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!