The escaped goat coming home to roost over spilled milk

I don't think we are out yet for playoffs, but our chances look bleak. But tbh, the games vs utah,jazz, and memphis in jan when we had like a 16 point lead in the 3rd and lost killed us.

 

I really think you should have waited till after tommorow's game to make this topic. If the rockets win, id be willing to bet good money that they make the playoff's (accoriding to R.justice morey thinks a win against the heat would mean a 20% boost to their playoof chances.)

 

6. RA's refusal to change rotation. He played guys like AB/Hill too long when there were obviously struggling on the court. For example, that game against TWolves, AB was doing absolutely nothing positive, he left him for too long so Rockets didn't put them away when they had the chance, eventually Love got hot on 3 point line in the end and it cost us one game. Every game is looking so important now. RA's usage of AB/Hill at least cost Rockets a couple more games, I'd say.

 

Spot on. Dead right. The Hill and Brooks experiment failed big time. The same thing could be said about the Miller experiment. This combination has cost us 5+ games easily. We could have been battling for the 5th spot now instead of the 8th.

This is one of the reasons I hate Aldeman with a passion. His refusal to bench players just because he likes them. There is absolutely no accountability. He will make the same mistakes next season if he sticks around.

 

if you want the reverse jinx to work, you should have included a tombstone

 

6. The Rockets schedule's frontloaded. Their surge came at the expense of some very easy opponents. In the end, as the NBA schedule is more or less the same for all teams in the same conference, everything eventually evens out.

 

That along with a long list of bad losses, especially at home. That's why I don't understand when ppl say 'don't worry about those losses; it's still early.' Those games matter, and all those bad losses will come back to haunt you.

 

good points OP but you are posting like it's a done deal/done season.

I hope you are wrong, and look like an idiot for it later.

 

the funny thing is that all the way through my sophmore year in HS..I really thought the term was "escaped goat". Have no Idea how I made an A mr. Pirtle's english class.

What if Michael doesn't back down from trading chandler to the Rockets. With Chandler and Hayes manning the center position, teams wouldn't be driving to the basket like a lay up drill. So many close glames. The rockets have matched up well with almost every team, except Orlando, La, philly and Dallas.

 

The Rockets season is...

 

I want the Rocket's to go to the playoffs just as much as anyone else here, but imagine if we were in Memphis's position, I doubt we would slip up even once, and risk losing our spot.

 

That's why Memphis and NO are winning games we thought they would lose. They are playing out of their minds b/c they want their spot as much as we do.

 

It's amazing how much adversity the rockets have faced all year. I am certain if just one of those things would not have happened we would be easily locked in on the 8th seed.

 

If, and this is a big IF we beat the heat, we are so much likelier to make the playoffs. Dream situation for us tomorrow is a win for us and a memphis loss to san antonio, which is plausible Timmy or no Timmy.

A win against the Heat would put us at

39-34

A loss to the Spurs would put Memphis at

40-34

Just half a game back, so we're definitely still alive. BELIEVE!

 

damn, that boy cold.

 

The only goat that escaped was the talent level of this team. All the playoff teams are more talented, so it's not worth complaining about.

 

Well, apparently they aren't that much more talented than us, since our records are so similar.

There's more to winning than talent alone. Sure, it helps a lot, but talent guarantees nothing.

 

dont forget trading battier to the team we are trying to catch. i know it was a good move for the future, but its still ironic that we may not catch the grizz because of that.