When I first glanced over our schedule for February, my first thought was that with an easier schedule, we would be able to put a good month together and start climbing the standings and be fighting for a 6-7th seed. But after seeing our recent play, albeit one of them being a win over (a struggling) Spurs team, I am not so sure about how well we would play, even against inferior competition. Here’s what I think might go down for the Rockets and their games through February, although I pray that it doesn’t happen. Jan 23 at Seattle W Jan 25 at Portland L Jan 27 vs Utah L Jan 29 vs Golden State L Feb 1 at Indiana L Feb 2 at Milwaukee W Feb 4 at Minnesota W Feb 7 vs Cleveland W Feb 9 vs Atlanta W Feb 11 vs Portland L Feb 13 vs Sacramento W Feb 19 at Cleveland L Feb 21 vs Miami W Feb 22 at New Orleans L Feb 24 vs Chicago W Feb 26 vs Washington L Feb 29 vs Memphis W Who know, the Rockets might catch fire, McGrady contributes even with a bad knee, and the reserves play well and we do very well. But I don’t really see us beating good team on the road, and I don’t see us beating teams that have a favorable matchup against us. I also don’t see us winning every game we are “supposed to win”, even if we’re at home. If this is the case, we'll be pretty close to kissing the playoffs goodbye. Even if we make it, we’re not going anywhere. 9-8 Overall 3-4 Road 6-4 Home Does this sound so crazy? Any other predictions?
if that happens adelman should be fired and / or half the team should be traded. the least we fans should expect is a serious run and that means 5 losses maximum. a normal expectation should be that the rockets are 8th seed or better after february. anything worse than that -> rebuild mode and win now is over. but i still believe.
Sacramento and Chicago are losses. Kings are gona tear it up next year. I give Reggie Theus Coach of the Year this year. Hell of a job for a guy who didn't have his 5 of his 6 best players for the first 3 months of the season (Artest, Bibby, Martin, Abdur Rahim, Kenny Thomas) and having an injured Dahntay Jones who could have helped fill Bibby and Martin's void. If they can finish at .500 by the all star break, they could slip into the 8 spot.
Because Jermaine and Gilbert will likely be back by the time we play them. Cleveland and Portland are losses for sure. Those teams play hard.
The only top 5 team that we play this entire month is New Orleans. We lost to them last time in the fourth quarter (a big let down similar to the 76ers game), but with Tmac we've been able to have better execution in tight games (Spurs and Sonics). Games that we would have probably lost without his extra passes and jumpers. All the other teams are definitely beatable. A team that can take down the Spurs should be able to do the same to the rest of these teams. Our only true game with poor match ups is with GS. They have a great PG followed by athletic bigs at every position. If we lose more than 4 games the rest of the month, it will be a let down.
Some think it's fine to love a team and still be realistic about their chances. Just a different kind of fandom... closer to real-life love. In that model, you have to embrace and understand flaws and limitations. It's also true that if your expectations are grounded, then you're more likely to be happy with the result. I really hope the Rox go on a big run, and some very good posters have predicted 80% winning through Feb, but it's tough to say, given the obvious inconsistency overall and the obvious consistency in 4th-quarter lameness.
Hopefully we only lose to Golden State, Sacremento, at New Orleans, and once at Portland. Anywhere between 13-4/11-6 Looking at Utah's schedule: They could possibly be 11-6 Looking at Golden State's: Possible 9-5
I respect your picks, but i really do not see us losing to Porrland twice or even cleveland...heres my picks MAYBE IM TOO optomistic but quote me on this people! 14-3!! Jan 23 at Seattle W Jan 25 at Portland W Jan 27 vs Utah L Jan 29 vs Golden State L Feb 1 at Indiana W Feb 2 at Milwaukee W Feb 4 at Minnesota W Feb 7 vs Cleveland W Feb 9 vs Atlanta W Feb 11 vs Portland W Feb 13 vs Sacramento W Feb 19 at Cleveland W Feb 21 vs Miami W Feb 22 at New Orleans L Feb 24 vs Chicago W Feb 26 vs Washington W Feb 29 vs Memphis W
I think it's quite possible that the only loss the Rockets will pick up will be against GSW... Fingers crossed for Utah and NOK, but I think they're winnable games. As for Portland, Yao brings a massive mismatch. LMA is not the kind of ultra-speedy PF who can double Yao effectivly. And Pryzabelllasdarwer whatever is gonna front, even though he's a bit on the slow edge from what I've seen. Hayes on LMA, Battier on Roy...Rockets should be set.
Jan 25 at Portland L Jan 27 vs Utah L Jan 29 vs Golden State L Feb 1 at Indiana L Wow Portland isnt that great of a team, and Indiana? Your ****tin me.
We best not lose to Indy.. I will freaking be at that game and I don't want to watch a loss like that.
This is a "rockets suck" thread disguised as a "predict the record" thread. The OP just has us losing every game to teams with better records than us.
