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2015 NBA PLAYOFFS |OT| One man's Smith.. Is another man's treasure.
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Vanillalite
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League leaders in 3 pointers made this year:
1. Houston
2. Golden State
3. Cleveland
4. Atlanta
lol
MetalFearSolid
Banned
Man LOL I wonder if Clips cover those up as well. Curious.
Lee Chaolan
Member
League leaders in 3 pointers made this year:
1. Houston
2. Golden State
3. Cleveland
4. Atlanta
League leaders in 3 pointers made this year:
1. Houston
2. Golden State
3. Cleveland
4. Atlanta
While the league is obviously moving in that direction, its just a coincidence that things played out this way.
CP3 was crying inside then. He crying on the outside now though.
Ninja Scooter
Member
League leaders in 3 pointers made this year:
1. Houston
2. Golden State
3. Cleveland
4. Atlanta
sooperkool
Member
This must be trolling. he went to Harvard.
Yup total coincidence the top 2 teams in both divisions are in the finals aided by how well they shoot the 3.
Yup.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
The Rockets will go as far as Josh Smith takes them???
I never thought that would cross my mind but good for them and him.
I never thought that would cross my mind but good for them and him.
Dead. Leave the Clippers alone. They going to get fucked up by the media come Monday.
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
Still heavily DISLIKE Dwight Crybaby Howard and lightly dislike Floppy James Harden.
......But I give Houston respect from coming up 3-0 without one slip up and kept LA at bay by 20 points every game.
Now's to hoping Golden State can put them on vacation.
......But I give Houston respect from coming up 3-0 without one slip up and kept LA at bay by 20 points every game.
Now's to hoping Golden State can put them on vacation.
Chezzymann
Member
Not to have a persecution complex, but its frustrating seeing reactions across the internet being mostly 'clippers choked' or 'warriors will sweep rockets' instead of 'awesome comeback by the rockets'.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
I don't think the Warriors will sweep the Rockets but the Clippers did choke.
Game 6 decided the series.
The Rockets did what I thought they would do though and closed them out at home(I didn't think there would be a game 7 however).
People like to focus on the negative.
Even as a Warriors fan, guarantee we don't sweep. And we'll see if we win the series, nothing's certain.
perfectchaos007
Member
Half of me wants to dig up all the smack talk Clippers fans and Rockets haters posted in this thread particularly after game 4. But the other half of me realizes I have better things to do with my time. Also, Matt Barnes is a dirty player and human being and gets what he deserves
So, lets not act like everyone felt the Rockets would win game 7, because they were actually still underdogs in the betting world
Chezzy has a point though. Even after the Rockets won game 6, the line for game 7 was LAC -2.5
So, lets not act like everyone felt the Rockets would win game 7, because they were actually still underdogs in the betting world
Nothing is certain......but I'm pretty damn sure the Warriors are going to beat the Rockets. Both have great offenses but the Warrior's D will make the difference.
That's because everyone hates the Rockets. The entire franchise is so unlikeable.
GM - asshole
HC - asshole
james harden and dwight howard - super assholes
josh smith - galactic asshole
Everyone wants to see them fail. EVERYONE
If the Rockets get to the Finals and win, there is no god
panthapanda
Member
League leaders in 3 pointers made this year:
1. Houston
2. Golden State
3. Cleveland
4. Atlanta
Wizards shot extremely well from the 3pt line in the playoffs and should have advanced but they went away from the 3/stopped making them at a 50% clip in the last three games.
MetalFearSolid
Banned
wait why do people hate on Morey?
detectiveconan1
Member
Obviously I am biased, but you could make a case for the Miami Heat in the 2006 Finals as on of the greatest comebacks ever. We were down 2-0, both of which were blowouts, and down 13 points in game 3 with 6:30 to go in the 4th. Plus, it was the Finals which adds a lot more weight to the feat, at least in my opinion.
I would also put the Dallas Mavs comeback in game 2 of the 2011 NBA Finals up there as well.
I'm not trying to take anything away from Houston, but I don't think a 2nd round comeback can be considered one of the best comebacks ever. It was impressive, and it is a great feat, but how many people, outside of Clipper/Rocket fans, are going to remember this series 10 years from now?
Chezzymann
Member
Well considering this is only the 9th time in NBA history a team has ever came back from being down 3-1, it will be remembered at least in stats.
RedAssedApe
Banned
it will be remembered for the clippers shitting the bed in the 4th quarter of game six. that's about it.
Askherserenity
Member
I think the Clippers had them beat in the asshole department. No one cares about the GM or HC.
Why are Harden and Howard assholes? Does the internet not like them? Always thought Clippers were more disliked.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
I think you posted that line before, it was stupid.
I didn't think it was a given but I would definitely have picked the Rockets because they were at home.
Oddsmakers make me cringe much of the time.
Chezzymann
Member
I guess Houston being a smaller market team will always result in larger market teams like LA being talked about instead of us, regardless of how well the rockets play. That's actually kind of depressing that this will be the narrative when thats not the whole story at all. There's another team in this series.
Anyways I'm done talking about this, the persecution complex aura im sensing around myself is getting too strong lol
detectiveconan1
Member
I know but my point is I don't think people will look back on it and say it was the best comeback ever. I guess if the Rockets win the championship this year, then it will be forever remembered.
Again, I'm not saying it's not impressive, and I think the Rockets earned it more than the Clippers choked it away. It took a lot of guts and determination to win 3 in a row, especially after getting destroyed in the first few games.
Gully State
Member
I can only imagine that the Rockets have a huge chip on their shoulder right now having come back from such a deficit in the series. It should be more a good WCF b/t those two teams
Good article on Kerr and his growth as a coach.
http://www.mercurynews.com/marcus-thompson/ci_28132102/thompson-steve-kerr-shows-growth-fly
I felt like this was an underrated adjustment. Klay quietly wore out Conley over the course of the series (granted Conley is battling to a heinous injury).
This could only happen with Kerr convincing the bench to buy into the always be ready mentality/team first..That's not an option if he doesn't convince guys like Barbosa, Andre and DLee to buy in.
He's not afraid to change up his on philosophy. Kerr was very against iso's all throughout the year going so far as yelling at the team for clearing out and feeding Barnes on the high post on a successful play during the regular season.
I think that's the big thing with Kerr. He's always checking himself and because he isn't afraid to admit when he's wrong like he did at the end of game 5 ("I thought defense wasn't the problem in the two losses and so I made offensive adjustments only. But after game 3 I realized that our offensive issues stemmed from not playing defense well enough."). This is a complete contrast to Coach Hand Down Man Down. I hope the naysayers really give credit to how Kerr has brought this whole team together.
Good article on Kerr and his growth as a coach.
http://www.mercurynews.com/marcus-thompson/ci_28132102/thompson-steve-kerr-shows-growth-fly
I felt like this was an underrated adjustment. Klay quietly wore out Conley over the course of the series (granted Conley is battling to a heinous injury).
This could only happen with Kerr convincing the bench to buy into the always be ready mentality/team first..That's not an option if he doesn't convince guys like Barbosa, Andre and DLee to buy in.
He's not afraid to change up his on philosophy. Kerr was very against iso's all throughout the year going so far as yelling at the team for clearing out and feeding Barnes on the high post on a successful play during the regular season.
I think that's the big thing with Kerr. He's always checking himself and because he isn't afraid to admit when he's wrong like he did at the end of game 5 ("I thought defense wasn't the problem in the two losses and so I made offensive adjustments only. But after game 3 I realized that our offensive issues stemmed from not playing defense well enough."). This is a complete contrast to Coach Hand Down Man Down. I hope the naysayers really give credit to how Kerr has brought this whole team together.
Hyperactivity
Banned
Yo, LA might be the 2nd largest city by population, by Houston's still the 4th
We're no small-market team
sooperkool
Member
D12 is clown shoes flying in teenagers..
Dude has like 10 kids by 9 women and completely fucked up his career earning potential. Its not like has established that he's good at making decisions.
My point was that all of those teams clearly struggled at some point in the second round and could have easily been upset. Things just happened to work out for all four teams.
The Rockets are more hated than the Clippers from what I've seen.
RedAssedApe
Banned
houston small market. persecution complex indeed lol
Chezzymann
Member
I mean "smaller" compared to LA, they have like what 13 million people in their metro area? And Houston has 4?
Edit: they have 17 million in the larger metropolitan area while Houston has 6
But yeah whatever I messed up lol
RedAssedApe
Banned
Anyone know what team Enron roots for?
hehe
should know better that this dwight can't carry a team
SyenceLabb
Member
Who gon guard LeBron all day? Thabo Patrick Sefolosha is out thanks to the police.
notoriousKTR
Member
Blake is completely burnt out. He worked twice as hard to makeup for his terrible bench. I am impressed how much he has improved this season.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
You'll be back!
perfectchaos007
Member
Well since I'm on a roll....Rockets gonna fuck around and steal a game in Golden State, then take care of business in their home games
Lee Chaolan
Member
That is obviously huge, not as much as Kevin Love, but will be a factor.
LeBron won't be held down as badly as he was against Butler, so he can provide a larger scoring contribution, especially if Kyrie is still ailing and Delly doesn't go off for 20 again
Also don't forget Cavs played some great D against Chicago, even before the Bulls checked out late in game 6.
sooperkool
Member
If you're going to wish....wish for the moon
That has to be the most disheartening series in at least the last 5 years. Spurs/Miami was about a 90 second sequence that sent two evenly matched teams to OT, this was just guttural. And to the bumbling Rockets that could as easily have been swept? Score 6 more field goals, still lose by 13, dat Harden game in full effect. Beat the Spurs in an all time classic and then that happens.
Any chance the Warriors pick up Jordan? That would make them even more unstoppable.
Any chance the Warriors pick up Jordan? That would make them even more unstoppable.