I think we would sweep the jazz . I think we might take 5 or 6 to dispatch the thunder . OKC is a mess of a team , but sometimes they can play inspired . If they come back to beat the jazz they are gonna have an attitude and we might be rusty . We have Clint to go up vs Rudy and if that doesn't work we can play small and pull him out of the paint . Jazz have nowhere near enough offense to keep up . Paul will make Rubio his b**** . Ariza / PJ / Luc will destroy Mitchell . Crowder gonna stop James ?? Hahaha . Minessota had bigger matchup problems for us than the jazz will .
I would like to see the Jazz Thunder go to 7 brutal games with the Jazz coming out on top. This will give the Rockets more rest and recuperating time to kick the Jazz butts!
One thing I really hate about the Thunder is that they have like a narrative surrounding them, and it pisses me off. Like I despise them I really do. It would be so humiliating to lose to them(not that we will we are better and they have never beaten us with a fully healthy roster, we even should have won last game).
So yea I want the Jazz, to win I don't want to be caught up in that crappy narrative about how the Thunder were "so bad" in the beginning but they really turned it around, naaaaah.
really really want the jazz.. there is no way they score on us.. OKC made the massive run when they subbed for Grant and Abrines and they started switching everything which is what the rockets do all game and have been doing this all season.. their are really no mismatches that scare me.. If Gobert is caught with Harden or Cp3 at the post he is not a back you in kind of player and doens't have any nifty moves like hook shot or jump shot.. We have alteast three players that can be switched and can guard Donovan.. that is Cp3, Ariza and Tucker.. Harden not so much effectively but is still decent, even capela can probably guard and come back down to block donovan he has some of the quickest speed for a center.. the rebounding is what concerns we me with Jazz.. but the wolves handily outrebounded us we still slaughtered them..
I am actually a bit worried either way.. If we get OKC then they will quiet honestly come with momentum, winning three straight and all.. If Jazz win, then obviously assuming OKC plays the same defensive style of switching everything which helped them get the 33-7 run.. it would appear Jazz have solved this defense and that's our bread and butter... we probably still end up winning.. but i am assuming it will be a six game series either way... and Utah looks like a lethal place to play, the crowd is energetic as hell.
Jazz. I do not want to hear about Westbrook or see Westbrook for a while. And bet your ass the NBA will try to make it a 7 game series with no calls going harden's way. With the Jazz the media will want to see harden/paul play in the WCF than Jazz.
**** the Jazz. When's the last time we won a series against them? Need to get some long overdue revenge.
Utah is a better team than the Thunder, but we matchup well and have a good answer to their shutdown defender in Gobert by utilizing the midrange. OKC is a **** team in a **** city with **** fans that spend 24/7 trolling reddit. They will lose easily but they will also try to injure us.
Jazz all the way, but mainly for the off-season implications of watching the thunder "superteam" fall apart. If the Thunder win round one after being down 3-1, I have a feeling that Paul George would stay in OKC. I would rather see him join an LA team or go to Philly.
j*zz all night long. I want Melo and Paul George has options to come to Houston. I don't want Paul George hating us. I rather beat j*zz than any team in the East. Beating OKC has no benefits but beating the j*zz is going to put them back being small boy club.
I'd much prefer the Jazz. They're better defensively than OKC and far more disciplined, but they simply don't have enough offense to keep up with us. As long as you don't allow guys like Ingles and Rubio to go off, Mitchell can get his and the Rockets can still comfortably win. And best of all, they no longer have Rodney Hood who for some reason would light us up every time.
Hood is no longer with Utah so he can't go off against rockets anymore lol If it is Utah, I want tilman to show these guys the 90s and late 2000s tape against Utah. These guys need to win it for Hakeem, Clyde, yao and tmac. And if they get interview on TNT, tell chuck the dubs are for him and his 97 team.
