Votes will be public, and you can't change once you've locked in your prediction. Let the doubting begin!
I voted, but dumb thread. Who the hell is gonna vote if its public even though they think the worriers are gonna win?
I've gone Rockets in 7, and I really think there'll be times we see beneficial calls from the officials in this series. The NBA is bound to squeeze every dime out of this marquee match up as they can. Although Eric Gordon needs to get his act together quick smart to even think about beating the Warriors. I pray he just got all of his misses out of the way in the first two rounds and is going to go on a two round hot streak.
538 says we have an 80% chance of winning the series, but I just heard on ESPN repeatedly that we don't have a single advantage in the series? https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-nba-predictions/
Voted Rockets in 5. This team was built and designed top to bottom, from offense to defense, specifically to combat the warriors. Our switch everything defense is strategically implemented to lessen the burden of defending so many off ball screens in the gsw motion heavy system. Our offense of pnr and isolation allows us to target specific weaknesses in their defense, curry, as they have shown vulnerability in isolation defense historically. We aren’t as elite or as explosive as them in transition, so we have slowed the pace down tremendously. They thrive off extra opportunities with offensive rebounds, so we have become one of, if not the best, defensive rebounding teams. They have always been a high turnover team, so we force a lot of turnovers. They force a lot of turnovers, so we have drastically limited our turnovers.
EGo is, I think, the absolute key. He has to microwave like crazy this series. When he plays better than Klay, we win.
Ima go with my bold prediction. I know it’s crazy but I am sure we will win both games at home. First two games at home we must win. I also feel we can steal one there so if we are up 3-0 the pressure would be all on them. It would be sooo sweet if we sweep them and shut every so-called media analysts. But I’ll go easy on them Rockets in 5 4-1 We either Win both home and steal game3 or 4 Or We go there 1-1 and steal both. I still think we will win the series in 5 or 4 games. There
You don't make it this far and think you are going to lose. I thought the same thing for the Stros, at this point, 4 teams believe it's destiny. I'm super confident. I think we will shock the world because despite what people think, we do not play their pace. In fact we slow the game down, limit their possessions, and switch everything and it works out. Also, Harden has shown the ability, even in the playoffs playing on lesser teams, dominate this Wariorrs team. I don't think he's scared of them at all. I don't care about the amount of games we will win, but I feel we will win.
I think we go out 2-0 but then lose the next 2 games and then win 1 at home, lose the one on GS and come back to Houston and finish the series in 7 games
That's a really optimistic prediction .... 5. I give you credit for going out there on that limb. Turnovers - The Rockets were really stingy with the ball against the leagues #1 defense in Utah averaging 10.2 TO's per game , that's a pretty impressive stat. They forced Utah to 15.8 per game. I think this series is won and lost on the boards ..... Capela's got to be as good against these clowns as he was against Gobert and KAT .
I'm calling it Rox in 7 - with the home team winning every game... thankful for home court advantage...
