I am going to type my series preview now. I am scouting the Warriors by watching them vs Memphis and I have seen enough. Point guard Pat Beverley v. Stefon Curry Beverley is a mad dog PG currently playing with a steel plate in his head. Curry is a pretty good shooter but has trouble with post ups. Hasn't been as good as he was early in the season but for his body of work I will say Advantage Warriors Shooting Guard James Harden v. Clay Thomason Harden leading league in points scored and created, Thomason regressed badly this year.[ BIG Advantage Rockets Small Forward Harris Burns v. Trevor Ariza Ariza is a 3 and D master who beasts in the postseason. Not sure who Burns is but he's probably not as good. Advantage Rockets Power Forward Drayton Green v. DMO DMO clearly better, no need to say more. Advantage Rockets Center Andre Bogut v. Dwight Howard Howard is Superman, and Bogut is, well Bogut. Granted Dwight has slipped a bit in his old age but another clear advantage due to Boguts poor FT shooting. Advantage Rockets Bench: Terrence Jones, Ty Lawson, Josh Smith, Mike Beasley, Jason Terry, Corey Brewer, Clint Capela v. Landry Iguadola, Mo Speight, Festus Ezekiel, Shane Livingston, Lee Barbarossa Smith and Jones are freezer fresh. Tons of depth for JBB to choose from. Frankly it's a joke but I guess Livingston could give Lawson some trouble as a big PG. Also Lawson hasn't played much recently so not sure if he's 100 percent ready. Advantage: Even Coaching/Intangibles Rockets have young and hungry JBB. Golden State has festering tension between Stephen Kerr and Bill Walton (who coached them earlier after Kerr had surgery on his back foot). Also Rockets are calm, sitting at .500 and 8th seed. Warriors are exhausted after they broke the LAkers win record. Also Rockets are hungrier because #pursuit. Advantage Rockets Since Warriors have homecourt I say Rox in 6. #pursuit
Well they made it. If you're a fan you can't do anything but cheer as loudly as possible for them! Wear red and get behind the team!
What do you think of the all important Referee advantage? My sources say Joey Crawfish and Dick Baretta will doing most of the GSW/HOU games...and they tend to favor the Rockets. Here's Crawfish celebrating a Rockets fastbreak in our sole win last year. Here's Baretta palling around with Lin and Harden in the LAC series last year. <img src="http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/jeremy-lin-and-james-harden-of-the-houston-rockets-talk-to-referee-picture-id162202966" height=640>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rockets-Warriors schedule<br><br>Game 1 – Saturday 2:30 ABC<br>Game 2 -- Monday 9:30 TNT<br>Game 3 - Thursday 8:30 TNT<br>Game 4 – Sunday 2:30 ABC</p>— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/720479967033888770">April 14, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Kicking it off on Saturday Afternoon!
Curb your enthusiasm bra! Let's just hope they don't get blown out by a combined 200 points in this series
Excellent scouting as usual hp. Dick Beretta and Crawdad are my dream crew, I would also settle for Haywoode Jeffires in the Replay Center in Secaucus. He could maybe crack down on Drayton Green and his moving screens.
Addendum - since the Warriors spotlight got stolen tonight by Kobe Bryan showing Stef Curry why he is still the best shooter ever and GOAT since MJ they will probably come out overshooting. Look for JBB and Co to exploit this tendency. Thanks kobe.
Um you must not keep up with the Rockets to make this Prediction. Ty Lawson got bought out, and is currently playing with the Pacers. lol @ Hasn't been played much.
