Be humble, stay hungry. Greatness isn't debated, it's lived. The Rockets aren't a great team until they show it through the end result.
also adding the fact that we never had a complete team. Most of the team is finally back, albeit bev/motie.
We had Dwight, Brewer, and Josh the final 2 matchups... but, Dwight wasn't healthy. Terrence is the guy who never played against GS. He's a better matchup than DMo guarding Draymond Green. It won't be easy, but the Rockets have a legit shot at shocking the world
Yes, we had Dwight but we didn't have playoff Dwight. We had Brewer and Smith, but they were still new to the team, and they still are but may finally be getting comfortable in the system. Too bad we don't have the Wolverine for his defense and energy, or Dmo instead of Cap. This series would be much more easier for us. But I still think these guys can pull off the upset.
Houston bench came thru against clips and will shine against Us. It will go seven games. I think Houston takes it.
Who cares, if they would give us a lot of credit they would look smart all of a sudden and that would go against everything I believe ESPN and basketball / sports journalism stands for which is: deceit, amateurism, hollywood, cuban cigars, river walks, donkeys and lies.
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Really, people in the media are sleeping on this fact. Yes Dwight was hurt but even more so, Dwight probably plays at about 85% in the reg. season even when he's healthy. People are not realizing the post season dwight goes off for 20 and 20 any given night. It's oK, let them think the warriors will sweep us. Let them be stunned twice in a row.
It's infuriating, Jsmoove and Corey brewer going off like that in the 4th quarter, there was nothing the clippers could have done to stop that. It was just a moment where everything clicked. They didn't stop playing, they just got shut down by the Rockets defense and got raped by the barrage of 3s.
I love how the script coming into the series was - Clippers growing up before our eyes - Just beat the defending NBA Champs, this team is for real! - Clippers showing heart to overcome adversity - Clippers might win the title! And now it's all about how they choked and gave away game 6, didn't put away the rockets when they could. How could the team they overcame a 3-2 deficit against the Spurs choke like that? Really, it had nothing to do with the Rockets??
I just want to say, on Sportscenter last night they did a pretty large piece on the Rockets and Houston Sports. They even joked one time when going to break. "We'll be right back with Houston Sports Tonight." So I guess this is how it feels to be a Boston Sports fan!
Lol remember this? <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Clippers’ chances to win title up to 41%, acc. to BPI Most likely Finals matchup: Clippers-Cavaliers (26% chance) <a href="http://t.co/Yaagph6NRi">pic.twitter.com/Yaagph6NRi</a></p>— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/597823751456051202">May 11, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Nice post... because it's level-headed The media (especially Barry) isn't the harsh people so many are claiming. There's never been a love affair nationally with Houston, but we aren't getting dissed. I didn't hear the Game 6 broadcast until 2 days later and it made all the comments about him sound silly. Just chill and enjoy the ride
ESPN's "Basketball Power Index" is based on what exactly? I'm assuming they are trying to fool people into thinking they have some secret formula that really is just point differential? The Clippers had the greatest odds in their favor at that time from a statistical standpoint because of how bad the Rockets lost games in that series I'm assuming. Analytics have their place now in basketball but when you get to this point if you are using them to predict the winners who will go all the way you really have never played or watched much basketball before in your life. Common sense at this point probably has more merit.
