Skip Bayless: Will Rockets put Warriors on the ropes with a 3rd-straight win?

Tonight could be the last game in Oracle EVER indeed, Skip! Indeed!

(and hopefully indubitably as well)

 

Early Techs. . . . . Basically expect the Refs to set the tone of one-sided calls
and allowing the Warriors to be dirty

Rocket River

 

Imagine if we won game 1, which we should have.
We'd be going for the jugular tonight.

Nevertheless, I hope we come out sharp and focused. We need to step on the gas from the get go and don't let go of it until the final buzzer.

 

I agree. Any edge that Rockets have in Game 5, including momentum from previous 2 games, for sure as hell will be nullified by the refs.

Based on Game 1 and parts of 3rd and 4th quarter of Game 4, I am worried about the refs in this game tipping the scales to the Worriers in every possible way. Foul trouble on Rocket players, forcing momentum swings, non calls on dirty plays resulting in techs, 3 pt foul calls, and you name it. Worriers will make sure it gets chippy and they get the mental edge along with the calls with fans behind them even more. This is Game 7 for the Worriers and NBA.

 

Over/under on Harden FT’s is probably 5. He’s really shown the nation something though these four games, maintaining his scoring potential on significantly fewer FTA/g just because he knows the refs have decided to call things different in the playoffs. I love his midrange and hope we even get to see a post move soon.

 

I try hard not to dwell on game 1 too much because it just gets me so heated...we should be up 3-1 right now...game 1 was so shameful, such a tragedy