than 1 game against us. Its impossible not to be blunt about it..just the reality of things

I wouldn't be surprised if we win zero games against you. You might not make it to the 2nd round. :lol

We still have work to get there too though.

[Trainwreck2100]

I wouldn't be surprised if we win zero games against you. You might not make it to the 2nd round. :lol

We still have work to get there too though.

Just have to win tonight, you'll know the outcome by the end of the first

[Killakobe81]

:lmao

You taking BBQ chicken over TEE-AGO SPLITTAH?! (Stephen A voice)

[Beaverfuzz]

Blazers are going to lose this series. Quote me.


Lose to who, the refs? Houston is done. Portland in 6.

[Clipper Nation]

Looking forward to the fluke wins that save McFail's job :toast

[Beaverfuzz]

The team that will give us problems should we match up is OKC.


Clippers, OKC (and Memphis), and Spurs present very significant challenges to the Blazers. Point blank.

[Findog]

No team with Dwight and Harden as their 'leaders' is ever going to win shit. Between the two of them, they care more about strippers, fathering children out of wedlock, how many field goal attempts they get per game and not shaving than they do championships.

[Killakobe81]

No team with Dwight and Harden as their 'leaders' is ever going to win shit. Between the two of them, they care more about strippers, fathering children out of wedlock, how many field goal attempts they get per game and not shaving than they do championships.

Damn, Fin cannot disagree but you went in.
I did say ROX would be a title team ...when ... Dwight is a #2 and Harden a #3 on offense.
When Harden was a #3, OKC went to the finals.

[Spur-Addict]

For some reason I just want to see LA murder Howard tonight, not going to lie.

[MI21]

Looking forward to seeing if LaMarcus can keep this shit up..

[ElNono]

good ole Joey reffing this one

[Spur-Addict]

Any surprise Joey Crawford is reffing this game? Nope.

[Stevie Johnson]

good ole Joey reffing this one
Making his presence known by giving foodstamps to Harden

[RD2191]

good ole Joey reffing this one

:lol

[Spur-Addict]

good ole Joey reffing this one

Exactly

[RD2191]

Jeff is annoying as fuck.

[ElNono]

Joey or not, watch Rip City getting pampered at home

[TheGoldStandard]

Whistle happy tonight

[Spur-Addict]

1TBd0tlld3U

[ElNono]

that was a cute 9-0 lead to start the game, Houston

[TheGoldStandard]

McFail looks like he hasn't slept in 2 days, lol.. Coming Soon to Houston, "The Firing"

[RD2191]

I can forsee the refs fucking us at least once in Portland.

[Venti Quattro]

I can forsee the refs fucking us at least once in Portland.

Or the Mavs, perhaps

[ElNono]

Or the Mavs, perhaps

:cry pls Venti

[TheGoldStandard]

I can forsee the refs fucking us at least once in Portland.

Luckily it'll be a preseason game.. I kid, I kid

[MI21]

Harden not looking to flash so far, again...

[Spur-Addict]

LA Back to posting and toasting

[TheGoldStandard]

Parsons with the Four step foul

[MI21]

:lol Harden defense on Williams just then

[ElNono]

ugh Mo Williams...

[Bynumite]

Watching Bin Harden not getting his usual regular season bullshit calls is a thing of beauty tbh.

[TheGoldStandard]

Someone should tell Mo Williams they're playing the Spurs.. He'd have 20 by now

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Harden defense on Williams just then
:lol Regular season player

[ElNono]

Someone should tell Mo Williams they're playing the Spurs.. He'd have 20 by now

He even choked against us in the playoffs when he was in Utah... playoffs are his kryptonite...

[MI21]

Watching Bin Harden not getting his usual regular season bullshit calls is a thing of beauty tbh.

Makes me so happy :cry

[RD2191]

Luckily it'll be a preseason game.. I kid, I kid

:lol

[TheGoldStandard]

James Harden is really Bill Murray

[DPG21920]

Patrick Beverley playing like he's Devin Harris or somethin'

[ElNono]

I actually checked on basketball-reference... Mo's numbers all drop during the playoffs... just amazing

[ElNono]

I don't know that McHale can play Lin on the road as much as he did in Houston

[Clipper Nation]

James Harden en fuego!






























http://i.imgur.com/n2scn1I.jpg

[ElNono]

there you go Mo... im rooting for you

[ElNono]

LMA cold as fuck

[DPG21920]

Shocker, Dwight playing LA results in more difficult shots. Dwight has to step up on that end.

[DPG21920]

Also shocking, HOU moves the ball and looks better.

[ElNono]

Rin coming through, tbh

[Clipper Nation]

The Scapegoat > Regular Season Harden

[RD2191]

LA gone missing tonight.

[Spur-Addict]

FLOP

[ElNono]

:lmao

[DPG21920]

Mo Killiams

[TheGoldStandard]

Mo Williams should get a look at Offensive Tackle.. he's moving people out there.

[MI21]

6 point swing from the Refs there, surprising given the usual treatment Portland get at home.

[Clipper Nation]

Harden's still shit, he's just getting all his flop calls tonight because Joey Crawford's reffing....

[HemisfairArena]

Keep shooting Aldridge,,,,maybe you end up 8 of 32 for 16 points.

[Clipper Nation]

Aldridge regressing to the mean as expected after blowing his load in the first two games....

[Splits]

Or the Mavs, perhaps

http://i.imgur.com/b3iTM2O.gif

[TheGoldStandard]

http://i.imgur.com/b3iTM2O.gif


That was the 2nd time she got a facial that day.

[Cry Havoc]

Blazers are for real.

[Spur-Addict]

Lillard :wow

[RD2191]

Gaw damn Lillard. Fukin sick.

[Splits]

:lol Rin defense

[Trainwreck2100]

:lol Houston giving up the old school 4 point play

[ElNono]

bukkake

[RD2191]

Danny Green better be ready. Tbh.

[Clipper Nation]

Lost in Harden getting exposed once and for all as a regular season gimmick is that Parsons has been garbage ever since he declared himself the best SF in the series :lol

[MI21]

Blazers going in...

[TheGoldStandard]

Danny Green better be ready. Tbh.

Or Shawn Marion

[313]

what'd lillard do?

[HemisfairArena]

Fuck Harden and Howard,,,,I got this,,,,

-Parsons

[313]

Or Shawn Marion
:lol

[Kyle Orton]

Lillard

[RD2191]

Or Shawn Marion

Son of a bitch :pctoss

[Nathan89]

This team is sick

[Otaku]

On fire

[Trainwreck2100]

That new spider man movie looks like ass

[Katherine Robinson]

The Rockets might actually be swept if this is how they return from losing two at home.

[RD2191]

Lets hope tlong doesn't jerk himself to death.

[Splits]

Or Shawn Marion

http://i.imgur.com/ZCBL2ga.gif

[Clipper Nation]

http://i.imgur.com/ZCBL2ga.gif
^ James Harden on offense

[TheGoldStandard]

Son of a bitch :pctoss

Stotts: "You know Dallas tried to switch on us and put Marion on Lillard when we were setting picks but it doesn't take a genius to figure out how to beat that.."

[Splits]

Lets hope tlong doesn't jerk himself to death.

http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/owubzgE.gif

[RD2191]

:lmao

[Kool Bob Love]

Splits :lmao

[Nathan89]

Two good offensive sequences for the rockets.

[Nathan89]

Unnecessary double by howard.

[Splits]

My man Bevs with the bads to close the half.

[Clipper Nation]

Regular Season Harden now 18-60 on the series so far :lol

[Venti Quattro]

Safe to say that LMA's astronomical 44.5 points per game average in this series will take a sharp nosedive tonight. He just has 4 points on 2/8 shooting.

[midnightpulp]

Regular Season Harden now 18-60 on the series so far :lol

And an 8.2 PER.

Harden has been historically bad.

[ElNono]

back to Softridge...

[midnightpulp]

LMA getting into a little groove.

[ElNono]

welp :lol

[midnightpulp]

Ugh, hate seeing Howard playing well.

[Killakobe81]

Lopez has a funny release on his hook shots

[ElNono]

rox knockin dem tres

[Killakobe81]

Hack a Howard will change that.

[TheGoldStandard]

Only a matter of time till the Rox bench loses the lead

[midnightpulp]

Elephant in the room question.

Are the Blazers really better than the Rockets or did they get lucky LMA played historically well while Harden played historically bad?

[midnightpulp]

Nice boxing out, Blazers. Making Dwert look like Wilt out there.

[ElNono]

I know McHale gets a lot of flak here, but he gotta get credit for the "lets hope LMA misses" adjustment

[midnightpulp]

Pop needs to watch how Stotts uses Batum.

[Venti Quattro]

Elephant in the room question.

Are the Blazers really better than the Rockets or did they get lucky LMA played historically well while Harden played historically bad?

It's not Portland's fault that Harden has been collapsing faster than Al-Qaeda terrorist cells around the world

[midnightpulp]

Howard showing off his passing skills.

[ElNono]

lol dwert

[ElNono]

funny too is that Stotts can always go back to hack a dwert

[Splits]

:lmao Dwert trying to pass outta the post

Edit: damn, my WatchESPN on a serious delay

[TheGoldStandard]

LOL Mo Williams kills the offense

[Splits]

3 pt deficit going into the 4th. As tlongII would say, non-issue.

Blazers got this.

[Gummi Clutch]

Nice to see coward fuck up, but damn the Blazers are getting away with mugging everytime in the post :lol

This shit is going to piss me off when they play us

[RD2191]

Not sure if I want Portland to sweep. Hmmm.

[Splits]

Nice to see coward fuck up, but damn the Blazers are getting away with mugging everytime in the post :lol

This shit is going to piss me off when they play us

Or the Mavs

[Gummi Clutch]

Mavs aren't beating us :lol

[ElNono]

get choke williams outta there

[RD2191]

Fawk

[Clipper Nation]

Mo Williams has no business on the court in a playoff gamePERIOD

[Trainwreck2100]

Fucking guests showing us that guest form

[Gummi Clutch]

Yea this homecooking that portland gets is ridiculous, but the Spurs aren't as mentally weak as the lockets.

[Gummi Clutch]

:wow: Harden

[ElNono]

hoping the Rox go up by 15, then Portland makes up the entire difference hacking Dwert... just for the lols, tbh

[RD2191]

hoping the Rox go up by 15, then Portland makes up the entire difference hacking Dwert... just for the lols, tbh

:lol

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Regular Season Harden is just a frontrunning faggot.... needs the rest of the team to play well AND Joey Crawford to get him going with flop calls for him to even show up....

[RD2191]

Tf refs

[LkrFan]

Where's the and-1?

[midnightpulp]

God I fuckin' hate Mo Williams.

[ElNono]

choke williams smh

[LkrFan]

WTF is Mo Williams doing? SMDH

[Clipper Nation]

Stotts is really retarded, he's lucky that his mancrush on Mo Williams doesn't have them down 0-3....

[Splits]

Whatever fucking beavereating fan is sitting next to the mics and whistling that horrible sound since the 2nd needs to be horse and quartered. Fucking bitchass

[ElNono]

Mo Williams is amazing, tbh... clutch, everything...been calling it

[LkrFan]

good shot Mo Williams!
Fixed. :lol

[blkroadrunners]

Can't even count how many 4-pt plays there have been in these playoffs so far..

[midnightpulp]

Mo sometimes giveth, but he will taketh the this game away. Mark my words.

[Splits]

Is Mo wearing a MethKC jersey?

[ElNono]

lmao "give it to whoever Harden is guarding"

[lefty]

:lmao

[RD2191]

How does my ass taste? Mo Williams to ElNono

[LkrFan]

Stotts is really retarded, he's lucky that his mancrush on Mo Williams doesn't have them down 0-3....
-6 Mo William points for this shit take :lol

[Gummi Clutch]

This reffing is pretty biased :lol

[ElNono]

Mo sometimes giveth, but he will taketh the this game away. Mark my words.

yep

[Splits]

How does my ass taste? Mo Williams to ElNono

http://weknowgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sheep-knocks-guy-into-pond.gif

[ElNono]

How does my ass taste? Mo Williams to ElNono

you have to adjust for Harden guarding him, tbqh, imo

[Clipper Nation]

-6 Mo William points for this shit take :lol


WTF is Mo Williams doing? SMDH

-6000 points for that backtrack, Hernando :lol

[ElNono]

damn Splits at the ready...

[spursparker9]

:lol Parsons got owned by Mo in that 4 points play.

Mo tripped Parsons and Parsons got the foul.

[ElNono]

come on LM... you foul Dwight there

[Splits]

damn Splits at the ready...

Been traveling lately, fucks up my game tbh

[RD2191]

Refs are garbage.

[LkrFan]

-6000 points for that backtrack, Hernando :lol
:lol

[313]

refs stepping in

[midnightpulp]

Hack-a-howard, Stotts. You dumbfuck

[RD2191]

you have to adjust for Harden guarding him, tbqh, imo

True:lol

[LkrFan]

Time to Hack-a-Coward

[Clipper Nation]

Why does the NBA think anyone likes Houston and wants to see that bitchmade team advance? Literally every single game, refs have given them foodstamp after foodstamp :lol

[RD2191]

Joey putting in work.

[ElNono]

Joey wants to be the hero... never ends well

[Venti Quattro]

Could you imagine how genius would Paul McCartney look like if the Rockets tie this series up in Rip City

[Spur-Addict]

Clear block on Harden. Terrible

[313]

refs stepping in

[ElNono]

what happened to batum?

[TheGoldStandard]

The consistency of the reffing is pretty sad.. touch fouls called but players getting mugged and whistles vanish.

[ElNono]

those Old Spice commercials are weirder than ducks

[HI-FI]

Could you imagine how genius would Paul McCartney look like if the Rockets tie this series up in Rip City
why did he say that? Sir Paul is a genius though tbh.

[ElNono]

Dwert gonna make both

[lefty]

Lol KD and Harden leading the food stamp stats

[Trainwreck2100]

Dwert gonna make both

Do you ever ever EVER get tired of being wrong

[LkrFan]

Lillard! :wow

[ElNono]

holy shit lollard

[lefty]

Damn

[ElNono]

Do you ever ever EVER get tired of being wrong

I do, but I can't stop

[Killakobe81]

Wow Lilard

[Katherine Robinson]

Despite TlongII, I find the Blazers entertaining - Lillard in particular.

[Clipper Nation]

Lillard! :wow

The anti-Kirby in the clutch :wow

[ElNono]

Dwert gonna make both.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

THAT WAS A WALK LOL

[Spurs 4 The Win]

3 steps tbh

[ElNono]

told ya

[Splits]

the Dwerthack is the appropriate decision at this point

[Killakobe81]

Dwight hitting em tonight

[Spurs 4 The Win]

LOL HARDEN

[ElNono]

I would still hack Dwert, tbh... law of averages and stops the clock

[Killakobe81]

Failure by Harden

[midnightpulp]

:lol Stotts went with hack-a-Howard at the wrong fuckin' time. Only down 2 there. Don't really need it.

[ElNono]

Dwert gonna make both..

[ElNono]

props to mental midget... anuses be getting tight now... this is when you expect him to suck

[Clipper Nation]

Stotts really is retarded, tbh....

[ElNono]

last possesion to hack dwight

[Spurs 4 The Win]

lol HAREN 12-30

[Spurs 4 The Win]

12-31 LOL

[LkrFan]

Zeke Lillard! :wow

[midnightpulp]

Lillard is amazing. Love this kid.

[testies]

portland is gonna win arent they....

[Splits]

You keep hacking Dwert while you can. Should have done it every trip since they were in the bonus at the 5 min mark

[Spur-Addict]

Should be an AND1 for Lillard there

[ElNono]

"Go at Harden... yeah, the guy with the beard" :lol

[lefty]

Lollard !

[TheGoldStandard]

That's a man's basket

[Killakobe81]

Should have been and 1

[Spurs 4 The Win]

GET OUT THE BROOMS FOLKS

[testies]

dat dude from oakland

[Katherine Robinson]

Lillard is going to be quite a player in the future if the Blazer curse doesn't take effect.

[DAF86]

What kind of offense are the Rockets playing? Not a even a single pick set. All one on one without even clearing the floor.

[LkrFan]

You keep hacking Dwert while you can. Should have done it every trip since they were in the bonus at the 5 min mark
Can't. It's less than 2-minutes left.

[ElNono]

Lillard is going to be quite a player in the future if the Blazer curse doesn't take effect.

yeah, he needs to jump shit before his knee shatters, tbh

[TheGoldStandard]

Lillard is going to be quite a player in the future if the Blazer curse doesn't take effect.

His knees looked a little shaky after that trip to the floor

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Harden
:lol Choking faggot

[Spurs9]

Damn Lillard is a beast

[da_suns_fan]

Houstons coming off as a team of prima donnas.

Snapping at each other. No help defense. One-on-one play etc.

Is McHale afraid to yell at his team?

[ElNono]

Can't. It's less than 2-minutes left.

they can still foul him if he has the ball though

[RD2191]

Parker having nightmares.

[Killakobe81]

Lillard is amazing. Love this kid.

I do too like a mature Westbrook minus the histrionics.

[ElNono]

I just get the feeling Mo Williams is gonna think he's the star and fuck it up...

[MeloHype]

yeah, he needs to jump shit before his knee shatters, tbh
He signed a long term deal with Adidas, he's fucked unless he goes to Phoenix

[LkrFan]

they can still foul him if he has the ball though
True, true