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In reply to Fat Bib Fortuna • 6:34a, 9/3/20
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SeanDaAg2005 said:
Anyone care to talk me into believing against the Lakers


And apart from LBJ and AD they are very inconsistent.
So other than the all-time great and the guy averaging 26 per game, they're not very good?

Yes, and over a 7 game series that can be a problem! My whole main point was that Lakers don't match up well with small ball and our style of play will take them out of what they like to do! We will see what happens on Friday though!
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A) The time Charles Barkley "hung out" in with me and other guys at Rice University during the Comets' first-ever exhibition game because he was tired of watching them play.
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An interesting facet of the bubble: players and coaches can directly and immediately influence the call that refs make.

We saw it at least twice in that game. First pringles successfully lobbied for an over and back when adams tossed the ball to the backcourt, then we saw cp3 force foster into calling that cheap off the ball foul on Harden.

Without all the fans to dilute the noise, the refs are actually listening to players and coaches.
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SeanDaAg2005 said:
Anyone care to talk me into believing against the Lakers
For me it really comes down to style of play. Lakers don't play as fast as the Thunder. They rely on LeBron to be the decoy and distributor (similar to Harden without as much scoring) and when shots aren't falling they always have AD to turn to. They don't have a lot of depth offensively, as you look up and down the roster there aren't a lot of names that will scare you.

The Lakers have an advantage defensively. The paint presence with LeBron/AD/McGee/Howard will make it harder to get to the rack. We will need the threes to be falling early and often. Guys like Tucker/Green/RoCo are going to have to be even more aggressive on the boards. Scratch that, our entire team will need to be!

If you look at the series between the Lakers-Blazers. The Lakers averaged 113 points/game in the regular season. In the 4 wins over the Blazers they averaged 123. In the lone loss of game 1 they scored 93. I think it would serve us well to not rely on getting into an "All-Star Game" atmosphere trading points every game.

Ultimately, for me, the series boils down to a few questions:

(1) Who is going to guard Anthony Davis?
(2) Will the Rockets shoot efficiently from 3?
(3) Can Harden get his shot/confidence/swagger back? (No Dort to be found on the Lakers roster)
(4) Can the Rockets be aggressive enough to make up for their lack of size?
(5) Can 2 or 3 role players step up to help Russ/Harden carry the load every night? (consistently)



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In reply to CFTXAG10 • 9:16a, 9/3/20
I think are going to need 4 games where either MVP Harden or Brodie show up, and we cannot get to a game 7 because Harden can't take that pressure.
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CP3....how long will it take you to pack your bags?

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Before we move on to LA - what are everyone's thoughts on Lu Dort And his future ?

- one hit wonder
- high level defender, but always offensively limited
- grows into a high-level overall player?

He definitely had a coming out party in the series and I'll be interested in following him going forward.
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Last 2 Minute Report for Game 7

....only one incorrect call

https://official.nba.com/l2m/L2MReport.html?gameId=0041900177
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Didn't see this posted last night, but pretty good close from the beard. Finding different ways to win.

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A) The time Charles Barkley "hung out" in with me and other guys at Rice University during the Comets' first-ever exhibition game because he was tired of watching them play.
Ooops! Sorry, I forgot about the "prize".

So right out of A&M in 1996 I got a job in Rice University's sports information department covering the two greatest sports in the history of the world: volleyball and track.

But I also got to assist on everything else, which was really cool because 1) it was Rice's first year in the WAC and 2) it was Lance Berkman's unbelievable year in which he hit .431 and had 41 home runs in 60 games.

So the Houston Comets and the WNBA were born that year and for some reason played their first-ever exhibition game at Autry Court at Rice, and we all had to work it. Charles Barkley was on hand representing the Rockets - probably because they paid him to be - and also because he was on the IR.

At halftime, me and the two guys I mostly worked with headed back to our office in the back to check emails and check scores from the NBA and MLB and here's Barkley trying to get a Powerade out of a vending machine. He asks if we have a place he can sit down for a while, so we invite him to our office, which is just a big work room with cubicles.

He sits down at the conference table, drinks his drink, and has us tell him the scores from the NBA and what different players were doing. When we told him the Sonics score he said that he didn't understand how Shawn Kemp had so many kids because of how ugly he was, and even if you're rich, women still have standards about who they let get them pregnant.

So we're all basically being exactly who you think we'd be in that position, 3 ultra-dork white guys working in the SID office hanging on Chuck's every word. We heard the horn blow for a minute until the second half started and all started getting up. Barkley says, "Ya'll sit down a few minutes and talk to me some more. I can't watch that bull**** for another hour."

My coworker who covered women's basketball gave a look like he was vastly offended and almost said something but thankfully wised up. So we stalled out another 10-15 minutes with Barkley asking us where we were from and where we went to school.

Later when when he was back watching, with about 5 minutes to go he made to leave so I got sent over to ask him to come take a picture with Rice's women's basketball coach and team. We were standing there waiting and watching and there's just a brutal sequence of events - missed shots, backcourt violation, throwing it out of bounds and he's saying to me "I told you, I told you, I told you this is bad."



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CoachRTM said:
Before we move on to LA - what are everyone's thoughts on Lu Dort And his future ?

- one hit wonder
- high level defender, but always offensively limited
- grows into a high-level overall player?

He definitely had a coming out party in the series and I'll be interested in following him going forward.
I'm glad we didn't lose last night because it would have forever been known the Lu Dort game. I think he is going to be a decent player. A Justice Winslow type who averages 12 points and plays really good D. He was fantastic last night on both ends of the floor but the offense seemed more like an out of body experience than his futue.
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I worked every Comets game for two seasons. I will never get that time back.

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10:32p, 9/3/20
I went to the first championship game vs. New York at the Summit. Went to the bathroom at halftime and not only was there not a line at the men's room, there wasn't even another person in the men's room.
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11:33p, 9/3/20
Let's do it again - worked the first time!

ROCKETS-LAKERS PICK'EM

1. Who wins in what?
A) Rockets in 4
B) Rockets in 5
C) Rockets in 6
D) Rockets in 7
E) Lakers in 4
F) Lakers in 5
G) Lakers in 6
H) Lakers in 7

2. Who combines for more points per game?
A) Lebron/Davis
B) James/Russ

3. Who has the most 30 point games?
A) James
B) Russ
C) LeBron
D) Davis
E) Someone else in which case it's the apocalypse

4. Will Dwight Howard (averaging 7.7 points per game) crack 15 points in any game?
A) Yes
B) No

5. How many triple doubles does LeBron have?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
E) FML 4+

6. Does James or Russ get a triple double in the series?
A) Yes
B) No

7. Does any Rocket besides James/Russ score more than 25 points in a game during the series?
A) Yes
B) No

7. How many times does LeBron act like a spoiled ***** when a call doesn't go his way?
A) 0
B) 1-10,000
C) 10,00-999,999
D) 1 million - 10 million
E) He will act that way the entire series regardless.

8. Who takes the most free throws in the series?
A) LeBron
B) Davis
C) Harden

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I'll be interested to see who gets to the FT line more in this series, Davis or Harden.

I think Davis has found it easier to make his way to the FT line when wearing Purple/Gold vs when he was a Pelican.
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MuckRaker96 said:
Let's do it again - worked the first time!

ROCKETS-LAKERS PICK'EM

1. Who wins in what?
A) Rockets in 4
B) Rockets in 5
C) Rockets in 6
D) Rockets in 7
E) Lakers in 4
F) Lakers in 5
G) Lakers in 6
H) Lakers in 7

2. Who combines for more points per game?
A) Lebron/Davis
B) James/Russ

3. Who has the most 30 point games?
A) James
B) Russ
C) LeBron
D) Davis
E) Someone else in which case it's the apocalypse

4. Will Dwight Howard (averaging 7.7 points per game) crack 15 points in any game?
A) Yes
B) No

5. How many triple doubles does LeBron have?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
E) FML 4+

6. Does James or Russ get a triple double in the series?
A) Yes
B) No

7. Does any Rocket besides James/Russ score more than 25 points in a game during the series?
A) Yes
B) No

7. How many times does LeBron act like a spoiled ***** when a call doesn't go his way?
A) 0
B) 1-10,000
C) 10,00-999,999
D) 1 million - 10 million
E) He will act that way the entire series regardless.

8. Who takes the most free throws in the series?
A) LeBron
B) Davis
C) Harden

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MuckRaker96 said:
Let's do it again - worked the first time!

ROCKETS-LAKERS PICK'EM

1. Who wins in what?
D) Rockets in 7

2. Who combines for more points per game?
B) James/Russ

3. Who has the most 30 point games?
A) James

4. Will Dwight Howard (averaging 7.7 points per game) crack 15 points in any game?
B) No

5. How many triple doubles does LeBron have?
C) 2

6. Does James or Russ get a triple double in the series?
A) Yes

7. Does any Rocket besides James/Russ score more than 25 points in a game during the series?
A) Yes

7. How many times does LeBron act like a spoiled ***** when a call doesn't go his way?
E) He will act that way the entire series regardless.

8. Who takes the most free throws in the series?
C) Harden

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In reply to Fat Bib Fortuna • 8:31a, 9/4/20
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MuckRaker96 said:
Let's do it again - worked the first time!

ROCKETS-LAKERS PICK'EM

1. Who wins in what?
A) Rockets in 4
B) Rockets in 5
C) Rockets in 6
D) Rockets in 7
E) Lakers in 4
F) Lakers in 5
G) Lakers in 6
H) Lakers in 7

2. Who combines for more points per game?
A) Lebron/Davis
B) James/Russ

3. Who has the most 30 point games?
A) James
B) Russ
C) LeBron
D) Davis
E) Someone else in which case it's the apocalypse

4. Will Dwight Howard (averaging 7.7 points per game) crack 15 points in any game?
A) Yes
B) No

5. How many triple doubles does LeBron have?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
E) FML 4+

6. Does James or Russ get a triple double in the series?
A) Yes
B) No

7. Does any Rocket besides James/Russ score more than 25 points in a game during the series?
A) Yes
B) No

7. How many times does LeBron act like a spoiled ***** when a call doesn't go his way?
A) 0
B) 1-10,000
C) 10,00-999,999
D) 1 million - 10 million
E) He will act that way the entire series regardless.

8. Who takes the most free throws in the series?
A) LeBron
B) Davis
C) Harden

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In reply to Fat Bib Fortuna • 8:55a, 9/4/20
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MuckRaker96 said:
Let's do it again - worked the first time!

ROCKETS-LAKERS PICK'EM

1. Who wins in what?
A) Rockets in 4
B) Rockets in 5
C) Rockets in 6
D) Rockets in 7
E) Lakers in 4
F) Lakers in 5
G) Lakers in 6
H) Lakers in 7

2. Who combines for more points per game?
A) Lebron/Davis
B) James/Russ

3. Who has the most 30 point games?
A) James
B) Russ
C) LeBron
D) Davis
E) Someone else in which case it's the apocalypse

4. Will Dwight Howard (averaging 7.7 points per game) crack 15 points in any game?
A) Yes
B) No

5. How many triple doubles does LeBron have?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
E) FML 4+

6. Does James or Russ get a triple double in the series?
A) Yes
B) No

7. Does any Rocket besides James/Russ score more than 25 points in a game during the series?
A) Yes
B) No

7. How many times does LeBron act like a spoiled ***** when a call doesn't go his way?
A) 0
B) 1-10,000
C) 10,00-999,999
D) 1 million - 10 million
E) He will act that way the entire series regardless.

8. Who takes the most free throws in the series?
A) LeBron
B) Davis
C) Harden

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8:57a, 9/4/20
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I went back and forth a lot on who takes game 7. Heart says Rockets, but head said Lakers. Hope I am wrong!
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Going back to February 6th, earlier this year...

We played in LA for the first game post-Capela trade...

We won 121 - 111.

We only got outrebounded by 1 rebound, most other stats were about equal, except we shot 19/42 (45.2%) from three. Westbrook dropped 41, while Harden had 14. I'd expect those two to flip scoring-wise for this series. But if you watched that game, you remember the flat out hustle that the entire team committed to on defense. Any time AD or another big got the ball on the post, guys were swarming, getting their hands in passing lanes and going all out to secure rebounds.

Can we do that for 7 games and shoot well from 3? That'll be a tall order with the shortened rest between games, but I think that's going to decide the series. If Harden can have one or two of his crazy games, that would help too...
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MuckRaker96 said:
Let's do it again - worked the first time!

ROCKETS-LAKERS PICK'EM

1. Who wins in what?
A) Rockets in 4
B) Rockets in 5
C) Rockets in 6
D) Rockets in 7
E) Lakers in 4
F) Lakers in 5
G) Lakers in 6
H) Lakers in 7

2. Who combines for more points per game?
A) Lebron/Davis
B) James/Russ

3. Who has the most 30 point games?
A) James
B) Russ
C) LeBron
D) Davis
E) Someone else in which case it's the apocalypse

4. Will Dwight Howard (averaging 7.7 points per game) crack 15 points in any game?
A) Yes
B) No

5. How many triple doubles does LeBron have?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
E) FML 4+

6. Does James or Russ get a triple double in the series?
A) Yes
B) No

7. Does any Rocket besides James/Russ score more than 25 points in a game during the series?
A) Yes
B) No

7. How many times does LeBron act like a spoiled ***** when a call doesn't go his way?
A) 0
B) 1-10,000
C) 10,00-999,999
D) 1 million - 10 million
E) He will act that way the entire series regardless.

8. Who takes the most free throws in the series?
A) LeBron
B) Davis
C) Harden

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In reply to Fat Bib Fortuna • 2:59p, 9/4/20
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MuckRaker96 said:
Let's do it again - worked the first time!

ROCKETS-LAKERS PICK'EM

1. Who wins in what?
A) Rockets in 4
B) Rockets in 5
C) Rockets in 6
D) Rockets in 7
E) Lakers in 4
F) Lakers in 5
G) Lakers in 6
H) Lakers in 7

2. Who combines for more points per game?
A) Lebron/Davis
B) James/Russ

3. Who has the most 30 point games?
A) James
B) Russ
C) LeBron
D) Davis
E) Someone else in which case it's the apocalypse

4. Will Dwight Howard (averaging 7.7 points per game) crack 15 points in any game?
A) Yes
B) No

5. How many triple doubles does LeBron have?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
E) FML 4+

6. Does James or Russ get a triple double in the series?
A) Yes
B) No

7. Does any Rocket besides James/Russ score more than 25 points in a game during the series?
A) Yes
B) No

7. How many times does LeBron act like a spoiled ***** when a call doesn't go his way?
A) 0
B) 1-10,000
C) 10,00-999,999
D) 1 million - 10 million
E) He will act that way the entire series regardless.

8. Who takes the most free throws in the series?
A) LeBron
B) Davis
C) Harden

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ROCKETS-LAKERS PICK'EM

1. Who wins in what?
A) Rockets in 4
B) Rockets in 5
C) Rockets in 6
D) Rockets in 7
E) Lakers in 4
F) Lakers in 5
G) Lakers in 6
H) Lakers in 7

2. Who combines for more points per game?
A) Lebron/Davis
B) James/Russ

3. Who has the most 30 point games?
A) James
B) Russ
C) LeBron
D) Davis
E) Someone else in which case it's the apocalypse

4. Will Dwight Howard (averaging 7.7 points per game) crack 15 points in any game?
A) Yes
B) No

5. How many triple doubles does LeBron have?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
E) FML 4+

6. Does James or Russ get a triple double in the series?
A) Yes
B) No

7. Does any Rocket besides James/Russ score more than 25 points in a game during the series?
A) Yes
B) No

7. How many times does LeBron act like a spoiled ***** when a call doesn't go his way?
A) 0
B) 1-10,000
C) 10,00-999,999
D) 1 million - 10 million
E) He will act that way the entire series regardless.

8. Who takes the most free throws in the series?
A) LeBron
B) Davis
C) Harden
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In reply to Poot • 7:51p, 9/4/20
No offense, but I'm not counting that up for you. Copy paste please.
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8:02p, 9/4/20
The game hasn't even started yet and I am already am sick of lebron.
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In reply to Fat Bib Fortuna • 8:02p, 9/4/20
None taken, and will do!

Edited... I didn't do it for the 1st round, so I don't want to jinx it and be the reason we lose. I'm a little bit stitious....
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