I'm just going to stay humble and not make any predictions. We had a "favorable" matchup last year too.
Tyson Chandler is not what he used to be. Mavs interior defense is porous. Rondo is not what he used to be. His lateral movement isnt that great anymore. He is reaching a lot nowadays which is criminal against Harden. That being said....maybe I jinxed it.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Last time Houston played Dallas, Carlisle had Rondo guard Harden. That would be fun TV.</p>— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/588544611993325568">April 16, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The best part about this is that even if Rondo is successful at guarding Harden, he is a liability on offense on other end. We can take advantage on the other end with double teams off of Rondo. If McHale plays his cards right, he should be good. It is up to McHale to win the chess match against Carlisle. *gasp*
We will overwhelm the Mavs with our length and atheleticism. Need to watch turn overs though. They may have a game or two lights out game, but it's awfully hard for them to beat us in 7 games.
No excuses. Outside of NOH this is the easiest match-up. If we can't beat the Mavs we don't deserve to advance anyways.
Sadly before he got sacked..... well Carlisle cannot play in the waning moments.... I hope McHale learns from his mistakes in previous playoff games
Rockets will be favored and should win this, but Carlisle will make it a series, he has a large advantage over McHale. I voted Rockets in 7, hopefully we take care of business in 5 or 6 tho.
Coaching is a big mismatch in favor of the Mavs but the Rox are the better team and should win this series. Rox need to take advantage of the good fortunes of landing this match up.
It would be funny as hell if Terry and Parsons were "doubling agenting" this entire time. At the tip off of Game 1, they switch jerseys and teams.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Rockets-Mavs series: Game 1: Saturday, 8:30 p.m. Game 2 – Tuesday, 8:30 Game 3 – Friday, 6 p.m. Game 4 – Sunday, 8:30.</p>— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/588554758169833473">April 16, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I'm over the moon we're getting a chance to shove everything-Houston down Chandler Parsons' throat. I just was hit with a dose of reality though when I realised just how great this series would've been for D-Mo.
