Don't feel real good about this one. Clippers just seem to have our number. Hoping for the best, but I think it is Clippers in six.
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Rockets in 5. This not the same Rockets team that the Clippers used to take advantage of. The Clippers are in for a rude awakening if they think this will an easy series for them.
honestly.. clippers in 6 if paul is healthy enough. this team has given us problems ever since cp3 joined the team and i dont see us beating them 4 times. but hopefully i'm wrong!
They may have given us problems last season due to having Parsons and Lin, but I like our chances with our new additions and having healthy Dwight.
Rockets in 5. Paul's hamstring injury is going to continue to worsen and he won't be able to play large minutes; throw in Ariza defending him and he's going to have a tough series. Jones and Smith will do a lot to neutralize Griffin and Brewer can match Crawford if the latter has one of his "Rocket-killing" games. I think Arriza and Harrden have big series and the Rockets bench dominates when the Clips have to sub. Rockets win first two at home, lose the third due to the Clips home crowd pulling them through, and then the Rockets win Game 4 and 5 with Paul unable to play most of the final game.
Healthy Paul or not, I feel the Rockets can close them out in 6 games at the most. This Rockets team can do something the Spurs couldn't do in the first round.
We must contest the shots of Reddick, Jamal, and Paul consistently and then rebound at a high rate. Please no D12 post ups, we only score 28% of the time. Put CP3 and DeAndre in PnR D. Let Howard pound on CP3 a little. Switch everything on D and make them shoot jump shoots, Reddick is very strong going to his right, not left!
I had to go with my head and say Clippers in 6. I'm very superstitious about jinxing. I do think the Rockets will struggle with the transition from the no-D Dallas team. I'm hoping the Clippers take us for granted after beating the defending champs, though.
I guess in a world where a team has a HEALTHY Prime James Harden and HEALTHY Prime (close enough) Dwight Howard.....said team is still the "underdog" smh I guess I'm one of the very few fans on here that actually believe the Rockets have the "BEAST" advantage in this round and just about any round.
I felt the Rockets had a decent to good chance of beating either the Spurs or Clippers before their series ended. There's no reason to change my mind now, especially since the Clippers were only 1 second better than the Spurs.
