ClutchFans Game Thread: Blazers @ Rockets 4/20/2014 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 1)

Holy crap. I hate that we have the late game every night. Stupid Portland and their stupid time zone!!!

 

It might be a good idea for the coaching staff to forego the early morning practices and do it in the afternoon....

 

Yet another reason we better not face the Clippers in the postseason.

 

i hope the clips get knocked off. just like spurs couldn't beat us this year we can't beat the clips.

 

You know, it's really got to sting the Blazers that one extra regular season victory would have gotten them home court. :grin:

 

I hope we see a lot of Asik on LMA. He shuts him down completely sometimes

 

Portland will win game one. Rockets have been very inconsistent on offense and defense.

 

I'll be there in section 111! I really hope they put playoff shirts on every single seat again.

 

Hope Rox don't lay an egg on Easter Sunday.

 

Sweep

Rox in 4!

 

This series will certainly test the "momentum" theory. Big "Mo" is all on the side of the Blazers. They have been looking better, playing harder, winning more. With a few exceptions the Rockets have stumbled through the last weeks of the season, nagging injuries and all. Can they "flip the switch" for the playoffs. The intensity of the first game will tell the story. Portland can get back home court in just one game. One thing we know, for most NBA teams the regular season match up record means nothing in the playoffs. It truly is the second season.

 

This video got me really pumped up! Good job Panda23!

Championship or bust! screw all you naysayers!!

 

Could be worse. The Spurs are the defending WCF champs and don't get a single game on ABC or ESPN.

As schedules go, we're actually getting a decent shake.

 

I think Portland's recent run is a little deceptive. Since that 2nd 5 game road trip of theirs, their opponents have been mostly lottery bound or had nothing to play for(the Clippers last night). They've had zero B2Bs. Their games have all been at home except for trips to the Lakers and Jazz(the 2 worst teams in the West). And they've been healthy.

Give them credit for winning nearly every one of them, but they also should've won those games unless they didn't bother to show up.

 

Games better not go to OT!!!

 

Rockets will blow the blazers out game one watch... Rockets have more playoff experience Lillard will be she'll shocked we are at home and our stars will play harder. We know what's up Portland coach is even a rookie man.

 

I will be there too!!!! I just hope they have shirts in section 408 lol. If not hopefully I can get one at the door. Did they announce what the shirts will say. I think I saw something like this is H-town that would be sick

 

I hope you're right. I like the Rockets in this series, but I honestly don't know what to expect in Game 1. The Blazers have been playing better than the Rockets lately and that last game at Toyota Center was brutal for 3 1/2 quarters. Then again, the Rockets have way more playoff experience and you know the crowd will be intense on Sunday(barring another 10-1 deficit early on like last time).

 

good stuff

 

ugh i can see every game getting delayed an hour for 'broadcast reasons'. =(