Lakers or the Clippers. SA is just methodically good and OKC is just scary. Clippers'll be the best match-up but we've been the Lakers' Achilles heel the past few years.
Yeah depends on if Bynum is going to keep getting ejected or not. Seriously though, the Rockets will be outsized and outmatched in every possible matchup. On paper you would say the Clippers, but CP3 has single-handily killed the Rockets down the stretch of every game they have played against them.
People actually think we can beat the Spurs who just got the #1 seed in the West? When was the last time we even won in San Antonio?
The Rockets played them very well at the beginning of the season, but they are a different team now. Plus Ginobilli is back now. The Spurs will not be an easy out.
Clippers. We've been very very close each time we played. They don't have a true post player (I don't consider Blake's dunks post play).
I am surprised with the results. Right now we are better than the Grizzlies and close to the Clippers. We should be able to win both of those series we out to much of effort. The other teams would be a big shock. Not saying we couldn't win but we would have to play our very best and they would have to have a let down.
1) Lakers, with Rockets having home court advantage (very unlikely) 2) OKC, with the Thunder having home court advantage (strong possibility) 3) Lakers, with LA having home court advantage (possible) Other teams scare me. Clips are the NBA's darling this season and CP3/Blake have our number by virtue of flopping and the refs bailing them out every time they ask. SAS is too deep and Parker/Manu abuse us too much. Grizz scare me too, they're just bigger and stronger and seem to bully us when we play them. Deep team too.
Any of the LA teams. Clips would be preferred. Outside of CP3, they don't have anyone to create down the stretch. And their D isn't good enough to contain us.
I don't want to face the Clips solely because of Chris Paul. The guy just makes dagger after dagger in the 4th quarter against us. I honestly think our best matchup is against the Thunder. There the only team in the West that relies heavily on iso ball, which plays to our advantages. Plus they have zero post players (Ibaka, Perkins). Just make Westbrook take a lot of bad shots and contain Durant and the Rockets should win. Scola always has big games against the Thunder.
I love Dragon as much as anyone on this board but come on.... its Chris f-ing Paul. You cant blow on him without getting a whistle... especially down the stretch of the game. I dont want anything to do with Chris Paul in the playoffs.
If Bynum hadn't been ejected from the two games, the score would have been a lot closer. I'm not why everyone is advocating us playing the Lakers. Their height is still a major advantage (over any team, really) and you just know Kobe is going to go balls-out in the playoffs. Is it me, or does every potential playoff team in the west have a remote possibility of making it to the WCF?
