Rockets Can Still Make the Playoffs...Here's How

Dreamin · Feb 9, 2011

We will not make the playoffs untill we fix our 2nd unit and rotations. We will not make the playoffs if Brooks+Bud+Hill+Miller remain in the 2nd unit lineup.

We can still get there if we play Ish+T-Will+PPat+JJ instead of the other 4. These 4 should have been implemeted into the rotation way earlier and we would already be easily been 5 games ahead of where we are now.

Nolocke · Feb 9, 2011

Gary Vance said:

The Rockets still have a pulse and could even make the playoffs with the current lineup...including Aaron Brooks. A three game winning streak shows the Rockets are finally catching a few breaks and winning some close games. Looking back over the season, I see twelve losses that could have easily gone the other way...twelve games that were decided by single digit margins. If not for a blown layup here or a missed jumpshot and a couple of free throws there, all of those losses would have been reversed. The Rockets record could just as easily have been 37-16 right now instead of 25-28. Close games are often times decided by luck as much as skill. Sometimes ref bias factors in. Regardless, it is not too late for the Rocket's fortunes to turn around. They just need to be on the other side of catching some breaks.

Dig out the schedule and study the remaining games. Allowing for Portland and other teams ahead of Houston in the playoff race to continue winning at roughly the same pace, the Rockets will need to go 21-8 with Portland going 17-13...while everyone else stays about the same. This is not an impossible mountain to climb.

The Rockets fell just a few points shy of sweeping the Lakers. They scored more points on Miami than any other team and barely missed beating them. Two losses to the Bulls were decided by a total of five points. Heart break losses late in games have a terribly demoralizing effect on players and fans. In spite of adversity, the Rockets continue to fight. An important question...Will the fickle fan base get on board and support this team's valiant efforts as they strive with all their might to salvage a painful season?

Hopefully, Brooks will get the attitude straightened out and start producing the points and play that he has demonstrated in the past when he was healthy and happy. A healthy Brad Miller and Jordan Hill can shore up the paint and give Chuck Hayes some help. Let's hope Adelman will continue to find the right combination of players to gain the amount of wins required to get Cinderella into the Big Dance. It can be done.
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