No surprise here. I was kinda surprised that one of them picked us in 7. Let's prove them wrong again!!
Anyone who picks the Lakers and thinks the preferred choice wasn't obvious from the get-go is delusional. Still, I'm way excited for Round 2. I have zero expectations, and I feel like I can finally just relax and enjoy the games from here on out now that we've gone beyond the first round. People are way underestimating us. We can do this!
Rockets thrive in the underdog position, unless the refs come to the rescue (like in 04-05 and last year). Let's make it interesting and at least steal 1 in LA !!! If the refs start to cheat, hopefully Artest will be ready to go NO LAYUPS on them. I would love to see this get physical and the Rockets need to man up more than ever before. I'm really positive about this series, especially after seeing Yao being really aggresive in Game 6. The block on Blake was huge and sent a message. Let's hope Yao keeps this up and we will come out with the Rockets missiles launching !! Rockets in 6/7
Seriously, I love being the underdog in this series. I think the Rockets are just so relieved to have gotten passed the first round... I don't feel like they're just going to fall apart during the pressure. I think they're going to elevate and surprise everyone. Nothing would bring me greater pleasure than to see a crowd full of disappointed Lakers fan.
wow those predictions are actually VERY generous. i was thinking most would say lakers in 5 at the very most. at least thats how i see it playing out. lakers will most likely sweep us or win in 5. it'll be an accomplishment if we take them to 6.
how can you trust these guys. They were wrong about the Blazers winning it. They sort of go with whoever has the best record.
I believe the series will go to 7 either way. I don't see Houston losing at home. So it's going to be a tough series.
PLAYER MATCHUPS ROCKETS LAKERS * Point Guard * A. Brooks A. Brooks Points: 11.2 Rebounds: 2.0 Assists: 3.0 D. Fisher D. Fisher Points: 9.9 Rebounds: 2.3 Assists: 3.2 * Shooting Guard * R. Artest R. Artest Points: 17.1 Rebounds: 5.2 Assists: 3.3 K. Bryant K. Bryant Points: 26.8 Rebounds: 5.2 Assists: 4.9 * Small Forward * S. Battier S. Battier Points: 7.3 Rebounds: 4.8 Assists: 2.3 T. Ariza T. Ariza Points: 8.9 Rebounds: 4.3 Assists: 1.8 * Power Forward * L. Scola L. Scola Points: 12.7 Rebounds: 8.8 Assists: 1.5 L. Odom L. Odom Points: 11.3 Rebounds: 8.2 Assists: 2.6 * Center * Y. Ming Y. Ming Points: 19.7 Rebounds: 9.9 Assists: 1.8 P. Gasol P. Gasol Points: 18.9 Rebounds: 9.6 Assists: 3.5
i see us losing both games in LA so we go down 0-2 then the Lakers we MAY get game 3 or game 4 but defintely not both. then the Lakers beat us in their house in game 5. that's how they defeated the Jazz, and I don't think we will give them a better fight than the Jazz did.
Analysts don't actually watch the games they just look at stat sheets. Rockets in 6, Odom, Bynum, or Gasol get injured, and Kobe has a meltdown. How do you like those predictions?
Laker is a good match up for us... Shane need to stay in Koby's mind, and take his out of his game, and Ball need to be in Yao's hand more... But in 5, crank me up...
Haha, Jalen Rose picked Blazers over us in 4. And now he picks the Lakers over us in 5? Apparently, we either got better in his eyes, or the Lakers got worse.
Kinda surprised??? I am EXREMELY surprised that one of them picked us at all! I'd rather they all picked us losing in 4... that way it will be sweet to prove them all wrong.
You can't ever analyze Rockets-Lakers games by player-to-player matchups. It comes down to three things: 1. Kobe 2. Yao 3. Everyone else
