Celtics lose to Lakers -- Rockets 22-0 streak "intact"

I guess I was one of very few that wanted the Lakers to lose.

We saw last season that 1 game can be significant in the final standings. I wasn't that worried about preserving the 2nd longest winning streak.

Imagine if we end up playing the Lakers in the WCF and don't have home court because of a 1 win difference in our records (or because we are tied and they have the tiebreaker).

I know that is only a hypothetical situation but there was no likely benefit for us having the Lakers win other than to preserve second place on a relatively meaningless list.

Winning championships is what really matters and the Lakers beating the Celtics has a chance to affect the Rockets in the playoffs while the Celtics winning would have had no likely effect other than possibly in the finals. I believe the Rockets have a better chance of catching the Lakers in the standing than the Celtics though.

 

I highly doubt that if it came down to one game that the Rockets don't have homecourt against the Lakers in the WCF, that we would be all circling this game as the game that could have made the difference.

There's plent of games left and the Lakers haven't really been tested with the tough parts of their schedule yet. Jordan Farmar is injured and we'll see if that hurts their depth.

 

How sweet it is. It just proves to them rocket haters its not as easy at it seems to with 20+ games in a row not even the Mighty celtics could crack it. But the season is not over so we will see what they have left in them.

 

frankly home court has not helped us in the past very much and if you check our FG% we shoot much better on the road.

Byond Les losing out on some cash, I don't see the issue.

 

I highly agree with you. It's very unlikely.

The point is that it is possible and I'll pull for any result that has even the smallest possible beneficial impact on the Rockets. 1 game made a big difference in the final standings last year.

The Celtics winning would have kept the streak going but it would have eliminated that small aforementioned possibility.

Hey, I'm happy we still have the second longest win streak in NBA history. I would have been happier though if the Lakers lost even if that meant the Celtics may have dropped us to third on that list.

 

what about knocking the celtics down a peg for when we face them in the finals.

 

I was very worriedabout that. But I still think that celts are going to have another streak

 

My sarcasm meter was turned off.

 

Hey, if that turns out to be the case, I'll be happy. I'm just looking at the current situation and I truly was rooting for the Celtics even though I hate both of those teams.

I am probably overstating the significance. The consolation is that we still have the 2nd longest winning streak. That's something to be proud of.

 

1. The Lakers were at home in front of a nationally televised game. Chances of the Lakers coming out flat and getting beat soundly were remote. It could have happened, but didn't.

2. How do you know at this point that a Lakers lost today would have eliminated that small possibility with the season not over? The Lakers could be involved in a triple OT game in the last game of the season where they lose, and that could be the difference of what gave us the home court advtantage, instead of this game.

3. Rockets have lost alot of many winnable games already for us to be depending on the Lakers to come down to us. How about controlling our own destiny by winning games that we have the lead in the 4th? I can think of 4 games off the top of my head that the Rockets snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

I think we need to concentrate more on our own team just getting better each game rather then be worried so much about the Lakers' every move. It's not like we're a half game behind them right now.

 

I didn't say the Lakers winning would eliminate our chances of finishing ahead of them. Go back and read what I wrote. I never said that.

Of course, there are all kinds of mathematical possibilites that still exist with so much time left in the season. I'm just always rooting for anything that could have any possible benefit down the line for the Rockets.

I don't know what will happen. Putting the streak aside though, the Celtics winning had more potential benefit to the Rockets. That was my only point.

I don't know that this one game will make a difference. My point was that it could while the Celtics winning would very likely have no effect. I think the Rockets have a much better chance of finishing ahead of the Lakers than the Celtics.

The bottom line and common sense outlook is that WC teams, other than the Rockets, losing to EC teams is always a good thing.

 

I just happen to think this was a bad game to hope that the Lakers lose in removing that small possibility of us losing out. They were extra motivated to break that streak against the team that blew them out to win the title, and again it was nationally televised on their homecourt.

Sure it would benefit us if they lost, but frankly the gap between us and the Lakers is bigger then the 5 games that separate us IMO. I think we need to concentrate more on getting better and getting fully healthy, cause full strength I think we can beat anybody on their homecourt...if we are playing to our full capabilities.

 

Serious Question:

I'm sure many of you are familiar from the less than neutral refereeing during the rockets vs. cavs game.

Now I myself was rooting for the Lakers because I absolutely abhor those chest-pounding celts, but did it seem to anyone else that the refereeing was biased in favor of the lakers? It really seemed like the Celts had a lot of b.s. calls against them. Anyone?

 

so lucky,originally i don't think lakers could do that

 

yeah, even JVG pointed out during one incident when the Javie turned the celts' shot clock to 4 while Kobe actually had already taken control of the ball.

It seems that David stern is trying to add fuel to the Lakers/Celtics matchup hype again. That match-up looked a littel tilted before the game.

 

great game all around - either of those teams would be VERY HARD to beat in a seven game series.

 

Rock N Roll!!!!!

 

It's great that the Rockets' 22 game streak is still secure in second place all-time, but the big downside to the Lakers winning this game is that now the media has an excuse to try to hype Lakers-Celtics even more than they already have been.

 

I would look back at losses against the Clippers and Grizzlies instead of blaming the Lakers for beating the Celtics.

 

Yep, nothing our team can do regarding the outcome of other games, but we can impact the outcome of our own. If we dont get home court, or a good seed, its because of us, no one else.