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2015 NBA PLAYOFFS |OT| One man's Smith.. Is another man's treasure.
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Chezzymann
Member
Oh please. The only reason the rockets won against the clippers is because they played with far more intensity in the last three games and were the better team. Also some great desicions by McHale. They are better than the clippers. The rockets messed up when it counted on this last play but that speaks nothing for their overall performance over 90+ games. They are the second best team in the western conference and narrative means nothing and has no significance. I'm sick of this reactionary bullshit.
njean777
Member
38 points isn't choking, Howard should have shot the ball after it was passed to him. He could have moved up and made a two, instead he decides to pass it to a guy that is being double teamed... or the coach could have called for a time out.
ZeroMaverick
Member
No.
It's not over yet. It's not. Harden didn't choke. It was just unfortunate circumstances. It it were Terry or Ariza following him, they would have had an open three.
It's not over.
Dwight isn't going to shoot a long two or a three with the game on the line.
Nah, he saw someone in red coming down the floor wide open. If anything, Howard made the mistake of casually lobbing it back to Harden with still 2 players on him and like less than 3 seconds left.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
The problem here is that people say someone is great and then shit at the drop of a hat or a single shot.
Harden wouldn't have had a chance to "choke" at the end if it wasn't for Harden actually giving the team a chance by getting them there.
Hyperactivity
Banned
The Rockets need to defend the home games now.
njean777
Member
Well then we get what we got, Harden being double teamed and basically stuck. Sometimes you just have to take the reigns and either go home a hero or go home hated.
Lee Chaolan
Member
lol funny to think an Oakland vs Cleveland match would ever be big, but it should do well should it happen.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
I think they'll win one for sure but beating the Warrors two straight anywhere is pretty tough.
Ninja Scooter
Member
I've been checking out some prospects for the upcoming draft and a lot of them were born the same year Kobe was drafted....
Chezzymann
Member
Man is there any way to stop being so invested in your teams? I really don't think this depression is worth all the excitement haha. I'd rather just be a casual fan that's just mildly interested than a fan who's super excited and then super depressed depending on when my team wins or loses. But I just can't stop watching every game even if I tried.
njean777
Member
Try being an eagles fan last season, or every season for that matter. It sucks, but it is something you have to learn to live with.
Lionel Richie
Member
It would be nothing new to him, he lost his first two.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
I've cried over tough losses and had stomach problems, I take this shit too seriously.
I can relate, it's like when I played sports, I'd be too competitive and too focused on winning that I didn't really have fun.
I like playing for the hell of it a lot more.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Nope, like us you're in it for the long haul buddy. Head up, series a'int over yet. ;o
I'm not saying they don't play with intensity.C'MON SON......are you seriously telling me the Clippers didn't choke away that game 6? Rockets are not a championship caliber team because their defense sucks and their best players most efficient way of scoring is flopping his way to the freethrow line. Rockets beat the Clippers because they were composed enough to capitalize on the Clippers choking - the Spurs weren't. I'll give them credit, they sure as hell can catch fire real quick but that doesn't make them a chip winning caliber team.
LowlySmokeGuy
Banned
Probably. Real NBA fans know it's going to be a joke series if the Cavs come hobbling onto the court. They can get away with limping through the East, but they will get destroyed by the Warriors if that is the matchup. It's unfortunate, but I just can't see that team overcoming their injuries against a team like the Warriors.
We've all been there. Being a 49ers fan last season was hard.
We'll win game 3. The Rockets (nor the Warriors) have lost more than 2 games in a row the entire season.
Hyperactivity
Banned
Gully State
Member
I've sat through 20+ years of bad Warriors basketball. Just enjoying the run..
They weren't back to back. Also, I give LeBron a pass for that first loss because his team was so assssssssssssssssss.
Into the sunset.
How much poop is in his beard
ZeroMaverick
Member
If that's true, that's commendable. Can't lie.
Let's take a minute to enjoy the play of the game: https://vine.co/v/eqZZiAZebPY
Gully State
Member
perfectchaos007
Member
Yeah but Tim Duncan did it against Phoenix 5 years ago.
We still doubting Lebron's will to win 2015?
I wouldn't rule them out entirely.
Say all you want about the east, but the fact they are where they are right now is commendable.
Ninja Scooter
Member
God hates Cleveland though. LeBron can't overcome God.
Clockwork5
Member
Not really.
Chezzymann
Member
I think this is one of the more likely scenarios for a team to win two straight despite being down 2-0. The rockets lost by a combined total of 5 points. If any team can do it its them.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
I was too young when the RUN TMC happened, I remember Tim Hardaway being traded, I also remember Spree choking PJ and then him getting traded, the little success with Baron Davis. So I'm with you on this playoff run.
Naw it's not over. But 2 straight against the Warriors is as tough as it gets. Feel like we needed one of these. Harden made a bad play at the end but yeah he was unbelievable tonight.
Lee Chaolan
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Ninja Scooter
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Chezzymann
Member
Makes it easier when you think about how both games were super close at oracle and now we have home court. Not saying its likely but its very possible. This is the same team that came back from being down 3-1, if any team can do it its them.
eBay Huckster
Member
Luckily for LeBron, God's been out since January.
And I see no reason for why he won't make it 6, but that is mitigated so much because he's in the shitty East. What if he was in the West? I say he makes it twice with Miami and that's it.
Ninja Scooter
Member
We only have like 30 games left in his career let me have this mang!
Probably. Two most popular players in the league leading their teams in Lebron and Steph.
But that's if GS beats Houston. Big if.