ClutchFans Game Thread: Clippers @ Rockets 5/4/2015 (Playoffs Round 2, Game 1)

I hate hate HATE that Paul got injured, especially after such a legendary performance he put on, but that's pretty huge for us if he's limited.

 

Rockets in 6.

 

Who will do hack-a-whoever first?

At least we don't get to see Pops' smug face when his team does it. Hey Pops, it didn't work

 

I hope we don't have Harden chasing around Redick. He's LAC's version of Ellis, so I'd put Ariza on him and Brewer on CP3. Really should be starting Brewer now and then give Nick Johnson some time.

 

This is gonna be tough, let's go Rockets

 

It won't be the Clips that start the hacking, that's for sure. No one shoots as poorly as Jordan. The Rockets come out ahead on that free throw contest every time.

 

That's not going to happen Harden is going to have to chase reddixk around as usual because Ariza will be on CP3. We really will miss Bev badly this series

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Clippers coach Doc Rivers said his &quot;guess now&quot; is that Chris Paul (hamstring) won't play in Game 1 vs Rockets on Monday.</p>&mdash; Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/594699657193754625">May 3, 2015</a></blockquote>
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We saw Howard go 8 - 11 from the FT line against Mavs...

I'd say we have a distinct advantage if you wanna go hack - a - whoever...


I'd Hack Jordan if I was McHale and we needed to slow their offense.

 

I hate the whining Clippers so I'm glad the Rox will get the opportunity to eliminate them next. Rockets in 5.

 

Key to the series is limiting Jamal Crawford and JJ Reddick or our role players matching their scoring output.

Harden and Cp3 will have similar production, Dwight/Jones/Josh should either have similar production to DeAndre/Blake or do more.

But those 2 are the ones that will be tough to stop.

 

we need dmo badly for this series, i dont trust tjones

 

Chris Paul is a punk if he is injured, great for the Rockets.

Bummer for them.....don't care.

DD

 

Dmo ain't walking through that door.

 

They'll probably have Reddick as the starting PG... I know Doc don't trust his own son in the semi conference finals... lol...

 

Agreed but if CP3 doesn't play or is hobbled badly, Rockets have no excuses for not winning the series.

 

Even then Reddick > Terry and Prigioni combined literally... He is a true combo guard.

 

Reddick already starts at SG... are you saying the line up will be this:

DJ
Blake
Barnes
Crawford
Reddick

That leaves you a bench of:

Rivers
Davis

They were short handed before and if CP3 goes down... thats bad.. real bad.

 

Let's break it down:

Deandre vs. Dwight = cancel each other
Griffin vs. Jones = Clippers +1
Barnes vs. Ariza = cancel each other
Redick vs. Harden = Rockets +1
Paul vs. Terry = Clippers +1
Clippers' Bench vs. Rockets' Bench = Rockets +1
Rivers vs. McHale = Clippers +1
Home Court Advantage = Rockets +1

With all of this, this has both teams canceling each other out which makes this a dead even series. Now one can argue that Dwight is better than Jordan (I would agree if Dwight continues his playoff dominance. So this gives us +1.

Also if Paul is significantly limited, this also gives us a +1.

Overall, I'm feeling like we win this series!

 

I absolutely agree, especially Crawford, but Reddick's shooting was a deciding factor tonight. Crawford has a Rocket's Killer reputation. If the Rockets control these two, I like their chances.