NBA: 2nd Round Matchup: Rockets vs. Lakers

[Spurtacular]

Tough to defend Russ this series.
Love his fight ...and
he played relatively well in game three ...
But he does so many things wrong at times ...Except for his intensity and drive I cant tell my sons watch this guy THAT is how you are SUPPOSED to play the PG position.

But hey my sons are decent athletes not like they can do what he does well anyways ...

Harden being butthurt and trading away CP3 has came back against him, tbh.

[swrowe78]

As almost everyone predicted, Lakers vs Clippers WCF. Expected Rockets to put up more of a fight though.

[LkrFan]

Rook with his first playoff minutes. Gonna be a good role player. 19 years old.

[LkrFan]

Shaq: "run em off that gun line boss!"

[TDfan2007]

Well...this got embarrassing real quick. That look in Harden's eyes, and his pathetic drives/step-backs... it's kinda sad.

[Killakobe81]

Rook with his first playoff minutes. Gonna be a good role player. 19 years old.

Like that he wasn't shook ...
Forced a couple shots
But I think he can be a solid role player next season



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[LkrFan]

rOcKets hAve tHe beST D iN ThE bUBbLE

[Spurtacular]

Rook with his first playoff minutes. Gonna be a good role player. 19 years old.

Another blue chip!

Make sure he's untouchable when someone tries to trade Kawhi for him!

[LkrFan]

Like that he wasn't shook ...
Forced a couple shots
But I think he can be a solid role player next season



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Oh yeah. Then to see Bron genuinely cheering him on has to be a great feeling for the rook. He probably has a Bron poster in his room

[Spurtacular]

That was a tough lob fo Tom Rivers Jr. to handle.

[Bynumite]

Harden already in strip club mode.

[Spurtacular]

ing Tom Rivers Jr

[Robz4000]

it never fails with Harden

[Spurtacular]

Wow. The "foul" came after the called double dribble and travel.

GOAT my ass.

[Kawhitstorm]

Pretending this team isn't loaded. Outside of the '17-'18 Warriors, it's the best on paper team in a half decade easily.

‘17-‘18 Duds?

Let’s just look at last season:

-Raptors + Bucks with Brogdon/Mirotic were just as deep & more complete
-Duds/Sixers lacked depth but they were loaded with top end talent which is what matters most in the postseason

If you look at this season, the Heat are also a more complete team with the resurgence of Dragic/Crowder & the Celtics with Hayward have more top end talent. The Clippers are at best the ‘15-‘16 Duds sans Draymond.

Lets’s not forget how the Celtics with Kyrie were supposed to be the second coming of the Duds “on paper”

Assisted, maybe, but you can stop acting like he's being spoon fed. Anyone can throw some entry pass, have him score and record an assist, but he's still creating his own shot.

Davis literally gets more lobs, PnP jumpers & transition buckets via leak-outs than any elite player in the league. The only time Kawhi gets easy buckets is on occasional spot-ups or pick 6s. Let’s not act like guarding Tucker/Gabriel is comparable to Luka/Murray while being single covered by those midgets the majority of the game.

So now he's to be commended for supposedly "coasting". The Clippers have one of the better defenses in the league, with a ceiling of best in the league when their give a level ticks up.

Work smarter, not harder. If he can led the team to a 10 point win as opposed to a 25 point blowout, what’s the difference?

[Robz4000]

if the Lakers choke this...

[LkrFan]

Harden shot 2-11 and STILL had 21 points. I hate today's NBA

[gambit1990]

lakers should smash the rockets tbh.

i'm not sure why anyone thought the rockets would win this series. the thunder would've put up a better fight.

[Killakobe81]

This was expected, as AlexJones and I have been saying all year. Rockets are a better team than the Lakers. The OKC series was extremely fluky, Houston was the better team throughout, it was mostly bad luck.

Lakers can't keep up with Houston's shooting, Davis isn't good or mentally tough enough to take advantage of the lack of size and Harden is clearly the best player in this series.



LA's only chance is if this goes 7 since Houston will find a way to choke. It won't get that far, though. It's better for Lakers fans to lose right now IMO, getting swept by the Clippers would be much more embarrassing.

How is a team starting Danny Green at 33 years old? Giving Rajon Rondo minutes in 2020? Starting KCP?

Hahahaha
Sooooooo
Much fail ...
In one post


Harlem with the Charles Barkley level bads

[R. DeMurre]

For a guy who's unstoppable, Harden sure does get stopped a lot.

[RD2191]

The Rockets are such a ing joke. When are people going to stop talking about them as if they're a championship team? They're ing garbage, they will always be garbage. I hope the Lakers backdoor them and finish them off once and for all. I hope Harden snaps his ing leg so this team will just go away for good.

I said.

[TDfan2007]

Harden shot 2-11 and STILL had 21 points. I hate today's NBA

Most of his fouls on drives were incredible weak calls with the defender in position, but some of those fouls, especially in the fourth, were just mind-numbingly stupid by the Lakers

[Robz4000]

Yeah I'm not sure how anyone can take a team led by James Harden seriously in 2020.

[Killakobe81]

Harden shot 2-11 and STILL had 21 points. I hate today's NBA

they shot more FT's
Hit more 3s
And still lost ...

I can't believe Kenny Smith Harlem and Alex Jones really thought we would lose this series.

[Killakobe81]

Most of his fouls on drives were incredible weak calls with the defender in position, but some of those fouls, especially in the fourth, were just mind-numbingly stupid by the Lakers

Agreed on both especially one by Rondo.