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I rather play gsw in the second round than the conference finals

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by ThatboyPhuong, Apr 11, 2019.

  1. kjayp

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    bottom line is its about whenever affords us the best opportunity for a healthy CP3... you have to presume that would be sooner rather than later... while that has a possibility of being incorrect - it is probably the most likely...
     
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    You guys forget to mention that the longer the playoffs go on, the more teams learn how we play in the playoffs and how we’re defended. Thank god we aren’t playing pop in the first round. He’d find creative ways to defend.
     
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    Got a feeling LAC will play like they have nothing to lose, and Pat Bev will do some damage. We'll play GS after they've been through a beating.
     
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    smoothie Jabari Jungle

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    earlier is better to play the warriors but it may also mean an earlier elimination. hopefully curry's ankles give him problems and KD gets suspended for a game for getting a tech against us.
     
  5. RocketsFido

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    should've rested our guys the last 10 games and tanked to the 8th seed then
     
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    I agree with this take. We wouldn't have HCA over GSW in any scenario so it's not horrible that we avoided OKC in the first round and we get to be fresher when we go head to head vs GSW.

    For a team that wants to win a ring, getting to the WCF is at most a moral victory, we have done it twice in the Harden era, it's time to go to the finals and not keep hoping that we avoid GSW just to get where we already have been a few times.
     
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    I want to play gsws in the first round!
     
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    Curry's ankles are bothering him? I mean, we could always, ya know, "accidentally" step on one during a rebound or something. Remind me again, which team it was that's used dirty techniques like that in the past few years.

    Oh yeah! The Golden State Warriors.
     
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    In all seriousness, I don't support dirty play as my previous post might indicate to one not schooled in the skill of detecting internet sarcasm.

    Anyway, we've played GSW twice already in the conference championships and lost, so it's not a bad experiment if nothing else to just see what it's like playing them in a different scenario in the playoffs. Who knows what will happen? That's, of course, why we so cleverly pulled the strings of 6 different teams in the past few days to manipulate ourselves in the 4th seed.
     
  10. Docsdock

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    I would rather not play GSW at all.
     
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    we're not going to be allowed to win anyways. donkey is a piece of shiit. i'm all for nene ending his season before they move on to WCF
     
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    People think 8 seed is better than 4 seed. 4 seed is better than 2 seed. That is crazy to me.

    My favorite is 6 seed this year. Blazers n nuggets are the softest ever at those spots.
     
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    Beverly will take care of him for good. *wink wink*
     
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    Jokic outplayed harden in all star!
     
  15. BigBum

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    GS reduces playing minutes for curry and iggy and can still beat clippers.
     
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    If only that were an option.

    But to be the best, you gotta beat the.... self-obsessed league-coddled divas.
     
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    You have to beat them anyway …. no one else is gonna do it , doesn't matter when. Just get it done.
     
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    I guess one advantage of waiting until the WCF is because of the Technical Foul count watch.

    Bev just taunted Durant into 2 technical fouls in the 1st game.

    5 more for a suspension.
     
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    Did he get tossed? Doesn’t that happen when you get 2 techs in one game?
     
  20. smoothie_king

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    Oracle gonna be sold out regardless;!
     

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