That would definitely be one of the best possible scenarios for the Rockets. Home court in Round 1 against either the Blazers or Warriors followed by the Spurs in Round 2 who we seem to own this season for some odd reason. The only problem is catching the Clippers may be impossible at this point. They've played incredibly well without Paul and they have way more home games than road games the rest of the way(unlike us). To make matters worse, they're something like 18-3 at home.
That simply isn't true. OKC is the only team I wouldn't like our chances with. The Clippers would be a close second but they are garbage come playoff time.
I wouldn't go that far regarding the Clips. They got out of the first round 2 years ago. They're not garbage. But they're not contenders either(at least not like OKC is).
1. Thunder 2. Spurs 3. Blazers 4. Clippers 5. Warriors 6. Rockets 7. Mavs/Grizzlies/Wolves/Suns 8. Mavs/Grizzlies/Wolves/Suns Search your feelings, you know this has to be what happens.
We won't see OKC in the first round, with that said I think the Clippers are the only team I might pick against the Rockets. I think we beat all the other teams in a 7 game series, and even the clippers don't scare me. Getting to 3rd is best case scenario, not saying likely, but I think it's certainly feasible that we can pass the Clippers. IMO the Blazers are certainly gonna fall to 5th or 6th. The Thunder are gonna be the #1 seed, and I wanna avoid them as long as possible this year.
avoid clippers avoid thunder i don't see any other team beating us in a 7 game series..IF we play the way we are supposed to play.
The only way I can see us going to the NBA finals is by avoiding the Thunder, the Grizzlies, and the Clippers at all costs. Right now we would play the Blazers in the first round and the Spurs in the second round. We would have to meet up with the Thunder or the Clippers in the WCF unless the Grizzlies knock the Thunder out in the first round or the Warriors knock off the Clippers. I am actually fine right now with the setup cause I think with the way it is now we could get to the Finals. We just have to hope that the Warriors knock off the Clippers and the Thunder get knocked out by the Warriors. If we meet the Warriors in the WCF we are going to the finals. If it is the Thunder or the Clippers with the way the roster is set up I just can't see us getting that far.
As far as I know its impossible for the Rockets AND the Spurs to be in the top 3 with them being in the same division.
we can beat GS, San Antonio, Portland. Take your pick. I'd rather play Portland the most. We'd get swept or lose in 5 to the Thunder (healthy) or Clippers. I would tank games if it means we would avoid them in the Playoffs.
Now for a serious post. I just found this Red94 article I missed back in Oct. I'm amazed by the predictions from back then by respected stats analysts. It's a little sad that we are trying to figure out who we should avoid in the playoffs when these questions were being asked pre-season: 'But if the predictions from one of my favorite stat geeks, Arturo Galletti, are to be trusted, then brace yourself for some much loftier questions… Will anyone in the West come close to challenging the Rockets for the top seed? Will the Rockets be the best team in the NBA? Better even than the LeBrons? Will the Rockets be the best team in recent NBA memory? And, most uncomfortably, … Will the Rockets challenge the NBA record of 72 wins set by Michael Jordan’s 1995-96 Bulls?' Granted, these are fairly grandiose predictions, and we've been bitten by the injury/diva bug, but the article had us at these win #'s: Bad = 53.9 wins Nominal = 63.6! Good = 70.7!!! Here's the link: http://www.red94.net/stats-say-years-rockets-may-historically-great/13171/
Ha. And what does that make us come playoff time? We pretty much have nothing going for us as a playoff team. Last years experience? Only thing we accomplished was not getting swept by a team missing Westbrook. I like our chances against Portland. That's it. Warriors maybe, need to see how we play against them when they have Igoudala.
WOJ: Manu Ginobili will miss three-to-four weeks with a strained left hamstring, the Spurs say. 1-29-14 -they will now have 4 of their top 6 players out.
Um, you don't think LAC's playstyle, skill set and players matches up too well against our Rockets? Because I (and most of CF I think) do... I'd rather have OKC than LAC, though I think both those teams beats us in a 7 game series. We beat any other team currently in the top 8.
I never thought the Spurs would be out of top 2 but with their injuries they could slide down as far as 5th. Clippers to get 2nd as they had been winning without CP3. 1. OKC 2. Clippers/Rockets 3. Rockets/Clippers 4. Blazers/Spurs 5. Spurs/Blazers 6. 7. 8. Warriors/Mavericks/Suns/Grizzlies Not facing the Thunder or Clippers first round looks good.
How I think it's gonna go down: 1. OKC 2. SAS 3. HOU 4. LAC 5. POR 6. GSW What would wreck us is if we cannot get past the Clippers. Of every team on that list OKC and then LAC would be the teams we want to avoid.
They are also 32-1 against the bottom 23 teams in the nba, surly we can't pass them with our inconsistency
