2017-18 Rockets Thread

[Viper 12108]

he's a non-registered troll, just ignore him.

[Dutchrudder 11137]

Kerr was playing KD, Green and Klay last night against Utah. Meaningless game for them, unless they care about Utah's seeding. Is he also a regard?

[Thiefery 4995]

47 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

Kerr was playing KD, Green and Klay last night against Utah. Meaningless game for them, unless they care about Utah's seeding. Is he also a regard?

YES

[Mack Tripper 696]

Woj reporting Luc could be back in second round.

[HoustonFrog 368]

Yep... just 1st round. You could still sit him 2nd round. Huge

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[Chuckie Finster 22694]

41 minutes ago, Mack Tripper said:

Woj reporting Luc could be back in second round.

Kind of... he just said "likely to miss the first round."  That doesn't necessarily say that's all he will miss.  Although it is certainly better than an "out for the year" announcement.

Edited April 11, 2018 by Chuckie Finster

[perfectchaos007 6634]

Zhou Qi needs to be our starting Center tonight. Let Iso Joe Johnson run the offense. 

NO INJURIES TO KEY PLAYERS

[Rockethorn1978 6077]

Another reason the starters are playing and might even play tonight is how many days off they have until the playoffs start. Rockets might not even play until Sunday so 3 full days is plenty for the body to recover. I hope they all sit out tonight but they will probably go a few minutes each.

[maninblack 7974]

Don't care

[BigOrange1 6436]

there is no reason at all for harden, paul or capela to play tonight.  and if gordon, tucker and/or ariza play, their minutes need to be extremely limited.  

[BigOrange1 6436]

rooting for the spurs and thunder tonight to assure that the pelicans are the 8 seed.

i'm not terribly concerned about the first round matchup, but to me, new orleans is easily the weakest of the western conference playoff teams.

[BigOrange1 6436]

looking like it's gonna be the t-wolves.

[BigOrange1 6436]

this is good:

 

[maninblack 7974]

If that Spurs game stays the same then I'm going to start rooting for the Tcubs

[maninblack 7974]

this is good:
 

Thank Christ

[Mack Tripper 696]

Iso Joe gonna play 48 minutes and be out for the playoffs.

[UDontKnow 10444]

43 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

this is good:

 

Next to Nene, it should just say "old."

[Chapo 104]

So MIN or SA, take your pick

[maninblack 7974]

Kinda want the Spurs

[Chapo 104]

Yes, but LMA is the world's best player against the Rockets

[The Tower 362]

 

[perfectchaos007 6634]

T. Black

P. Tucker

J. Johnson

G. Green

R.J. Hunter

 

 

I like our starting lineup

[TonyTexas 10510]

We’ve owned Minnesota this year. 4-0 with a 15.75 average margin of victory.

 

[jibbajabba 2]

Rockets-Wolves
Warriors-Spurs. 
Jazz-Thunder (either 3-6 or 4-5)
Blazers-Pelicans (either 3-6 or 4-5)

The West is locked.

[UDontKnow 10444]

5 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

T. Black

P. Tucker

J. Johnson

G. Green

R.J. Hunter

 

 

I like our starting lineup

No you don't.

3 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

We’ve owned Minnesota this year. 4-0 with a 15.75 average margin of victory.

 

That last game was too close for comfort. I think the Rockets win in a gentleman's sweep.

[maninblack 7974]

Rockets-Wolves
Warriors-Spurs. 
Jazz-Thunder (either 3-6 or 4-5)
Blazers-Pelicans (either 3-6 or 4-5)
The West is locked.

The west isn't locked until the end of the Jazz/Blazers game

[UDontKnow 10444]

Good to see Joe Johnson is still shitty.

[perfectchaos007 6634]

Just now, UDontKnow said:

Good to see Joe Johnson is still shitty.

He's just not in good enough shape to be on a run and gun team like the Rockets.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Dunno how we beat Houston. a barrage of 3 pt shooters, 2 of the best facilitators, and a guy who makes a living on making 7-10 bunnies a game.

 

Wiggins has really stepped up his defensive game...maybe put him on Harden, Butler and Teague switch on CP3, put Taj on Clint and let KAT rover and make PJ, Ryno(gulp), Nene etc?

 

your offense is impossible to defend, just hope for a cold nights.

[UDontKnow 10444]

If BigOrange1 is around, maybe he can weigh in on who should we be rooting for to win the Blazers-Jazz matchup.

[BigOrange1 6436]

i'm of the opinion that blazers/pelicans is an easier 4/5 matchup than jazz/thunder, but i'm not really worried about any of them.

[Mack Tripper 696]

I would rather have the Jazz-Thunder as 3-6 on the GSW side so I’m rooting for the first time in my life for Utah Jizz.

 

[BigOrange1 6436]

i do think thunder/jazz will be a war though so the winner of that could be coming off a 7 game slugfest.  

[UDontKnow 10444]

3 minutes ago, Mack Tripper said:

I would rather have the Jazz-Thunder as 3-6 on the GSW side so I’m rooting for the first time in my life for Utah Jizz.

 

If you have Blazers as #3, they have the likelihood of giving the Warriors more fits in the second round (of course assuming they make it there).

[TonyTexas 10510]

That last game was too close for comfort. I think the Rockets win in a gentleman's sweep.

Yeah, it was a 9 point squeaker.

[UDontKnow 10444]

3 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Yeah, it was a 9 point squeaker.

I was referring to how the Rockets scored 77 points in the first half, led by as many as 24 and then well into the 4th quarter the Wolves cut it to 115-110, Gerald Green went H-Town on Gorgui Deng, and then Harden guided the team to victory. 

But it's the playoffs, so I'm hoping D'Antoni will make the necessary adjustments to not let a huge lead disappear.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

f it. put wiggins on cp3, jimmy on harden, let ariza on teague beat you with help from kat. 

[UDontKnow 10444]

1 minute ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

f it. put wiggins on cp3, jimmy on harden, let ariza on teague beat you with help from kat. 

[HoustonFrog 368]

Dont love getting Minn with Butler and OKC

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[maninblack 7974]

i do think thunder/jazz will be a war though so the winner of that could be coming off a 7 game slugfest.  

Am I missing something? Portland is about to take the 3 seed

[maninblack 7974]

Nvmd I just as the tiebreakers. Got damn that's insane

[UDontKnow 10444]

Not trying to look beyond the Timberwolves, but this is what lies ahead.

[maninblack 7974]

Don't see a loss in there

[BigOrange1 6436]

 

[Slacks 6819]

I think we give them 1 in MIN

[HtownHorn 14677]

2 fucking weeks to play 7 games. Geeze that's fucking stupid, and most of those games will end after 11PM.

Edited April 12, 2018 by HtownHorn

[Dutchrudder 11137]

Well, the Twolves won't be much trouble. Will be interested to see what happens in that OKC/Utah series. Not really scared of either OKC or Utah, but I would prefer Utah as I think it will be an easier series. Plus there's no way Harden stays out all night at strip clubs in Salt Lake City. 

Edited April 12, 2018 by Dutchrudder

[Mack Tripper 696]

https://www.gq.com/story/james-harden-houston-rockets-mvp-not-playing-around

[ChickenSandwich 9832]

2 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

2 fucking weeks to play 7 games. Geeze that's fucking stupid, and most of those games will end after 11PM.

that's why "rest" is kind of bullshit...just don't get injured

[UDontKnow 10444]

3 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

Well, the Twolves won't be much trouble. Will be interested to see what happens in that OKC/Utah series. Not really scared of either OKC or Utah, but I would prefer Utah as I think it will be an easier series. Plus there's no way Harden stays out all night at strip clubs in Salt Lake City. 

Don't jinx it brah. It's the playoffs, gotta take every game seriously even if it is the T-Wolves.