I believe. We win game five easy. If we can pull out one more in Portland. Rockets have momentum and confidence in game 7
Portland is the grittier, tougher, more resilient team. They will win this series and I think they can get to the WCF's to be honest. They look like a much stronger team than people give them credit for.
They won't against someone who gets the treatment they are getting. They haven't earned their W's, if you ask me, so this ain't over, yet, sweetie.
Could very well be. I have to look to the winner of OKC and Memphis. Never write off old Spurs but this might be a year that they have problems advancing because they can't go deeper every year Heck... Dallas, GSW and Clippers are all resilient teams
It's not over, till it's over. I can see this team winning 4 straight, as long as everyone is on the same page at ALL times. Go Rockets!!
Mo Williams and Wesley Matthews need to have a reality check in a major way. Unfortunately, I'm not sure the Rockets are the team to give it to them. We just lack so much basketball IQ, it's a shame to watch us squander away game after game. I'm so disappointed right now in the way we've closed out all 4 games, it's hard to be optimistic about reeling off 3 wins in a row.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Just got off the phone with Mario Elie. He knows what it is like to be on a team down 3-1 in the playoffs...</p>— Jenny Dial Creech (@jennydialcreech) <a href="https://twitter.com/jennydialcreech/statuses/460808127026577409">April 28, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Elie said that the Rockets shouldn't give up on this series, especially with how close the games have been.</p>— Jenny Dial Creech (@jennydialcreech) <a href="https://twitter.com/jennydialcreech/statuses/460808233150857217">April 28, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Mario Elie, "I am not ready for the Rockets' season to end."</p>— Jenny Dial Creech (@jennydialcreech) <a href="https://twitter.com/jennydialcreech/statuses/460808466517753856">April 28, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Elie said this is the best NBA playoffs he has seen across the board- close games, close series. He said he has been watching every game.</p>— Jenny Dial Creech (@jennydialcreech) <a href="https://twitter.com/jennydialcreech/statuses/460809391068168192">April 28, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Mario Elie really likes Troy Daniels. Said he reminds him of himself, "Guys like us have nothing to lose. He plays with no fear."</p>— Jenny Dial Creech (@jennydialcreech) <a href="https://twitter.com/jennydialcreech/statuses/460810308668637184">April 28, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Kenny Smith had a great take last night. This isn't a prototypical 3-1 series. You win at home, and put pressure on Portland to make it happen in game 6. If the Blazers lose game 6, it's over. The Rockets have showed stretches where they just outclass Portland in all 4 games. The key is finishing at the end of games. Portland's play has been full of desperation jumpers and clutch baskets at the end of the fourth. There are some great things coming out of this first round series. You found a legit rotational player in Daniels, a reason to switch coaches, and a stigma that will force Harden to get better at defense if he has any pride.
2 Reasons this is false 1. We don't play enough D to get stops at the end 2. We do some the dumbest things with the basketball in the open court
