<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FearTheBeard?src=hash">#FearTheBeard</a> art continues! // Art of <a href="https://twitter.com/JHarden13">@JHarden13</a> by <a href="https://twitter.com/JJ3Thousand">@JJ3Thousand</a>. Stop by & see it before <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets">@HoustonRockets</a> game! <a href="http://t.co/TIyuX3gy8z">pic.twitter.com/TIyuX3gy8z</a></p>— HoustonViaColori (@Via_Colori) <a href="https://twitter.com/Via_Colori/status/588461772442447873">April 15, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>Kevin McHale on Dwight Howard's minutes tonight: "I would like to get him around 30 or so."</p>— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/588467629209161728">April 15, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Derrick Favors and Trey Burke will play tonight for the Utah Jazz</p>— David Locke (@Lockedonsports) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lockedonsports/status/588469738264629249">April 15, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>Gordon Hayward will not play but will join the radio broadcast in 2nd quarter</p>— David Locke (@Lockedonsports) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lockedonsports/status/588470549908746240">April 15, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>So, after 81 games looks like if... A- We win, we'll get 2nd seed. B- We lose, we'll get 6th seed. Smh. Unbelievable! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/westernconference?src=hash">#westernconference</a></p>— Manu Ginobili (@manuginobili) <a href="https://twitter.com/manuginobili/status/587981627369791488">April 14, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Ok that made me completely lose hope that the Spurs would lose. Didn't realize their scenarios are far more volatile.
With Hayward gone they'll have a lot of trouble scoring, if Harden isn't completely off the Rockets should take it.
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This is why we need to just get rid of conferences. Keep the divisions, but have open seeding for playoffs. It's just completely unfair.
Yea but New Orleans is in even more dire straits. For them its win or the season ends. Might as well be their game 7. I kinda wanna watch the SAS NOP game more than the Rockets one. Gonna be as intense a game as you will see in the regular season. SAS might get popped in the mouth. Sure they are a better team than New Orleas, but no one can say they are hungrier for this one game. To me the tie breaker is that it's in New Orleans. That crowd is going to treat it like a game 7. I wonder what Vegas is saying.
I just checked and the line is San Antonio -5.5. Damn. Sorry New Orleans, I guess you're screwed. And sorry, Houston, it looks like we may be playing to match up with Portland over the Clippers. I hate the Spurs.
Thought this was funny. Different players but still... Dorsey hitting 78 FTs in practice. Curry hitting 77 straight 3s in practice.
Interesting on how stats can be misleading. Harden struggled in 2 of 3 games against the Jazz this year, however both games were in Utah on second night of back to back where the Rockets played a late game the night before on the West Coast. Howard played in the game they won in Utah, but was out last game. Utah also was not on a back to back in either game. The game in Houston in January saw a full strength Rockets team (sans Jones) play a full strength Jazz team although Jazz were on a back to back. Gobert played 34 minutes and was neutralized. Harden scored 30 on 8-14 shooting and 10-11 free throws while the Rockets won by 15.
