The Warriors "quietly believe they’d smash the Rockets in the postseason."

I’m not worried about them.

The Rockets have Ariza and Luc to put on Paul George at all times.

Westbrook and Melo also don’t play winning basketball. Rockets would wax them in 5 like last year.

 

I'm hoping the warriors will play/face the Nuggets, Thunder, and Rockets in the playoffs.

 

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-nba-predictions/ 538's Carm-elo rankings have the Rockets over the Warriors for the first time this year. A 27% probability of winning the chip.

 

I am not saying they are a better team. I just feel they got more match up issue to us than Warriors. But definitely Russ and Melo need to play team basketball like what they do when they face the Warriors.

 

Well said. I feel the same way. I think it’s because I truly believe we have a shot at the championship this year.

At one point I thought TMac and Yao had a shot but they couldn’t stay healthy at the same time and we always had PF issues.

That’s basically twice since around 1998.

 

I mean, I would think there was a chance one player on their roster was gay. Didn't think the whole team was.

Can't say I blame them though. After all, we have Harden and Tucker who are THICC AF along with big **** Capela and big dick Nene.

 

Good. The very last thing we need is the Warriors’ respect. Fiddle, Nero.

 

And Kyrie Irving quietly believes the earth is flat. That sh*t keeps getting quieter and quieter...

 

The disrespect that a 40-13 team might beat a 41-13 team in the playoffs is a "hot take" and worthy of the entire cast to start hooting and hollering about is pathetic.

Warriors in 2018: 12-5
Rockets in 2018: 14-4

Missed games for big time players:

Warriors: Durant(8) Curry(15) Thompson(1) Green(7) = 31 games missed

Rockets: Harden(7) Paul(18) Gordon(5) Ariza(9) Capela(5) Moute(17) = 61 games missed

Point differential:

Warriors +7.3
Rockets +8.2

Biggest home loss:

Warriors: 20
Rockets: 16

Double digit losses:

Warriors: 7
Rockets: 6

15+ point wins:

Warriors: 15
Rockets: 19

That's not even mentioning our gaudy record when we are at full strength (can't remember) and our I think 23-1 record with Paul/Harden/Capela. The Rockets are a better team right now.

 

Gerald Green too!

 

It's very hard to gauge both the Rockets and the Warriors. Both are extremely good teams and both have gone through incredible stretches and weak stretches. Right now the Rockets are red hot and the Warriors are ice cold.

I think the Warriors are the team to beat. Champion teams often slack a bit in the regular season as it's hard to maintain the intensity after you've already been playing at the top level for a while. Think back to the 1995 Rockets which finished the sixth seed and was left for dead. They still have incredible talent in that foursome headlined by Durant and Curry.

For the first time the Rockets offer a team that is truly built to beat the warriors. Incredible isolation play from two HOF players coupled with 3 point shooters everywhere and a center that seems to be the best at catching passes and finishing in the NBA.

Playoffs are so hard to judge because it's hard to see how a team will exploit weaknesses of the other team. We know the Rockets defense depends on great one-on-one defenders and interrupting the passing lanes - but that if that fails the Rockets interior is soft and they often give up wide open looks against penetrating players who can dish back out. That's Curry's specialty.

On the other hand, the Warriors seem a bit confused on how to defend the Rockets as well. With Harden now able to exploit Curry while CP3 is on the court. And they no longer have the monster rim protector / rebounder in Bogut that gave us trouble in the past. Iggy isn't the same defender he once was - I think he is declining rapidly from age, and I am not sure Green is at his best either - perhaps injured a bit but he is not a DOPY guy this year.

The Warriors only have 4 guys in double figures - their big four - and their defense isn't as strong as it has been. Maybe they will pick it up in the playoffs and the heart of a champion will rise up and they will crush whomever is in their path like last year. But they are looking more vulnerable this year for sure.

 

All signs point to this being true.

We just have to prove it in the playoffs and I think we will I’m getting more confident after these last few weeks.

The way we’ve played the last 10
Games is IMO more impressive than the 14 game win streak.

I think what most and myself is included is no team in nba history has ever had a roster quite like ours from top to bottem.

We have 2 of the 3 best playmakers in the nba on this team. That’s insane.

We have the best offensive player on this team.

The idea and fit was odd even tho I thought it would work but man I had know idea it would be this good.

Having harden or cp3 out there for the whole game is just unfair. It’ just allows us to never get stagnant and always function as an elite offense. No team has that not even GS.

I wonder if other teams will try and replicate this tandem?

 

The warriors tried to defend our P&R in a way ive never seen before last game. they had KD lurking at the arc while their big would just float in the paint. Its still not even a sure thing we play them again, but that was real interesting. I remember when we were losing 104-100 we dissected that defense perfectly with a wide open CP 3.
I still think we will have very tough matchups in the playoffs but being healthy is more important then the 1 seed IMO.

 

I want to see T-Mac and Scotty back to back with wingspan to wingspan as well as height comparison. This size comparison right in the studio would be epic.

 

Warriors lucked into a breezy championships three years ago.

We'll talk about our chances come playoffs and poo roster situation finalized

 

We are up to 30%

 

BBallBreakDown has a video today on how to beat the Warriors on there he mentions the Warrior's death line had a net rating of 23.9 last year and this year its 2.3!

 

Feb 7, 2018

Vegas

https://herosports.com/nba/odds-win...rs-rockets-celtics-raptors-thunder-spurs-aiai

 

The Warriors have confidence in themselves to get back to the Finals and play well down the stretch. But what they are noticing is that Houston is a complete team now. Not just in numbers but in the locker room. They can see that Houston has the same type of fire to win as they did a few years back. That is what scares the Warriors and what Kerr is reminding his team about. Houston has a shot (not only in personnel but in hunger and cohesiveness)