If we lose this next one, we'll have to overcome a great team AND three refs in 4 out of the next 5, with at least one of those wins being on their home court, where we will have just lost two in a row. We've got to buckle down and win a 5-on-8 matchup Tuesday night if we want to have a realistic shot at taking this series. We need better offensive rebounding (as always). We need more offense from PJ.and Capela. We need more defense from Capela. We need a healthy Rivers. We need to see anything at all from Green and Faried. We need more full-game leadership from Harden and CP3. Maybe most importantly, we need more calling out of poor officiating by Morey over the next 24 hours. This **** can't be allowed to stand. If a professional sports playoff matchup isn't officiated fairly, then why are all of us wasting our time and money buying into that "on any given night" ****?
So you think we can win 4 of 5 against the Warriors when the refs are clearly giving them the benefit of the doubt on most calls? I admire your naive optimism. Have fun watching the league-approved Celtics-Warriors finals.
I am not an NBA FAN ANYMORE!!! I love my Rockets but the NBA IS RIGGED!!! EDIT: I LOVE MY ROCKETS ....... ....... .......
It is a must-win, but we probably won’t, because we are held to a higher standard than the team with 5 all stars by the refs. You could see the refs mentally take Houston out of their game today, and that’s exactly what the league seems intent on doing.
This series is rigged to six or seven. OH THE DRAMA! THE PASSION OF THE PLAYERS YOU'VE WASTED... WAITED ALL YEAR FOR THIS! I LOVE THIS FAKE SCRIPTED SHOW!!
yes there's that, but it would be nice if it was an evenly called game. I would say I even expect an evenly called game. last year game 9 Scott foster shaved 9 points. today the refs shaved about 13 FT's, and it resulted in 3 techs out of frustration for a total of 16 potential points swinging our way. its one thing to just play better, its another to say you have to win by 16 points to win by 1 point.
Far"weed" is a no-go at this point. House and Nene give the best match ups and it showed after house hit his first three and Nene added the physical inside play. I doubt rivers adds much else besides "crying to get to the line". House gave Thompson a nice trip on a illeggal screen which got called early. I think the house trip on Thompson actually escalated warriors into their dirty tricks.
Harden shot 13 free throws. How many free throws from curry? Ok? How many free throw from Durant? They hit Draymond with technical and curry whistled for reaching on cp3? Shiet! Curry had five fouls forcing Kerr to not only sub out curry late but Kerr had use timeouts to sit curry on defense taking warriors out of their own strategy. Rockets had their chances.
Yeah, we have to take at least one of their home game to win the series, so be it the next game. The Warriors looked Vulnerable.
