Predictions from 2013 that became more than true!

Mavs @ Rockets Game Five (series over)

All things considered, Dallas couldn't handle Dwight Howard in Game Five:

Howard: 18 points, 19 rebounds, 4 blocks, 4 stills, 4 turnovers

Chandler: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 1 turnover

The Rockets missed free throws and turnovers kept the game close as it was.

Rockets defense was much improved over previous games holding Dallas to 18-48 FG = 37.5% shooting. Mavs were 1-13 behind the arc = 7.7% shooting.

Hard to believe Rockets had halftime lead (56-50) despite 15 turnovers and 17 unintentional fouls.

Oh the difference between Games 4 and 5:

Game 4: Mavericks out rebound Houston 52-38, had 20-4 advantage in 2nd chance points.

Game 5: Houston 16-9 rebounds and 10-0 2nd chance points.

Gave 5 was only game where turnovers were truly a problem for the Rockets.

Rick Carlisle: "They're legit. They have a great chance at the whole thing."

According to one Dallas media member: "The Mavericks were just beaten in five games by a one dimensional team." Referencing the Mark Cuban interview with Grantland before the series started.

Guess Mavericks fans will wait to wear theses shirts next post-season:


Rockets moving on for the second time in 18 years:

The Bucks bounce back from 0-3 to force a Game 6 at home tonight:

^^^what a joke of a Game 6 that was!


From this angle, Paul's shot looks that much more impressive......best First Round Game 7 that I can remember.



Yesterday Vince Carter and and the Memphis Grizz played Game One against Steph Curry and the Warriors. Just how old is Vince Carter......he was once teammates with Stephen's dad, Dell Curry:


With the San Antonio Spurs being eliminated Saturday night, for the first time in 25 years, this years NBA Final's will take place without one of these seven players taking part:

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Clipper's @ Rockets Game One (Chris Paul DNP)

I wound't call the Rocket's performance rusty, but they did play like the first day at work after being on vacation for a week = too many turnovers!

The Clippers tied a NBA Playoff record for three-pointers in a half, hitting 11 of 16 in the 2nd half (2011 Mavericks were the other team)

I only got to watch the first half, the 2nd half was enjoyed via AM radio due to being at work. What I saw in the first half, the game was basically Howard, Harden, Ariza vs. Griffin and Jordan.

Last but not least......the Houston Rockets have never won a title in a post season where they didn't lose game one of the semis!

02) Robert Horry
01) Derek Fisher

I'm guessing the easy answer is, they played more games???

When you factor Jabar played in a era where the first round was only five games, and the possibility that the Lakers may have swept more series where the other guys may have played more Game 6 & 7's.....?

It was a graphic / topic during the ABC Sunday broadcast of Clipper's at Spurs, it's not a statistic I researched.

Thats right, i forget to factor in the switch from 3 to 4 wins in the early rounds in the 2000s.. makes sense.. Fish surprises me at the top actually. Speaking of surprises, i thought clipperscould beat rockets but with a day rest,no CP3, and by such an ass beating?

Clippers in 6 if CP3 can play by Game3

Clippers @ Rockets Game Two (Chris Paul DNP)

The Rockets had ten first half turnovers which the Clippers converted into 13 points. In the 2nd Half, the Rockets only had four turnovers which the Clippers converted into 2 points = HUGE difference!

James Harden's 15-15 free throws is the most makes without a miss in Rocket's playoff history.

Just the 6th time in NBA playoff history where a team had 60 or more free throw attempts......Houston was 42-64.

Arian Foster was the first to greet James Harden after his 32 point performance!


Kevin McHale moving Dwight Howard to guard Blake Griffin in the 2nd half was key to the Rocket's comeback......

Attention Rockets, y'all spotted a CP3 minus Clippers over ten points in the fourth quarter?? Only won because Clippers descended into the depths of Jamal Crawford Iso Ninth Circle of Hell?? Got BAILED out by the refs to set a franchise record for freethrow attempts??

Clippers in Six, sorry my Rockets fans homies, but this team just plays with a "meh" attitude, when Clippers were up in the 4th quarter the body language of Rockets was like Manny during the 8th round break in the MayPac fiasco..

#ShaqtinAFall

Right now, every 2nd Round Series is tied 1-1......history shows how big-if the team with overall home court goes up 2-1, they have advanced 86% of the time!

first quarter of cavs bulls was a riot. i met bob mcadoo today and that was pretty cool. and, http://bleacherreport.com/tb/dgAXN?u...ign=miami-heat

sorry for the touch n go of a post, but i'm too lazy to articulate today

Congrats on meeting, Bob Mcadoo......how did you do so?

hahaha. and it was at the ncaa tennis div i championship, first round... his daughter plays for GA tech and my dad works SID for a school here in fla, and he was sitting next to the press box. so i talked to him about scouting for the heat. he was super nice

i can't lie, that buzzer beater was pretty sexy

^^^damn sexy!

Today is the first time under 16-team playoff format (since 1984) that the lower seed leads all 4 Conference Semifinals series through 3 games.

Rockets @ Clippers Game Three

The return of Chris Paul didn't have much to do with the Rockets crapping the bed on Friday night......what a joke if a performance that was!

Rockets allowed >52% FG only 4 times in regular season. Clippers shooting 57%, if that holds, it'd be 3rd time in 8 playoff games allowing >52%.

Rockets Brewer & Smith combined for 34 ppg on 55% FG vs Mavs......but against Clips thru 3 games: 17.3 ppg on 33% FG.

Smith will step it up tonight!

Ahem..

Quote:
Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
Rockets have a defensive rating of 119.. if they want a championship gonna have to lock it down.

I was able to watch the second half of Cavs - Bulls yesterday. What a louzy game that was! Both teams couldn't make a single shot. I really wonder how some of them could get a millions $$ salary if they always play like that.
The Clippers game was too late for me though :-(

Rockets suck.

Tunic they don't always play like that, it was two exhausted, injury depleted teams playing too early. Day time games are hit or miss like that, some teams are warmed up some not.

Dat Buzzer beater though?

I tried to warn yall but yall were too caught up in the FlopVP campaign.

Dat Defense?

"The Clippers became the first team to win consecutive playoff games in a series by at least 25 points since the 2001 Los Angeles Lakers did against the San Antonio Spurs. "

When Clippers look like ShaKobe Lakers defense officially non existent. I mean, that was one of the single greatest teams EVER especially for doing that to a spurs team that became a comparable sort of dynasty.

I actually feel bad for rockets..

....no i don't

Rockets @ Clippers Game Four



The Rockets were epically defeated......TWICE!

Harden's stats look OK but he has come up big in 1 of 16 quarters in this series. Dwight Howard is 29 and gifted as he is, still sadly immature on court too often. Has anyone seen Josh Smith......it would be a serious upgrade to call him lousy this series!

The Rockets suffer from what Phil Jackson was tweeting about, teams that realy on 3 pt shooting and free throws do not win championships.

Even a team like the 94 Rockets, who shot more 3's than anyone, relied on the post game of Dream to exhaust the defenders and make space for 3's.

That game was the fucking most boring b-ball game I ever saw. and B-Ball is frankly mostly boring already...

We been trying to warn yall about that Morey Ball all season.. at least warriors can muster up some post up and on the block game sometimes.. meanwhile Rockets and Hawks getting exposed. The playoffs expose a team's fundamental weaknesses.. last year Heat's biggest weakness was their guards Wade/Chalmers/Cole who simply ran out of gas and were shooting like NBA 2k players in all red..
The year before that Heat exposed Spurs weakness, they cant hang against more athletic teams..
This year rockets over dependence on freethrows and generally soft defense got exposed. We will see about Warriors tonight.

Cavs exposed that Bulls offense usually sucks but more particularly how their d has slipped since previous seasons. Bulls exposed Blatt's shit coaching as their d pressured Cavs into boring isolation play which proved inefficient because of fatigue.

Clippers @ Rockets Game Five

The Houston Rockets NEVER lost three games in a row during the regular season......last nights victory kept this from happening in the post season.

CP3 & Griffin combined for 21-37 FG (57%), 52 points. Rest of Clips: 17-54 FG (31%), 51 points. Clippers were 9-35 on 3's in Game 5, the most they've missed in a game all season.....Rockets led by at least 12 points the entire second half.

Big Props to McHale for inserting Josh Smith into the starting lineup and putting him on Griffin. Not sure if it will work tomorrow night, I was just happy to see McHale shake something up.

James Harden wasn't feeling well all day, had IV in the afternoon, played a great game and had his first ever postseason triple double: 26 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists.

Rockets live to fight another day:

Not that it has any baring on the proceedings......in their Game Five victory, the Houston Rockets are the first team in NBA Post Season history to lose consecutive games by twenty or more points and then win a game by twenty or more points.



When facing elimination, the Rockets have never won a Game 6 on the road.

The Clippers have never reached the Conference Finals.

Sorry Bytor, Clippers got this in their pocket. Rockets need (a) a REAL coach with a real system and (b) a bit more depth.

However I would not be surprised to see Houston make the Conference Finals next season, really this year they could have but Clippers decided to weirdly show up.

Honestly, watching all the games, the Clippers appear to be the "team of destiny." in this series. More power to them. The Rockets are playing great ball, but not enough to beat the clippers in 7

Wow.. propz to Rockets, looked like they were folding up like laundry day.. then go on 33-10 run in 4th...INSANE

damn, how long ago did the game end? I could have gotten up way early and watched at least the 2nd half. (it's 8AM here now)

I do hope the Clippers will make it through to the next round

Rockets @ Clippers Game Six

Flying dunks + spinning layups = 92-79 Clipper lead to start the 3rd period.
Less than ten minutes to play, Clippers were up 94-82.



Dwight Howard is the first player with 20 points / 20 rebounds in a road win when facing elimination since Shawn Kemp in 1997. This was the 6th 20-20 postseason game for Howard, his first as a Rocket......2nd most active player behind Tim Duncan's 10.

Before last night, the Rockets were 0-49 when starting the 4th quarter trailing by ten or more points.

Blake Griffin = zero 4th quarter points.
James Harden = did not play in the 4th quarter.

Trailing by 19 points with two minutes reaming in the third quarter to winning by 12 = 31 point turnaround.

Who let Matt Barnes raid the first-aid kit:

hahahaha.. maybe Harden's mama hooked him up?

Top Five Teams In Postseason Three Pointers Made

1. Rockets
2. Warriors
3. Clippers
4. Cavs
5. Hawks