assuming all stays the same and we make the playoffs..... which team would you like the rockets to face 1st round. Whether it be because it'll be a good series or you think the rockets have the best chance to win the series.... personally i would love to stick it to the Mavs and have a playoff rematch.. poll coming Go Rockets!
I would want them to have as easy a series as possible. Unfortunately, there is no team I could pick that would make me say, easy series win. I guess one of these: Denver, Portland, Spurs. If not them, then Mavs, Thunder or Jazz. Pass on the Lakers until WCF.
assuming yao can play an effective 20-25 minutes per game by the playoffs, we can beat the thunder or blazers in the first round in 6 b/c they lack good big men. then mavs or nuggets or spurs in 2nd round. then lakers 3rd round. then heat in finals.
jazz spurs or mavs. im leaning towards the jjazz cuz i think we have a better chance at beating them.
Bring on the Mavs, chances are Chuck will kill Dirk with his superb D and Lowry'll give fit to Kidd. Yao has some nice stuff againist Haywood, if we get nice performance from either Scola or Martin or any of the bench players we'd be beating em in 5 or 6
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Discounting standings and such, if you had to draw one out of the hat, why not the Lakers? You've got to beat them anyway... better to do it before someone suffers a freakish injury.
Well... My option wasn't up there.. I would hope that we play the Jazz in the 1st round so we can get massive payback.