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First 20 Games: Predict!

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Rocket River, Aug 30, 2021.

  1. Dankstronaut

    Dankstronaut Way, way out here.
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    2 months til preseason feels like an incomprehensible amount of time right now.
     
  2. edwardc

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    Wed, Oct 20 @Minnesota W
    Fri, Oct 22 vsOklahoma City W
    Sun, Oct 24 vsBoston -----W
    Tue, Oct 26 @Dallas -----L
    Thu, Oct 28 vsUtah -----L
    Sun, Oct 31 @los Angeles -----W
    Tue, Nov 2 @los Angeles -----L
    Thu, Nov 4 @Phoenix -----L
    Sat, Nov 6 @denver -----L
    Sun, Nov 7 @GOLDEN State -----L
    Wed, Nov 10 vsDetroit -----W
    Fri, Nov 12 vsPortland -----W
    Sun, Nov 14 vsPhoenix -----L
    Mon, Nov 15 @Memphis -----W
    Wed, Nov 17 @Oklahoma City -----W
    Sat, Nov 20 @New York -----L
    Mon, Nov 22 @Boston -----L
    Wed, Nov 24 vsChicago -----L
    Sat, Nov 27 vsCharlotte -----W
    Mon, Nov 29 vsOklahoma City -----W
    This is a little more likely to happen even if Wall and Gordan are still on the team.
     
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  3. J.R.

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    Rockets don’t play any real contenders in their first 20 games.
     
  4. gmoney411

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    I doubt we take all 3 against OKC. If they are getting swept by teams like the Rockets they are a 10 win team.
     
  5. conquistador#11

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    More like 31 days till the week of anticipation. On the third of October you can watch Lakers v Brooklyn to get your nba fix.

    It's about the same time from when we found the no.2 pick was ours to the day of the actual draft.
     
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    Need to see starting lineup first.
     
  8. Plowman

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    Less than a month until training camp...
     
  9. juanm34

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    19-1
     
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  10. peleincubus

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    That was going to be my guess as well.
     
  11. tycoonchip

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    Too early to tell for me.
    We have youth but we are talking about the early part of the season when most vet teams coast.
    Phoenix denver boston memphis and golden state are the ones that may come at a loss. CP3 always wants to win. Denver is as stacked as we are but with more seasoned players. Boston golden state are the ones with something to prove. Klay thompson wants to prove he is back. Boston.. well that we have to see and memphis will try to prove themselves especially with Ja.
    I can see us out running and gunning portland.
     
  12. Dankstronaut

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    Well what the hell was I looking at lol must've been from last season.

    Oct. 5th? Is that right?
     
  13. DeBeards

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    Wed, Oct 20 @Minnesota W/L
    Fri, Oct 22 vsOklahoma City W
    Sun, Oct 24 vsBoston -----L
    Tue, Oct 26 @Dallas -----L
    Thu, Oct 28 vsUtah -----L
    Sun, Oct 31 @los Angeles -----L
    Tue, Nov 2 @los Angeles -----L
    Thu, Nov 4 @Phoenix -----L
    Sat, Nov 6 @denver -----L
    Sun, Nov 7 @GOLDEN State -----L
    Wed, Nov 10 vsDetroit -----W
    Fri, Nov 12 vsPortland -----L
    Sun, Nov 14 vsPhoenix -----L
    Mon, Nov 15 @Memphis -----L
    Wed, Nov 17 @Oklahoma City -----W
    Sat, Nov 20 @New York -----L
    Mon, Nov 22 @Boston -----L
    Wed, Nov 24 vsChicago -----L
    Sat, Nov 27 vsCharlotte -----L
    Mon, Nov 29 vsOklahoma City -----W

    15-5 or 16-4
     
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  14. don grahamleone

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    That’s on pace for 70 wins and that’s absolute horse manure. We’re going 82-0. Who is gonna stop us? The Phillies? Get outta here!

    Fixed. That. For you.
     
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  15. DeBeards

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    keeping a positive mindset while witnessing kids' growing paint gonna be a new normal.
    the higher expectation we lay in the more disappointment we gonna gain, therefore instead of wishing in vain we accidentally beating one or two elite teams full of veterans who knows how to close games, eyeing on defeating teams like cavs, wolves, bulls etc should be more healthy n realistic. In first 20 games, 1-5 Ws is sound n acceptable, as long as both kids n our rookie coach learns from those 19-15 Ls.
     
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    I think most of you guys have that sour 2021season in your minds. That team wasn't as terrible as the final result. Wood ran down the court in a game they were winning, in a blowout, and suddenly the camera pans to the head coach looking away in shock. ..
    What followed was an Oladipo that never wanted to be here wandered the courts, ho huming his stats in a polite way.

    Then, Eric Gordon and his much needed 17 fun points went out the window. Kevin Porter comes in shortly to replace Gordon's production. Kelly Replaces the ho hum Olabricko effort but nobody replaced Wood.
    Once they were all back everything had unraveled. Wall is shut down. The film 'The Warriors' is reenacted outside a 'scrip club', Wood and KPJ finally bond, Olajuwon volunteers to represent the Rockets at the Lotto selection. Fans flip flop for a month over Suggs, Mobley, Cade, Green and now here we are.
    Even through that shi**y season there were at least 11 games they gave away Texans style.
    So only winning 4-6 in the first 20 games is just absurd.*


    *must be healthy
     
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    1-19

    They beat Dallas.
     
  18. Rocket River

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    D*mn opening Night loss
    Otherwise . .. .still on track

    Portland is looking winable.

    Rocket River
     
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    Hoping for a dub against Detroit. I'll go and say 4-16.
     
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    I've been told we're going to have 15 wins on Dec. 31st.
     
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