I mean lets be honest here....the Spurs have proven themselves better than the Rockets, and the Rockets play in round 1 against OKC will not win any games against SA. SA was 3-1 against the Rockets in the regular season, and if you look at it, there are only 3/17 of those who picked the Spurs, that picked the Spurs in 6 games. All of the other picked the Spurs in 7 games, with all 3 Rockets predictions having the Rockets win in 6 games. Its an extremely fair take IMO. Jonathan Feigen has the Spurs winning in 7 as well...thats a really reasonable prediction and I hope the Rockets can take them to 7 because they are playing very mediocre right now. Not to mention the Spurs have the #1 3-pt defense and defense overall in the league.
im cool with that because none of them were disrespectful picks. they were all in 6 or 7. most in 7. we'll be fine.
the spurs play in round 1 will not win any games over the rockets though. I see what you're saying about why the spurs should be favored but I don't like that point. The spurs struggled more in the 1st round.
so Kevin Pelton and Jorge Sedano picked Spurs in 5 on their ESPN Lockdown podcast before the series started and here's the only thing they had to tweet during/after the game..no credits or props to the Rockets..
The Rockets Are Finally Playing Their Game In The Playoffs by FiveThirtyEight https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-rockets-are-finally-playing-their-game-in-the-playoffs/
Oh lord. Molly qerim said kawhi won the superstar battle but rockets won... Lol beard easily outplayed kawhi in game 1. 14 assists?!