Jackson and Fisher ? nah not good enough for our backcourt.. without westbrook and if we throw the zone at them , they have limited play makers, Durant really, expect a lot of jump shots from the outside, if they hit, they will win, if not we will take it easy.
Same goes for the Rockets, though. When Parsons is hitting from 3, we're a very tough out. When Thabo's connecting for OKC, they're virtually unbeatable.
With no Westbrook hogging the ball Durant gonna have to take it to the next level. This could be what the thunder needed to win it all? Run it through Durant. Still we have a chance, we played Damm good in game 2 and should of won. Time to put the wounded horse down! go rockets!!!!
oh yeah of course , we have to hit our shots, even though this last game on the road, we did not, we were still in the game. I think with Westbrook out they are not the same team at all. He's the floor general and creates his own shot as well as for his team, I dont think Durant can keep it up for the full game. I see us winning in 7 if and only if Westbrook does not play.
Yes, it means more shots for Durant but keep in mind that KD hasn't shot well against Parsons. Just gotta go and play all out each game whatever lineup OKC puts out there.
Lakers didn't have Kobe. All we had to do was beat them and we would have faced a much easier opponent. Okc still got this unfortunately
One of the major reasons why The Rockets won't win this series is because of inexperience. This team is raw as hell, I mean damn they've only been together or some of them like the starting lineup for one full season..
The door is definitely been cracked open. We're down 2-0, but given homecourt, we're supposed to be. Protect Toyota Center, and it becomes a best of 3 matchup. Sounds silly, but the first round takes forever and there's plenty of time for momentum to shift. I still wouldn't say the door is any more than cracked open. The team has to step up in a big way, but Westbrook was a huge problem for us. Reggie Jackson is a different story.
They already beat the thunder in the reg season and hung with them last game when Westbrook played and Lin was hurt
I don't think Durant has ever cracked 50% against Parsons. Not a single time out of seven. The matchup nightmare for the Rockets, against OKC, is Westbrook. It's his relentless style on defense and penetration on offense that keeps us from controlling pace the way we need to. Those of you claiming that Westbrook "hogging" will lead to more shots for Durant... that's great. Less transition for the Thunder and more shots in the halfcourt for a guy who shot 40% on Wednesday. Sign me up...
Yeah, but look at how much they grew from Game 1 to Game 2. Yes, they still lost the 2nd game, but only because Asik missed a layup and Parsons missed a 3 while Durant nailed a 25-footer and assisted on another 3 that was aided by Perkins practically yanking Parsons' arm out of its socket. And that was in OKC. It's not outside the realm of possibility that the Rockets hold serve at home in Games 3 and 4. In fact, I almost expected it after the way they performed in Game 2 and that was BEFORE the Westbrook injury(assuming of course Lin isn't out). And if they do even the series up, is it that far-fetched to see them stealing a game in OKC when they already almost pulled it off on Wednesday?
