Series Thread: 2nd Round: LA Lakers vs Houston Rockets

[msgkings322]

It's game 1 of a playoff series
It shows Houston will go at least 6. They can win.
I don't think they can shoot enough to win 4 but they might, it's not some impossible dream
Lakers not a whole lot better, none of the top teams are

 

[Vitamike]

LOL @ the blocking call...

someone's gonna get paid tonight!!! LOLLOOLLLOLLOLL

 

[Shanemansj13]

I’ve never seen a player that gets more calls than Harden and flops all the time lol. They continue to give him calls.

But when RW is on and this defense is playing like that...hard to beat. LA not being aggressive

 

[jontaejones]

Love me some RUSS

Playing good team ball today. Not forcing...

 

[bksballer89]

I don't think they can shoot enough to win 4 but they might, it's not some impossible dream

Crazy thing is they're not even winning tonight because of shooting. Currently 12-33 from 3. Nothing special at all

 

[Vitamike]

Okay, the replay does show Harden is in the air before Davis' right foot is set, I take it back, good call.

But bang, bang that calls 9 out of 10 times is offensive ...

 

[Vitamike]

So with the likely loss here, will we hear Paul Pierce talking down LBJ's place in history like he did after the Lakers lost G1 to Portland???

Maybe my bias, but PP actually made a lot of sense in stating his case...

 

[raptorlife4]

These guys dont like eachother
Harden and Westbrook going at Davis and talking shit.

Love the way they are playing

 

[bksballer89]

These guys dont like eachother
Harden and Westbrook going at Davis and talking shit.

Love the way they are playing

Scary thing is Houston didn't play great on offense. They didn't shoot crazy from 3.

Houston just got efficient production from their big 3...that was it

 

[wildturkey]

Shameful. Same shit as game 1 vs Portland. Just lazy as fuck out there. Ridiculously bad defense. No communication whatsoever, barely even contesting shots, letting them get whatever they wanted. No offense. Just a series of one on one possessions that usually ended in some halfassed fadeway.

 

[bksballer89]

Howard and Javele serve no purpose if they can't grab offensive rebounds

 

[DJ]

What I waited for!!!!

 

[DJ]

What I waited for!!!!

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Takes the sting away from the L....a little.

 

[msgkings322]

Howard and Javele serve no purpose if they can't grab offensive rebounds

Is AD a bad defensive fit to defend the Rockets? He might be.

 

[msgkings322]

A little different from playing the crappy ass blazers LOL. Difference is Houston won completely tank the rest of the series and harden won’t run away scared with “injuries” like that bum Lilliard

Man you are pure troll LOL

 

[DJ]

Crazy thing is they're not even winning tonight because of shooting. Currently 12-33 from 3. Nothing special at all

Harden went for 36 points.....they have to defend Harden and RW making others beat them.....that's the key.

 

[black francis]

LeBron is a bitch

Can take over any game he wants, but would rather distribute

Fucking fraud

 

[bksballer89]

Harden went for 36 points.....they have to defend Harden and RW making others beat them.....that's the key.

Harden is the best scorer in the league and Russ is a top 15 ish player. You're never going to actually stop them

 

[black francis]

if magic had lebrons athleticism, he would have been even more more unstoppable

if lebron had magics motivation, he'd have more rings

 

[Retroram52]

Not sure why we are holding on to a guy like Rondo other than Vogel, James, and Davis like/love him. Rondo has been the worst Lakers rotation player all year. They were 8.1 points per 100 possessions better with him on the bench before the hiatus and after missing all of the seeding games and the first round, he clearly isn't in playoff shape.

The Rockets destroyed him defensively. Their ball-handlers had no trouble whatsoever driving past him. He was just as bad on offense. Despite his 2-of-5 mark on 3-pointers, it appeared he was one of the biggest reasons the Lakers couldn't or wouldn't attack the basket. The Rockets hardly even pretended to guard him from behind the arc. Throw in four turnovers, most of which were self-inflicted, and the verdict is in: Rondo is no longer a playoff-caliber player.

Vogel has repeatedly stood behind Rondo despite every statistical metric telling him not to. Waiters is the better player and def in the playoff realm, yet he sits. Perhaps it would be wise to get Waiters in the game earlier. As was mentioned earlier, we def miss Avery Bradley.

The Lakers already trail in this series and they now can't afford to waste minutes on the wrong players anymore. But will they have the intestinal fortitude to bench a potential Hall-of-Famer? We'll find out in Game 2.

 

[DJ]

Shots fired. Harden may have woke up the Lakers with his comments.

"If you don't have the heart it doesn't matter."

Funny he should say that as much as he disappears in the playoffs.