I try to distance myself emotionally from the outcome. Key word is TRY, because it’s getting harder and harder to do these days. If the Fakers go on a 8-0 run or something like that, I’ll get up and start doing something else and just have the game on in the background. Inevitably, the Rockets will then go on a 12-2 run and I’ll come sit back down again. This goes on and on. Seems like every game this series is a game of 1 team going on a scoring drought for 5 minutes at a time. And yes, I avoid viewing parties like the plague. There’s no better way to GUARANTEE a loss than for me to go to a viewing party…
I wear an autographed authentic Yao Ming jersey, order 20 original hot chicken wings from Wing Stop (and get non on the jersey), then I have to have my Lakers fan roommate leave the house. Having him leave is a new ritual, but he was gone for games 1 and 4, but home for 2 & 3, so he will be forcefully removed this evenning.
I bet you always have a viewing party or go out to a bar..wen we play A++ teams!..lol..same happens to me!
I have the greatest superstition of all. I have my gf convinced that in order for us to win she needs to dress up in nothing but a Yao Jersey and white socks. Then at half time we need to have sex. Games two and three she was working, tonight she is off and coming over. The Yao Jersey and socks will be popping fresh out of the dryer as soon as I get home. There is no sacrifice to great for my Rockets team. GO ROCKETS!!!
It I go to the BW3 near me, the Rockets win. It has been that way all season. When I sit at home, they have lost every single time. So, I might have to go to BW3 tonight.
It will be a nightmare if you knocked her up when she's been dressing like Yao Ming......... OMG......
Haha! I tested the theory out during the Portland series and every single time I was at home they lost. Hell, during that Bulls meltdown game I left there at the end of the 3rd.
We split tickets with friends... so... When in attendance I wear one of only three different shirts and sit in seat #15 of the 4 we have available. When I am home I always wear the same black t-shirt and blue scrubs my wife brought home from the hospital. I always vacumn the rug before the game as well...
Every time my DVR stops recording in the middle of the 4th quarter because it's "out of space," we win.
I wear my Dikembe Mutombo jersey minus the Rockets hat that I like to wear. Sometimes the Landry jersey works, the only time the Scola jersey worked was when we played the Minnesota T-wolves at home. The Tmac jersey is retired.
I always wear a red rockets shirt during the game. If we win I will take it off and hang it up until the next game. During Sundays game I was in the pool without a shirt while watching so my red shirt has been washed after game 3. Tonight I'm watching from the pool again to ensure the win.
Maybe I should. I'm wasn't kidding. The last two wins my teenagers had recorded a bunch of BS I wasn't aware of on my HD-DVR, the one for my HD-TV. Both times it ran out in the middle of the 4th. Uncanny! Sure, I still nailed it in my bedroom, but my Sony with the tube won't die for me, so I can replace it with an HD flat screen. Speaking of getting nailed in the bedroom, my wife and I have a deal... the Rockets win in the playoffs and we have celebratory sex.
The two times I've worn my red Rockets shirt in this series, we lost. So I've been avoiding it. My brother and I also don't allow anyone who hasn't been watching every game to watch the game with us; that one never works, haha. Hopefully my brother is wearing his T-Mac jersey again tonight because he was rocking it Sunday and...well, we all know what happened.
Yeah, having sex with your girlfriend is a REAL sacrifice there, buddy. Way to take one for the team, lmao!
