It's official: Rockets to play Thunder in round 1

rockets13champs · Apr 13, 2017

J.R. said: ↑

I think (& would have preferred) 2:30pm on Sunday is prime time.

So these two West Coast teams are gonna be playing at 12:30pm local time. ZzZzZzZzZ ... Couldn't give them the 'late' game?
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Game 4 is at 2:30 tho

JayZ750 · Apr 13, 2017

I'm not sure why the board has to b**** about everything.

Saturday at noon, Sunday at midnight... who cares... go out an f'ing win the games and bring the town a ring... a championship ring.

AXG · Apr 13, 2017

The Rockets should win in 5, but the Rockets will get bored and allow Thunder to take another game. Rockets in six...

I am a Donut · Apr 13, 2017

Sweep and utter dominance, please. Make all the Westbrook voters look ridiculous.

J.R. · Apr 13, 2017

Kevin McHale, Reggie Miller on Rockets vs. Thunder, Harden vs. Westbrook

Asian Sensation · May 11, 2017

Asian Sensation said: ↑

The thing is Harden has never had a great series. The closest he comes is his 3rd year in OKC when they beat the Spurs to go to go the finals but he wasn't a superstar.. he was 3rd option and coming off the bench so if he stepped up they showed greatness but he absolutely shat the bed in the Finals against the Heat.

As a Rocket he's had great individual games and good overall efforts but he's yet to have a signature series with his imprints that carried us to the next round. Furthermore, he's had multiple games in series where he was absolutely atrocious. He had 3 terrible games against the Blazers in 2014. If he played even a tiny bit better in any of those games we would've advanced.

2015 the year we thought James is finally a superstar. Arguabally should've been the MVP ... looking to shake his playoff demons from the previous year. Easy matchup against the Mavs for him to dominate against. He had 2 terrible games 1 good one and the rest were not memorable. The lasting memory of that series is Josh Smith.

Next round against he Clippers. Probably his worst series ever. He had 4 games where he looked like a legit bum. He absolutely got bailed out by his teammates in game 6 when he was on the bench and we were on the brink of elimination thanks to Harden not showing up.

Against the Warriors he put up some good numbers but again he had games where he completely disappeared and the lasting memory from any of the playoff games vs warriors (last year and 2 years ago) is a costly turnover at the end.

Historically speaking his FG% drops by 30% in the playoffs compared to his regular season. He also turns the ball over more in the playoffs.

It sounds critical but I'm just stating it the way it is. Harden has a lot to prove this playoffs. He's got the better supporting cast, better record, HCA and extra motivation for not winning MVP. There should be no excuses this time. We're about to see how good he truly is. Please make it happen.
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Bump.

TracywtFacy · May 11, 2017

I'm just glad we beat MVPruss, tbh. That was sweet.

Anyway, chalk it down to another learning experience for harden, he'll be better for it.

It took a long time for even guys like Dream, MJ and LeBron to get those championships.

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