A bittersweet victory if ever there was one. But, still a W taking it to 3-2. I'm confident no matter CP3's staus/ condition, the Rockets will get the job done. They'll do it with our "role" players, GG needs to give us some good minutes .. expanding EG's role, CC, GREAT DEFENSE, and.... yes... THE BEARD He'll put us on his back in one of the last two games.
Rox in 7...rest CP3 for four days and celebrate advancing in front of H-town. We play freely in game 6 and give them a scare...I have a good feeling that CP3 will be okay after some much needed rest.
We can do it. But I think MDA needs to extend his rotation to give guys some rest for game 6 and accumulate all the ammo for game 7.
Why don't you losers take your losertalk to the losertalk thread. The plaque for the alternates is in the ladies' room.
I think we will win game six. Rockets will have their best shooting percentage of the playoffs. Harden may drop 50. Ariza and Porter will hit threes. Gerald Green will heat up, score 27 and Gordon drops 35. Rockets close it out with double digits. G.S. shoots the lowest percentage of the playoffs. Book it.
I agree. I think you have to play both of them real minutes in game 6. Perfect opportunity to bring them back because it's not necessarily a must win, and the pressure is off to a degree. Ryno will be on the road, and Luc needs to find his way back into the rotation. If Chris is out, that's like 40 minutes to make up.
I've calmed down a bit knowing winning game 6 in Oracle was going to be a really, really hard game with CP3 anyway. Hopefully he rests it game 6 so he's ready for game 7. If MDA allows him to play through it, i don't like it. It'll be another tough grind it out game and increase chances of him hurting it worse and we'll be ****ed come game 7. If he insists on playing, hopefully it's with limited minutes. 5-6 minutes per quarter only. CP3 honestly hasn't been much of a facilitator this series anyway- more so a scorer. Gordon starting for him and we'll be fine on both ends of the floor, but Green or Luc or Ryno or Joe need to be that 6th man role to make up for Gordon's usual bench scoring. Not that GS can't just hone in on Gordon knowing he's looking to score every time whereas CP3 is a threat to find the open man or score. We'll just need Harden to have one of his super saiyan games with everyone else knocking down their 3s and 48 minutes of good defense. Without CP3, you have nothing to lose so just play hard and fire away from 3 and hope they go in.
