Rockets vs. the WC Playoff teams (Who would win best of 7 series?)

We can take anyone in the Western Conference. Especially the Lakers...how fired up do you think T-Mac is gonna be to square off against Kobe? Yao+T-mac > Gasol+Kobe. Kobe is better than T-mac, but not by the same margin that Yao is better than Gasol.

The Spurs we would take in 6 games. Count on that. They are too old, too vulnerable, and stats show that they do not match up well against Yao specifically.

Dallas would go to 7, and I'm not so sure we could pull this one out. Josh Howard is hard to match up against, and Terry would kill Alston.

Portland, Nuggets, Blazers, and Hornets we would all take in 6 games or less. Not enough firepower in these teams to match up against us.

Suns we would prolly lose.

 

Suns - Close loss in GM 6 / 7
Spurs - Win in GM 5/6
Lakers - Loss in GM 5 /6
Mavs - Loss in GM 4/5
Hornets - Win in GM 5/6
Jazz - Close loss in GM 6/7
Blazers - Win in GM 5/6
Nuggets - Close Win in GM 6/7

 

The Rockets can beat NO, Utah, Denver, and Portland.

When it comes to the Lakers, Spurs, Suns, and Golden State, the series can go either way.

The Rockets cannot beat Dallas.

 

Rockets win over Suns: 10%

Rockets win over Spurs: 35%

Rockets win over Mavs: 25%

Rockets win over Hornets: 35%

Rockets win over Lakers: 40%

Rockets win over Jazz: 50%

Rockets win over Nuggets: 60%

Rockets win over Blazers: 90%

Rockets win over Warriors: 50%

 

Rockets can beat Spurs, Lakers, Hornets, Nuggets and Blazers in a 7 game series.

Rockets can probably beat Dallas, Jazz.

Rockets probably can't beat Suns or Golden State in a 7 game series.

 

It's an even year. The Spurs will lose if they play us in a series.

Who we would beat:
Denver
Portland
San Antonio
LA
Utah

Who we would lose to:
Phoenix
Golden State
New Orleans

Toss-up:
Dallas

 

we can hang with dallas for 3.5 quarters. we just can't beat them down the stretch BEFORE.

but now we have options down the stretch outside of ONLY TMAC (avery just straight up doubles him everywhere tmac goes in the last 5 minutes), so we can beat them. we'll face them soon so we'll see.

i say we can beat utah, denver, portland, hornets, and even the spurs.

we haven't proven we can beat the mavs and suns consistently yet.

we'll have to see if we fare well v. the new look lakers first for me to have an opinion. it's not always about on paper.

 

mavs 67: 90 pistons, without harris, they are a horrible team.

BTW, VGD just said, blazzers won't make playoff, and nuggets may not make it either.

 

I like our chances against the Spurs.
I think we would beat Denver or Portland, unfortunately, we are unlikely to play them.
Another very close series against Utah, don't know.
I don't like our chances against the rest, especially the Suns, Mavs, Lakers, or Hornets.

Need a shooter, a PG with size, or both. And a boatload of more athleticism. The Rockets are not a contender, at present. Making the playoffs still looks like a long shot to me. Winning over 41 games is going to be difficult, and that might not even do it. I don't see the Rockets winning 52 games like last year. But, I hope they do. I like the youth movement, but the team still needs a serious tweak.

 

Blazers - they are lucky to hang in #9 because they have won so many close games. Rockets will be ahead of them by next weekend.

Denver - it's always interesting when a team has AI & Melo. But George Karl never seems able to make them play like a team. It's always like AI 1 on 1 & Melo 1 on 1. Playoffs? Maybe. But the Rockets have an edge on them.

Warriors - this team is full of fighters. they play in spurs, have many ups and downs in 1 game. But they dont have too much interior defense. Teams have inside presence can abuse them in the paint. Playoffs? Maybe. But Adelman will make Yao Ming their nightmare.

Jazz - They patch their big hole in SG by acquiring Krover. AK47 has his best shooting season. They are very sharp offensively. But they are working too many newbies into their rotations and their defense is not so good. I put them even with the Rockets - 7 games flip coin series.

Lakers - The way this team can score points is not even funny. The whole team is on fire. Really need tough defense to shut them down. Have youth, size, athleticism, and deep bench and now they get Gasol. Verly likely to be in 2nd round or even WCF final. It depends how they play after all-star week. It's a bad idea to play them in 1st round.

Spurs - Well, they are the champs. enuff said. You just dont want to run into the champs in 1st round and think you have a good chance beating them because you think you match up well with them. Their experience is enough to kill you every single time in a close game. And your regular season success against them wont even be a factor.

Hornets - They are manily a half court team. Although they are playing well right now, they are inexperience in the playoffs. They have a thin bench. I like the Rockets chances against them in a 7 games playoffs series especially if T-Mac is healthy.

Mavericks - This team is a deep and experience team. They have a mental edge on the Rockets after they beat them in 05. They have too many shooters and scorers. They will have an edge on the Rockets in playoffs.

Suns - The Suns are interesting. I actually think the Rockets will play well aginst them but I need more observations. If the Rockets have a choice, they should avoid them in 1st round.

The top 4 teams in WC should be among Suns/Lakers, Jazz/Nuggets, Hornets/Mavericks/Spurs. I think the Rockets will do well against Jazz/Nuggets/Hornets.

 

I like the Rockets over the Blazers and the Nuggets. That's pretty much it. The West is just too tough this year.

 

Suns - Lose in 5 games because we don't matchup well with them and Yao is going to be gassed running the floor constantly after 2 games.
Spurs - Win in 7 games... Spurs are talented every year, however, this year might be the year somebody beats them. I personally think this is the worst Spurs team they have had in awhile. I think that if the Rockets were about to win the series against them, Robert Horry might pull the same crap he did last year with Steve Nash except it might be T-Mac or Yao.
Lakers - Can't offer a prediction on this one, yet. The factor is how Bynum plays when he returns and how will Pau Gasol fit into the team.
Mavs - Lose in 6. The Rockets are (0-3) against them this season and quite frankly NONE of the games have been close against them. Jason Terry is a Rockets Killer and Dirk Nowitzki seems to hit every key shot down the stretch against them.
Hornets - Win in 6. I don't think they are that good, period. Yes they have Chris Paul, who arguebly is the best point guard in the NBA and David West to go along with Peja Stojakovic. Hornets could make this a series if Paul and West play well constantly every night and they get 25 ppg from Stojakovic every night.
Jazz - Win in 7. T-Mac and Yao have to show up and play every single night and get tough when the going gets tough. The Jazz are known for playing dirty basketball and they want to get the opponent frustrated and get them to play ratball and make it a physical series. For the Rockets to win the series, they must get contribution from the other guys like Scola, Battier, Brooks, Landry and Alston.
Blazers - Win in 5. Portland is just too young to make any noise this season come playoff time and lack of experience is going to kill them down the stretch.
Nuggets - Win in 6. "Team Inconsistent" has alot of talent every year but George Karl has knuckleheads on his team that think "Me First, Everyone else second" in Iverson and Anthony and they have never had much success against the Rockets and if they ever were to meet in a playoff series, expect Denver to choke again in the 1st round.

 

I think we will lose to Suns, Mavericks, Spurs, Lakers, Warriors and Hornets. We will win any other team.

 

seems about right to me

 

Rockets vs:

Suns - Win in 6
Spurs - Win in 5
Lakers - Loss in 6
Mavs - Loss in 5
Hornets - Win in 5
Jazz - Loss in 7
Blazers - Win in 5
Nuggets - Win in 4
Warriors - Loss in 6
Kings - Win in 6

 

First, we have the talent and the ability to beat any team in the league. There s not ant team in the league that we could say, no it s impossible for the Rockets to beat that team. With us playing hard, we can win any team and we proved that against great teams like Spurs, Suns, Jazz and etc.

Spurs:
We always match them well and they mostly have trouble vs our team. We never faced Spurs in the playoffs and we all know that the Spurs arent the same team in the playoffs. To know who will win in a 7 game series between these two teams, we will have to see them playing in a playoff game. Going according to the game that we have play last years against them in the regular season, we can pull up that series in a 6 game.

Lakers:
We have never seen Gasol playing for the Lakers. We dont know how he will play. Also, we havent see him play with Bynum. Bynum may be out for the whole season and in the playoffs, he may not be the Bynum that he was early in the year. So considering that Bynum wont play well for them in the playoffs, and Gasol will be like 17 and 9, the Rockets should pull up that one in 7 games. If Bynum comes back and play well, the Rockets will lose that one in 7 games. The homecourt advange will be very important between these two teams. The Lakers will likely have it if the play against each other.

Portland:
We could win that one in 5 games. They are not experienced and we are a better team than them, so that should be an easy one.

Hornets:
Also not experienced, but we dont match them very well. Last game, we matched them pretty well. Maybe with Adelman we match them well. So a win in a 6 games.

Suns:
I dont see us winning them. We match them badly and Yao dont play well. Last time, we beat them and everything went good for us. if we like the last time, we should take that one , if not , the Suns will take in a 6 games.
Also, if T-Mac goes crazy, we should win that one. Hope that we dont play them in the playoffs series.

Jazz:
Last year, we almost beat and this year, till the playoffs, we will get better than what we were last year and we should beat them in 6 games , if play them.

Dallas:
Dont match them well. Althought, T-Mac goes always crazy vs them and we may have a chance because of that. But as right now, I think that they will win vs in 6 games. Hope that I wont have the same opinion at the end of the season.

Warriors:
Last game, we showed that we have the ability of winning vs them and I am sure that we will beat them in the playoffs in 6 games. We are better than them.

Overall, we have lot of chances to make the second round. Hope that we wont have to match a team that we dont match well. Also hope that my sig. comes true. Actually, I am 100% sure that it will come true.

By the way, it s a pretty nice thread.

 

Pray for the Blazers in a 7-game series, the Rockets are their biggest problem.

I'd settle for Denver or maybe Utah too. In fact, if the Rockets can get that lucky 6th seed to roll for them, I'd really like to see them face any of the Northwestern teams.

 

Not sure we can do it this year while the team is still integrating the new Adleman system but I expect big things out of them next year for sure. Who knows, they may have gelled enough by the playoffs to make some big noise. One can only hope. By the way, 14-5 over the last 19 games. Not too shabby.

 

I agree with you durvasa. This team plays too inconsistent to beat the other teams in a seven game series.