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Calm down, sitting at 1.000 and first place in West Group B

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by SamFisher, Nov 10, 2023.

  1. SamFisher

    SamFisher Member

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    Yet another person taking the time to search for the perfect decades old .gif to explain "nobody cares".


    Looking forward to your 28 post tweetstorm on why "nobody cares"
     
  2. OremLK

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    I'm not on X
     
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  3. Buck Turgidson

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    Sam, we all know who you "are"

    But what we want to know is how do you "feel"?
     
  4. HTownTmac1

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    As a competitor I’m sure they will try to win this thing . Especially when each player wins 500 K
     
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  5. daywalker02

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    So the Quarter Finals are still not in Vegas......but on that beautifully grotesque HC Design.
     
  6. rocketsjudoka

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    I have not been able to see a whole Rockets game in five years.. if they make it to the finals
    Of the in season tournament I’ll take
    It.
     
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  7. Scarface281

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    The reason why no one answered your question is because the answer is quite obvious. Playoffs >> tourney champs
     
  8. HROZ

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    In season tourney is such a joke lol
     
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  9. SamFisher

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    Lol you will know who the tournament champ is this year.

    Now, without googling - tell me the 8 teams that lost in the first round in 2021

    How about 4

    Ok just 1.

    Time's up.

    The in season tourney is real - and on Dec 7 - you will be watching. And then you will take to the Internet, to proclaim to an audience of total strangers that you "don't care"

    Sure man. Sure
     
  10. SamFisher

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    To the rest of you super blasé bros who instantly break into giga-hackneyed stream of boring when anyone deigns to mention the In Season Tourney in your presence - read no further

    It is very important for the Pelicans to beat the Mavericks tonight to begin to clear West Group B of unbeaten teams.

    It would also help if LAC beats Den, but....


    Unfortunately last Sunday's game did not count. But in our best case, it will probably come down to Houston - Denver for Group B Supremacy - then it's pray for the Wild Card
     
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    The mid-season tournament would be the highest achievement of Tilmans ownership tenure. This is potential prestige unlike what you proles are used to, and thus you shy away from it like roaches to bright light.
     
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    Pick the Rox and you got a pot of Gold.

     
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  13. SamFisher

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    Mavs are cooked folks - 2 losses puts them nearly out of the tournament.

    Historic day.
     
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    napalm06 Huge Flopping Fan

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    big, if true
     
  15. SamFisher

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    Things i need to see right now as Rockets IST head:

    - need Seth Curry and Jaden Hardy to score meaningless buckets to cut into the NO point diff
    .- need Rockets legends to step up v. Denver (unlikely, but we need it
    - unclear how we need POR-UTH to shake out for wild card optimization - I've requested the folks from the DataLab take a look
     
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    incredibly scintillating storylines. and to think we have 2 more weeks of it. epic.
     
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    It doesn't really matter, they would not let up as the rest are all regular season games even if they lose 3 Ist games and win the rest of the RS games.
     
  18. SamFisher

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    Well, well, well, the Los Angeles Clippers, aka, The Expendables franchise if it were a basketball team - nearly did us a solid last night and took down Denver but couldn't quite close the deal.

    Now we get the worst of both worlds, a motivated Clipper team on Friday, plus no margin for error vs. the Nugz.

    Nobody said IST business was easy. That's what makes it great.
     
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    Winning this tourney would be right up there with Clyde and Swoopes winning the inaugural two-ball competition at All-Star Weekend. Woohoo!!
     
  20. SamFisher

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    All right my fellow tournbuckles

    Here's what we need tonight

    Win v LAC (obviously)
    NO w Denver (but not by a lot)

    As far as wild card, check back later, I have the boys down in the mainframe room working on it.

    My initial assessment is we need a Utah loss v PhX and a Sac loss v SAS - so everybody - Pray for Victor
     

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