Stephen A Smith's picks for the best chance at championship 24'-25' 1) Cleveland 2) OKC 3) Boston 4) MN 5) Golden State
We just gotta win at home. Take one in the road. Then game 7 winner takes all. We done this before it's not our first rodeo.
It's over unless they do something significantly different. Going 3-1 and losing home court advantage is proof that just a few tweaks will not cut it. If it was me I would just bench Amen, but I doubt that will happen. So when you do put him out there, I would surround him with shooters. I don't see Amen working with a traditional center like Sengun. It would be great to see him on the floor with Bari as a stretch 5.
I mean McHale wouldnt play stupid 8 man rotatuon. McHale could play some guy named Prigioni who caused big trouble for CP3 in playoffs. Don't expect that happening on Ime Udoka.
Obviously he's talking about organizationally but yeah everyone knows we are young. That Rockets vs Clippers series was nice... good memories. After that it was a lost series to GS though and ironically.
The Rockets will be fine. Sometimes we judge a little bit too harshly and I believe that is because we have a passionate fan base. Jalen will grow up from this, we have to remember he's only 23 years old and that Sengun is also I believe 23 years old. This playoff experience will be invaluable and make them a stronger team next year regardless of what happens this year. We don't need to change a whole lot, we definitely do not need to trade Jalen. A few tweaks here and there along with strong training during the summer time, we will be just fine and a contender for years to come if we don't do anything impulsive.
What a stupid take. Amen played 100 times better than Jalen last game and it wasn’t even close. The defense is the only thing keeping us in the games at all. Golden state is scoring far below their season average and curry was held to 17 last night. If Jalen scores 20 points we would be up 3-1. Taking out Amen means our defense gets much worse on curry.
Rockets were down 1-3 to the Suns. With 17 seconds left in Game 5, they were trailing 90-92... Olajuwon isn't walking through that door, but maybe Şengün will...
The game 7 vs clippers was my first ever rockets game as a fan. I was 11 and watched it with my dad. I loved that GS series after Harden was a monster in those first two games.
One game at a time. Tomorrow night I'd start the triple bigs with Fred and Jalen (please don't dribble with your head down, Jalen!). Terror Twins significant minutes. Aaron and Uncle Jeff some spot minutes, please!
The Rockets will take this to 7. To get there they need balance. path to victory: Blitz Curry and Butler at times to create turnovers. Play Holliday to help generate offense. go back to spreading the floor and screening 30 ft out for Green, Hit those damn FT’s
Every games are close so there still is a chance. But changes are desperately needed. Aaron holiday should play while Jalen Green had played his last game as a Rockets.
Simply make your FTs can make a big difference. Shooting 60% at the line as a team and missing 12 FTs when we only lost by 3 points is painful to absorb.
