I like how people try to make predictions based on roster, matchups, or whatever after all these years. The Rockets will have a couple of good games while shooting threes after threes, then we will struggle for the rest of the series. Lakers in 6
Man I think Ben Mclemore might be able to play and be effective in this series. . Can’t wait. Our best shooter, by far.
Man I think Ben Mclemore might be able to play and be effective in this series. . Can’t wait. Our best shooter, by far.
Gonna be interesting to see the vastly different styles of play. Lakers guards out of the bubble and doubt AD and Lebron can keep up with our small ball line-up for 48mins is gonna be real tough for them. Think it will be a long series unless we can shoot our 3s at a high clip.
Rockets in 6. We feast on teams who try to feature their big men in the paint against our small ball lineup. Exactly why my least favorite matchups were Dallas, OKC and LAC.
Rockets in 6. Even though LeBron will "get his", and we will be playing 5 on 8 from the tip, the Rockets match up much better with the Lakers than we did vs OKC. Think about this, the strength of the Lakers is in their front-court, while OKC impact players are in the back-court. Just like in our 2 wins after the trade was made...if LA's bigs can't defend the perimeter, they are literally useless. When it comes down to it, who can legitimately defend Harden and Westbrook??? If Vogel somehow decides to match up with us and go small, as much as we drove to the rim against OKC, the paint will stay open vs LA. But, in the end, styles definitely make fights. This will be very interesting; but again, I got Rockets in 6 games.
Rondo was 1. Didnt realise he was back. But Bradley who I believe is still out was far better for them.
We will probably do better with the lakers... okc plays small ball as good if not better than us. Hope the rockets small ball works better against the lakers
They were the best in the West. I don’t think they have any perimeter defenders though or is Bradley back? Lakers in 6
I have absolutely no idea. This series is HUGE for Harden’s legacy. If he can beat Lebron and move on to play. I’m not a big conspiracy guy. But if the Rockets lose in game 6 or 7 with a Sac Kings Vs Lakers type smear job it will be a long long time until I watch more than a handful of games a year and mostly just check box scores. Harden’s going to have to earn it though.
Am I the only one that is not really scared of LeBron. His greatness doesn’t seem to have had great success on us so far. Look forward to having a series against a team he leads. I don’t think we have ever had that in his career.
If wussell restbrook from the last two games shows up, the Lakers will make short work of the Rockets.
Without warriors and Durrant, Harden should grab the chances and there is no home court advantage. He still wants to wait next year ?
Man lebron looked GREAT against the blazers. Between him and AD we can only let one of them go off. Hopefully the other is inefficient and lock down their role players. Lebron didnt play that well against us in the regular season but im sure this will be a lot different.
