ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Thunder 4/21/2013 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 1)

This is how the game will go down:

- Thunder come out playing aggressive defense. Trap Lin from the backcourt.

- McHale and Rockets aren't prepared for this kind of intense traps.

- Rockets turn the ball over a couple of time.

- When they do break the traps, they have little time left to set up offensively. Everyone looks lost and out of sync.

- They are rattled and down by 20 at halftme. The game is pretty much over.

- They rally but fall short.

Thunder has one of the most fearsome backcourt traps in the league. They don't use it often in the regular season. Feast your eyes in Game 1 and Let the nightmare begin!

 

The refs won't help him. It's simple all Lin has to do is man up then McHale won't take him out and Lin would play well.

 

LOHs to be more exact, mob.

 

The bad shooting is mostly due to the Lakers' playoff-intensity defense. They played extremely hard on that end of the floor, and our offense was relegated to iso ball. That's what happens to every team when the opposition plays balls to the wall defense.

 

No, thats what happens to badly coached offenses.

 

I have a feeling we'll start off hot and get tempered down once OKC ramps up their D. I think if we run a bunch of off-ball screens for Harden we'll get much better looks overall.

 

Okc will be hard, but not as hard as everybodys hyping it to be. I believe we have a solid chance to beat them if they stay focused, play D, hustle and score decently. Thats a lot to ask for, but if we can do those these we have a really good chance imo.

 

Anti-jinxes just suck the positive energy out of you. We're in the playoffs. Revel in it, enjoy the moment!

Go Rockets!

 

Thurder will come out and win the first game by 10+.

Say what you want about how successful the season is, getting ass kicked four games in a row in playoff is never fun.

 

I can't wait for the playoff games. I am positive we will make this series at minimum competitive. Lin/Harden would show up and lead us to atleast two wins. Parsons should spend all his effort/energy on limiting Durant then we have chance. As long as we limit Durant then we have chance. Also, Asik/GSmith needs to be beasting on the board. They have better shot blocker, but we have better rebounder. Also, our backups needs to match the production of Thunder's backups. This would be tall order, but I believe we can do it. Let's go Rockets!!!

 

kmart with 20+ in game 1

 

this is how i expect all of the games to go down. they know, as we all should know, that lin is the key player to defeating the rox. dont take my word for it. listen to george karl and kobe... expect lin and harden to be trapped all game. if they give up the ball and dont turn it over, who is going to take over?

parsons? no. just no. lets be realistic here, he is best when he is making 3s and cutting to the basket. 3s are very volatile and okc's d is not going to let him anywhere near the basket.

delfino? again, only good for 3s and that's simply not sustainable for a series.

asik? lol. smith? lol. bev? lol. garcia? lol....

we are SO doomed...

 

Rockets win Game 1 in a shocker, Thunder backdoor sweep.

 

Oh yeah! Bring it on OKC.

 

Very possible.... I can see Stern thinking this way.

 

Lin was great in the last OKC game against Westbrook too and we won.

 

Nope. He'll be camping in the corner waiting for Harden to pass the ball. But the rest of your claims are true.

 

But if we had won both games with PHO and LA, we would have been 6th seed and playing the Nuggets.

 

Just bought tickets to game 4 hope it's not the last game for us this year!

 

That would be incredible