Official: Houston Rockets win the division! First round matchup: Dallas

Me either, but at least Dallas doesn't have a PG that can torch us.

 

Oh man...this...so much this!

What an epic visual. Mark Cuban would end up throwing a drink on Morey or something for sure.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Here are the favorites in each first-round series. <a href="http://t.co/j8oyQGiaes">pic.twitter.com/j8oyQGiaes</a></p>&mdash; NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/588714046045626368">April 16, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Rockets D with Dwight Howard on the floor this year is a 97.6. Warriors #1 in NBA at 98 Beverly and DMo big losses but Rox are threat</p>&mdash; David Locke (@Lockedonsports) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lockedonsports/status/588442107028705280">April 15, 2015</a></blockquote>
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1993- 1994 Believe it was called the Midwest back then, obviousy the first time us winning the Southwest

 

We need to fill AAC for games 3 on 4. I looked on stub hub and the cheapest seats are 48 dollars. Let's take over their arena!

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Dallas: 29th in defensive rebounding %. Houston: 6th in offensive rebounding %, and that's w/o Dwight much of the season.</p>&mdash; Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/588555030204059648">April 16, 2015</a></blockquote>
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I'm just gonna leave this right here...

Spoiler

 

If Dwight > Tyson Chandler we should be fine. Brewer, Ariza, Josh, Harden, Dwight and Capela all great defensive players. Rockets sleep walked through a bit of the second half relying more on Harden than elite D.

My biggest question mark was how do the Rockets look (defensively) when they care. They showed us that last night.

 

Aside from the obvious contributors, Rockets better look out for Aminu.

He always plays good against us,

 

Dwight has been playing extremely well in limited minutes lately.

Scoring at a better rate than any time with the Rockets(excluding last playoffs of course).

I am expecting big things out of him this playoffs.

 

Well that's pretty solid. Keep Aminu from flying in and stealing boards, and we probably win the rebounding battle every game, with some by a significant margin.

Everybody talks about LMA and Lillard cooking us, but the offensive and defensive rebounding really killed us that series. Countless put-backs and kick-out 3's.

 

If they start running a zone (which I highly suspect in different stages) we gotta be nailing our threes!

 

Oh yeah, I almost forgot- Suck it Barkley

 

I like it

 

Betting lines out:

Rockets (-380)

Spurs (-150)
Grizzlies (-160)
Warriors (-6000)

 

http://m.bleacherreport.com/article...et-early-odds-and-predictions-for-final-teams

Bleacher report predicts us to win the West!

 

Wrong thread. I meant to post on this one saying that Hollinger is giving the Blazers a better chance of winning it all than us this year.

 

And that's why the Mavs are a better matchup than the Blazers. I'd much rather go up against Dallas' frontline than a team with Aldridge, Lopez, and Kaman.

 

http://m.bleacherreport.com/article...et-early-odds-and-predictions-for-final-teams

Bleacher Report has the Rockets winning the West