http://espn.go.com/nba/powerrankings?week=2 Rockets are ranked 10th. Sounds pretty fair. I'm more surprised that they were as high as 15th last week after that 0-3 start.
Yeah, 10 is fair. 0-6 New Orleans is ranked #22 this week. Kinda makes our ranking last week more plausible. Good teams get benefit of the doubt.
In fairness, those games can wind up making a huge difference at the end of the season. Remember, we finished with an identical record as the Clippers last year. The only reason Game 7 was at Toyota Center was because the Rockets won their division. And don't forget that botched no foul call against Memphis that nearly cost them the division. Had Memphis managed to win just one more game than they did, the Rockets would've had a legitimate beef with the league over that blown call.
Good thing the margin was more than 2. LAC can't complain as much as we could about the MEM game. Complaining about Dwight's obvious goaltends is now banned. Force the refs to make the call
Exactly. Also the Rox can always complain on the refs calling Harden for a foul a minute or so prior when Reddick fouled him or whomever it was with the flop...I mean this can go on and on....Clips couldn't beat a team with 3 players out of the rotation even without Paul. Should tell us A LOT of how the Rox mentally feel about the Clippers going back to how we beat them in the playoffs.
Had the Clippers played better, the goaltending issue would not have been an issue. This is on them, not us.
As a Rockets fan, I can complain about every bad call against the Rockets for as long as I want. I never would try to pretend I’m not severely biased in my opinions the way ESPN technically should be.
