2018-19 Houston Rockets Thread of running it back (mainly)

[Nice Guy Eddie 13540]

And since Portland only has a 1 game lead (and not the tiebreaker) over Utah, Portland is fighting to retain home court in round 1.  

[HtownHorn 14916]

1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

And since Portland only has a 1 game lead (and not the tiebreaker) over Utah, Portland is fighting to retain home court in round 1.  

Utah has the tiebreaker over Portland based on division record so they are going to be playing for home court.

[Slacks 6916]

Danuel House is going to help this team win a ring. He just seems to make shit go right, and look like it's supposed to go right.

Does that make sense?

[Slacks 6916]

Danuel House is going to help this team win a ring. He just seems to make shit go right, and look like it's supposed to go right.

Does that make sense?

[BigOrange1 6538]

eric gordon being on fire from 3 is a nice development that needs to carry in to the playoffs.

[BigOrange1 6538]

hahahaha harden

[Slacks 6916]

I didn't do that.

[billfromlaketravis 11601]

They're playing their best basketball at the right time of the year. We couldn't ask for more. 

God WIlling, there will be another parade in Downtown Houston. 

[ChickenSandwich 9856]

Does Utah have any reason to play?  Denver clearly trying to help Portland get the 3. 

[ChickenSandwich 9856]

25 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

They're playing their best basketball at the right time of the year. We couldn't ask for more. 

God WIlling, there will be another parade in Downtown Houston. 

Stay fucking healthy and avoid GS until the WCF. That’s what I’m hoping for. 

[Dutchrudder 11159]

Stay fucking healthy and avoid GS until the WCF. That’s what I’m hoping for. 

Roger Roger.

[billfromlaketravis 11601]

1 minute ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Stay fucking healthy and avoid GS until the WCF. That’s what I’m hoping for. 

Gotta get the 3 seed to make that happen. The Blazers currently have the 29 losses, the Rockets have 28. Need to beat the Thunder on Tuesday to clinch. 

[BigOrange1 6538]

well hell, denver up 6 on portland with 4:30 to go.

[UDontKnow 10502]

14 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

well hell, denver up 6 on portland with 4:30 to go.

Felt like they started to throw the game with 4-5 minutes left, otherwise they were up 7.

[BigOrange1 6538]

portland now up 6 with just over a minute to go.

[BigOrange1 6538]

portland wins!

[UDontKnow 10502]

Must win on Tuesday at OKC to keep #3 seed.

[George Clooney 378]

Hopefully we can get the 2 seed. A win on Tuesday and a Denver loss against either Utah or Minnesota would seal it.

[UDontKnow 10502]

10 minutes ago, George Clooney said:

Hopefully we can get the 2 seed. A win on Tuesday and a Denver loss against either Utah or Minnesota would seal it.

Utah doesn't have much to play for because they are pigeon holed into #5 seed. Maybe they decide to sit their top players against the T-Wolves.

[George Clooney 378]

2 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

Utah doesn't have much to play for because they are pigeon holed into #5 seed. Maybe they decide to sit their top players against the T-Wolves.

Utah could still drop to 6. They're about to lose to the Lakers and then have a home game against Denver followed by a road game against the Clippers. If they lose out and OKC wins out, then the Thunder would move up to 5 since they won the series against the Jazz. 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13540]

Harden only 21 points shy of 2800 for the season.  Only chamberlain, Jordan, Kareem, Kobe and mcadoo ever scored more.  And harden will end up missing 4 games for the season. 

Another crazy stat is how much he shot up the all time scoring charts: https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/pts_career.html

[UDontKnow 10502]

 

[goatsaag 279]

21 hours ago, UDontKnow said:

Utah doesn't have much to play for because they are pigeon holed into #5 seed. Maybe they decide to sit their top players against the T-Wolves.

The Jazz probably don't want the Rockets to fall to the 4 seed either. They definitely would rather play Portland than Houston in the first round.

[HtownHorn 14916]

On 4/7/2019 at 10:43 PM, UDontKnow said:

Utah doesn't have much to play for because they are pigeon holed into #5 seed. Maybe they decide to sit their top players against the T-Wolves.

The Jazz can still claim the 4th seed. They are 2 back of Portland, both have 2 games remaining. Utah owns the tie breaker due to better division record. It's not likely because Portland is playing the Lakers and Sacramento, but anything is possible.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13540]

Odd that D’Antoni has been at the hospital for 3 days for an intestinal virus.  

[BigOrange1 6538]

jazz and nuggets about to tip off.

[BigOrange1 6538]

oh good, kevin harlan is doing this game.  i was worried it was gonna be more of the players only bullshit.

[UDontKnow 10502]

Pretty physical, almost old school NBA style game with the Thunder. Harden is carrying the team on his back. No complaints at halftime.

[Zavala 1384]

Jeez. There isnt a player less likeable than Westbrook. They cry and bitch to the refs worse than the Warriors or 2005 Spurs

[Zavala 1384]

Halftime show talking about the Thunder being a dangerous team defensively. 

After giving up 60 points at half, Rockets shooting 46% from the field... they are defending James as tight as possible, hes not getting calls, and still hes got 26 points..

[UDontKnow 10502]

1 minute ago, Zavala said:

Halftime show talking about the Thunder being a dangerous team defensively. 

After giving up 60 points at half, Rockets shooting 46% from the field... they are defending James as tight as possible, hes not getting calls, and still hes got 26 points..

It's Candace Parker. Her takes have been utterly terrible all season.

[UDontKnow 10502]

91-86, Jazz over Nuggets after 3. Don't disappoint me Utah.

[BigOrange1 6538]

jazz up 5 on denver after 3.

[BigOrange1 6538]

fuck westbrook

[CurlyDumps 4538]

Sidebar: the TNT Roku app is fucking garbage.

[UDontKnow 10502]

It appears Jokic fouled out for the Nuggets.  Jazz up 16 with 3 minutes to go. This is gruntling news for Rockets fans.

[BigOrange1 6538]

jazz up 16 with 3 minutes to play...

[Zavala 1384]

GREEN LIGHT

Man I feel bad for Adams for having his career ruined by playing with Chuckbrook.

Seems like a good dude, just trucked Nene and then helped em up lol

[GHOSTUSER 361]

Nice game for GG tonight 

[BigOrange1 6538]

lol i love it when gerald green is on fire.

[GHOSTUSER 361]

1 minute ago, BigOrange1 said:

lol i love it when gerald green is on fire.

Me too. I love we have both him and House playing for their hometown team. Repping Htown

Edited April 10, 2019 by Iconoclast Texan

[Zavala 1384]

He even throws up the hook em

[BigOrange1 6538]

alright, just don't blow a 13 point lead in the 4th quarter and the 2 seed is ours.

[UDontKnow 10502]

I like that Bzdelik calls timeout quickly. I hope he does the same in the 4th quarter if the Thunder start making a run. Put Harden back in if they have to.

[UDontKnow 10502]

It's official - the Nuggets lose. #2 seed is there for the Rockets taking.

[perfectchaos007 6713]

Just now, UDontKnow said:

It's official - the Nuggets lose. #2 seed is there for the Rockets taking.

Wonder if D'Antoni tells the guys at the next time out

[UDontKnow 10502]

Just now, perfectchaos007 said:

Wonder if D'Antoni tells the guys at the next time out

I mean unless he makes a phone call to OKC. He's back in Houston, just discharged from the hospital.

[perfectchaos007 6713]

1 minute ago, UDontKnow said:

I mean unless he makes a phone call to OKC. He's back in Houston, just discharged from the hospital.

Oh. Well the assistant coach then

[GHOSTUSER 361]

George with the push off that doesn’t get called and goes to line for an and 1

[UDontKnow 10502]

Harden back in. Good job Bzdelik!