2017-18 Rockets Thread

[BigOrange1 6441]

and the clippers win to hold on to their hopes of the 8 seed.  

i don't think it really matters much who finishes #8, but i'm rooting for them anyway.

[jTower 227]

magic number is 1?

[BigOrange1 6441]

1 over the warriors for #1 in the west (should happen when they beat the suns on friday).

2 over the raptors for #1 in the nba.

[Mack Tripper 696]

The most interesting thing at this point is who finishes at 7 to face GS.

[Dutchrudder 11139]

Yup. Would love to play the Clippers or Twolves. Either one of them should be an easy sweep or gentleman's sweep. CP3 getting back at LAC would be fun to watch. 

[Dutchrudder 11139]

Some dissection of how the Rockets are attacking the modern Pick N Roll defenses. Pretty cool to see, as this is one of the most effective offense styles in the league, but the Rockets have a few extra tricks in their bag.  

 

[HtownHorn 14685]

6 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

Some dissection of how the Rockets are attacking the modern Pick N Roll defenses. Pretty cool to see, as this is one of the most effective offense styles in the league, but the Rockets have a few extra tricks in their bag.  

 

It seems so easy, but these players really have to understand angles in this offense.

[The Tower 362]

20 hours ago, jTower said:

magic number is 1?

why yes.  yes it is.  

[Southernthunder 38]

Thought I just saw we clinched the 1 seed with a Golden State losss tonight. 

[BigOrange1 6441]

that hasn't happened yet.

[Southernthunder 38]

Right, but if GS loses we clinch the one seed? 

[TonyTexas 10515]

Right, but if GS loses we clinch the one seed? 

Yes. We’d be up 7 with 7 to play. We have the tiebreaker.

[HtownHorn 14685]

GS down 9 at HT. 

[Dutchrudder 11139]

GS down 18 end of 3rd. Looks like we get the #1 seed by default!

[Mack Tripper 696]

GS down 20 going into 4th.

[Planet Houston 4930]

Giggity giggity.

[The Tower 362]

 

 

[BigOrange1 6441]

man i'd rest everyone tomorrow.  harden, paul, gordon, tucker, ariza, mbah a moute, anderson, nene and capela.  

i realize that's not entirely feasible, but i'd really prefer that harden, paul, ariza and capela take the night off.

 

 

Edited March 30, 2018 by BigOrange1

[Mack Tripper 696]

Gerald Green and Zhou Qi should starts.

[BigOrange1 6441]

yes!  lots of rj hunter and markel brown (is he still with the team??) too.

[HtownHorn 14685]

3 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

yes!  lots of rj hunter and markel brown (is he still with the team??) too.

Still on a two way contract so yes.

[TexArcher 37796]

I'm getting so fucking excited.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Now the rest of us play to avoid the 8th seed

[Dutchrudder 11139]

Rockets lock up the #1 seed in the West!  This will never get old:

 

Edited March 30, 2018 by Dutchrudder

[BigOrange1 6441]

hahaha, well done on bringing that dumbass take over here to live on.

[Guest Los Pendejos Chupa La Verg]

Still need to beat PHX & the Pendejos to lock out Canadia for the #1 overall seed.

[Bort 9]

Getting the 1 seed over this historically great GSW team is a remarkable achievement. Will only be remembered if we beat them over 7 games though. 

[maninblack 7974]

Between 5280, nwtut and the lmaoldridge guy we've some world class stupid takes

[maninblack 7974]

Getting the 1 seed over this historically great GSW team is a remarkable achievement. Will only be remembered if we beat them over 7 games though. 

They have to make the WCF first

[Bort 9]

59 minutes ago, maninblack said:

They have to make the WCF first

Of course, but if they can't do that then they'll rightfully be ridiculed. 

[Fletchers Corny Slayer 0]

21 minutes ago, Bort said:

Of course, but if they can't do that then they'll rightfully be ridiculed. 

Let’s not get too cocky so do we

[Nice Guy Eddie 13515]

Anticlimactic to clinch the west #1 on an off day but i will take it.  What is the magic number over Toronto for best overall?  1?     

[Mack Tripper 696]

Magic number vs Toronto is 2. Assuming we win tonight, we could clinch tomorrow if Toronto loses in Boston.

 

[Mack Tripper 696]

Wow Five Thirty Eight has the Rockets at a 65% chance to win the title.

[UDontKnow 10446]

8 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

Rockets lock up the #1 seed in the West!  This will never get old:

 

Is 5280 the MrHelobious of basketball?

 

And on another note, the win streak to get up to 11 today courtesy of the hapless Suns. The Rockets still have Finals home court advantage (yes, I know that they need to get there first) to play for. So I think there won't be wholesale changes to the starting lineup (as there shouldn't be).

[Chapo 104]

I would love to see Zhou Qi get a full game in one or two games here

[Dutchrudder 11139]

It would do wonders for the China market and ratings.

[henrygandorf 29191]

another couple wins and this list gets real interesting.

http://www.landofbasketball.com/statistics/best_seasons.htm

[HtownHorn 14685]

I think the team wants to finish 68-14, I really think the vets hate losing more than not playing in meaningless games.

[UDontKnow 10446]

28 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

I think the team wants to finish 68-14, I really think the vets hate losing more than not playing in meaningless games.

I think us Surly people also want the team to finish 68-14 too. Looking back, it could have been 70+ games. Oh well - but it don't mean a thing without the ring. 

[Chapo 104]

15 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

I think us Surly people also want the team to finish 68-14 too. Looking back, it could have been 70+ games. Oh well - but it don't mean a thing without the ring. 

Really torn about this, would be a great mark but you dont put banners up for this.

[TonyTexas 10515]

I would love to see Zhou Qi get a full game in one or two games here

They sent Zhou to the G League on Wednesday

[Chapo 104]

3 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

They sent Zhou to the G League on Wednesday

They should send Anderson to the G league

[BigOrange1 6441]

34 minutes ago, Chapo said:

Really torn about this, would be a great mark but you dont put banners up for this.

i don't see a lot of difference in 65 and 68 wins.  i'd rather give the guys who need it some time off.

[UDontKnow 10446]

 

[TonyTexas 10515]

udontknow and chaos get their wish. Green starting tonight. Too bad they might not be able to bask in the glory that is GG unless they get the ATTSW alternate channel. Astros take precedence

[UDontKnow 10446]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Quarterman

[Wild Bill 324]

Never thought CP3 was going to work out this well.  My bad.

[Guest Los Pendejos Chupa La Verg]

¡Maricon putos!

[Dog Zazz 23]

Bill Worrell  “Rockets try for the last shot” when there’s 6 more seconds on the game clock than the shot clock. Always driven me nuts.