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Post by mistwell on May 1, 2019 8:56:06 GMT -8
down 0-2 now htown, you guys are laggin behind us, you better pick up the pace. Yeah its next to impossible now...just don't see us winning 4 in 5 at all...but we have to start with one first....at least I made good money on my game 3 tickets already.(prom night for my son)  Hope that going to game 4 we are 2-1...... Man, you're more down than I would be in your place. Yes, it's harder now. But it's not next to impossible. All Warriors did was defend their home court advantage. All Rockets have to do now is defend their home court. Do that, and it will come down to one game. And Rockets have demonstrated they can take it down to a single shot to win a game at Warriors. It's tough, but I can still see Rockets winning this. |
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Post by clippers1121 on May 1, 2019 10:18:08 GMT -8
Warriors are a tough team to beat on the road. They are experienced and locked in. Plus now with the three days rest they will be a lot more ready to play than game one. I can easily see a sweep in this series. Rockets will definitely need to bring it up to their best game level in order to defend their home court. We did not win one game at home during our series. Plus, Warriors fans probably are the ones who bought your tickets. That is what they do.
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Post by nuraman00 on May 1, 2019 18:02:39 GMT -8
Yeah its next to impossible now...just don't see us winning 4 in 5 at all...but we have to start with one first....at least I made good money on my game 3 tickets already.(prom night for my son) Hope that going to game 4 we are 2-1...... Man, you're more down than I would be in your place. Yes, it's harder now. But it's not next to impossible. All Warriors did was defend their home court advantage. All Rockets have to do now is defend their home court. Do that, and it will come down to one game. And Rockets have demonstrated they can take it down to a single shot to win a game at Warriors. It's tough, but I can still see Rockets winning this. I said this elsewhere a few weeks ago, but it's rare that the first four games of a series are all won by the home team. It only happens once every few years.
Since Houston didn't win one of the first two games, then it's likely that the Warriors will win one of the next few games, to stop the first four game stretch.
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Post by htownfan on May 3, 2019 15:08:17 GMT -8
Nah wouldn't look horrible.(unless we get blown out every game)..just means they had the better team and was able to execute better...its also about matchups... they know what we did to them last year so they have extra added motivation to try and "kill" us to prove they are way better....they took you guys lightly..won't be that way with us..we took them to 7 and were actually up 3 games to 2....we will get maximum effort from them from the start..you won't hear them talk bulletin material to us....you guys played with house money and no expectations and it's so much easier to play that way..... I guess you guys made Lebron and his Cavs last year look bad huh?? Oh no it would definitely look horrible for you. Remember they have a team rule in GS to “never lose to the Clippers” since we beat them in the playoffs a few years back (something your team has never done). They didn’t take us lightly, we just played really well. Now let’s see if you can match what we did or not. Will be a good measuring stick for your team vs. ours. clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-kevon-looney-says-one-rule-he-learned-from-stephen-curry-klay-thompson-was-never-lose-to-the-clippers/Wow now look at who is drinking their own kool-aid...Clipper fans!!! I made my statement before the series even began and now we see that Kevin Durant has confirmed exactly what I thought. www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26664520/sense-urgency-gm-3-vs-rockets "We respected the Clippers, for sure," Warriors forward Kevin Durant said after Friday's practice. "Definitely don't wanna put it that way. But we respect this team just ' cause we've played 'em before. We went seven games with 'em. So that level of respect and the level of knowledge about this team goes to another level when we play 'em. So yeah, we're more locked in 'cause we know this team can beat us." |
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Post by htownfan on May 3, 2019 15:11:37 GMT -8
Oh wow you bring up some antiquated rule that was made back in 2014..the last time you played the Warriors...and actually before they were "These Warriors"..you are right we have never beaten them but guess what..... you "have never beaten us" in the playoffs either... You played well and with heart but they took you lightly..they underestimated you like everyone else....I don't agree with that. Well would you agree with Kevin Durant?  www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26664520/sense-urgency-gm-3-vs-rockets " We respected the Clippers, for sure," Warriors forward Kevin Durant said after Friday's practice. "Definitely don't wanna put it that way. But we r espect this team just 'cause we've played 'em before. We went seven games with 'em. So that level of respect and the level of knowledge about this team goes to another level when we play 'em. So yeah, we're more locked in 'cause we know this team can beat us." |
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Post by mistwell on May 3, 2019 15:18:12 GMT -8
Well would you agree with Kevin Durant? www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26664520/sense-urgency-gm-3-vs-rockets " We respected the Clippers, for sure," Warriors forward Kevin Durant said after Friday's practice. "Definitely don't wanna put it that way. But we r espect this team just 'cause we've played 'em before. We went seven games with 'em. So that level of respect and the level of knowledge about this team goes to another level when we play 'em. So yeah, we're more locked in 'cause we know this team can beat us."I think you're reading a lot more into that sentence than what's actually there. |
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Post by hitnrun24 on May 3, 2019 16:24:20 GMT -8
Well would you agree with Kevin Durant? www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26664520/sense-urgency-gm-3-vs-rockets " We respected the Clippers, for sure," Warriors forward Kevin Durant said after Friday's practice. "Definitely don't wanna put it that way. But we r espect this team just 'cause we've played 'em before. We went seven games with 'em. So that level of respect and the level of knowledge about this team goes to another level when we play 'em. So yeah, we're more locked in 'cause we know this team can beat us."Pretty clear the Warriors knew they could overcome losses to the Clippers sure, I don't think even the most homer of Clippers fans really thought otherwise. I do think the Clippers were able to beat an A game from the Warriors in game 5 still and the Rockets just lost 2 B+ games from them. Your Rockets are deeper than the Warriors, I don't think the talent level disparity is all that big. It's about those guys stepping up on the big stage, will they do it? |
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Post by htownfan on May 3, 2019 19:37:58 GMT -8
Well would you agree with Kevin Durant? www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26664520/sense-urgency-gm-3-vs-rockets " We respected the Clippers, for sure," Warriors forward Kevin Durant said after Friday's practice. "Definitely don't wanna put it that way. But we r espect this team just 'cause we've played 'em before. We went seven games with 'em. So that level of respect and the level of knowledge about this team goes to another level when we play 'em. So yeah, we're more locked in 'cause we know this team can beat us."Pretty clear the Warriors knew they could overcome losses to the Clippers sure, I don't think even the most homer of Clippers fans really thought otherwise. I do think the Clippers were able to beat an A game from the Warriors in game 5 still and the Rockets just lost 2 B+ games from them. Your Rockets are deeper than the Warriors, I don't think the talent level disparity is all that big. It's about those guys stepping up on the big stage, will they do it? We might be deeper and that is debatable but have you looked at minutes played? 3 of the starting 5 for the Warriors is averaging 40 minutes a game with Curry not doing it because of the foul trouble and injury. He's at 35 minutes and Iggy at 33..that's major minutes so its not like our bench gets to take advantage of their bench....The talent level comparison in the starting is substantial enough the Rockets have to play almost perfect basketball....Harden will need to be superhuman tomorrow for the Rockets to win..Cp3 will need to turn back the hands of time..... |
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Post by vfhs on May 4, 2019 9:02:35 GMT -8
The Warriors totally weren't taking us seriously, though.  |
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Post by htownfan on May 4, 2019 10:55:35 GMT -8
The Warriors totally weren't taking us seriously, though. Not as serious they take the Rockets.......and that comment was in reference to a Clippers team in the past when the feud was bad........ This year's Clippers... We respected the Clippers, for sure," Warriors forward Kevin Durant said after Friday's practice. "Definitely don't wanna put it that way. But we respect this team just 'cause we've played 'em before. We went seven games with 'em. So that level of respect and the level of knowledge about this team goes to another level when we play 'em. So yeah, we're more locked in 'cause we know this team can beat us." |
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Post by hitnrun24 on May 4, 2019 17:33:18 GMT -8
Pretty clear the Warriors knew they could overcome losses to the Clippers sure, I don't think even the most homer of Clippers fans really thought otherwise. I do think the Clippers were able to beat an A game from the Warriors in game 5 still and the Rockets just lost 2 B+ games from them. Your Rockets are deeper than the Warriors, I don't think the talent level disparity is all that big. It's about those guys stepping up on the big stage, will they do it? We might be deeper and that is debatable but have you looked at minutes played? 3 of the starting 5 for the Warriors is averaging 40 minutes a game with Curry not doing it because of the foul trouble and injury. He's at 35 minutes and Iggy at 33..that's major minutes so its not like our bench gets to take advantage of their bench....The talent level comparison in the starting is substantial enough the Rockets have to play almost perfect basketball....Harden will need to be superhuman tomorrow for the Rockets to win..Cp3 will need to turn back the hands of time..... Playing 40+ minutes a game consistently is usually an indicator lack of depth. The Warriors obviously have a great starting 5, but even in other years they have always limited minutes for those guys. Not sure if anyone has done a study on it, but most players' play will decline carrying that heavy a workload. Obviously Durant at 85% is a million times better than Mckinnie, but still it's something that can give the Rockets another edge. This team is beatable if the Rockets play well, I don't think it takes superhuman games. Just normal great games from great players. |
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Post by htownfan on May 4, 2019 17:54:26 GMT -8
We might be deeper and that is debatable but have you looked at minutes played? 3 of the starting 5 for the Warriors is averaging 40 minutes a game with Curry not doing it because of the foul trouble and injury. He's at 35 minutes and Iggy at 33..that's major minutes so its not like our bench gets to take advantage of their bench....The talent level comparison in the starting is substantial enough the Rockets have to play almost perfect basketball....Harden will need to be superhuman tomorrow for the Rockets to win..Cp3 will need to turn back the hands of time..... Playing 40+ minutes a game consistently is usually an indicator lack of depth. The Warriors obviously have a great starting 5, but even in other years they have always limited minutes for those guys. Not sure if anyone has done a study on it, but most players' play will decline carrying that heavy a workload. Obviously Durant at 85% is a million times better than Mckinnie, but still it's something that can give the Rockets another edge. This team is beatable if the Rockets play well, I don't think it takes superhuman games. Just normal great games from great players. Yeah I wasn't arguing the lack of depth....depth doesn't really matter if you have death lineup starting 5 that plays most of the game and you really can't play your depth because of how they outclass your bench...tired or not.....yes this team is beatable no doubt but it really does take a near perfect game.. Gordon is superhuman right now with 20 at the half........ |
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Post by nuraman00 on May 4, 2019 20:09:36 GMT -8
Well would you agree with Kevin Durant? www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26664520/sense-urgency-gm-3-vs-rockets " We respected the Clippers, for sure," Warriors forward Kevin Durant said after Friday's practice. "Definitely don't wanna put it that way. But we r espect this team just 'cause we've played 'em before. We went seven games with 'em. So that level of respect and the level of knowledge about this team goes to another level when we play 'em. So yeah, we're more locked in 'cause we know this team can beat us."I think you're reading a lot more into that sentence than what's actually there. "'cause we know this team can beat us" means they didn't take the Clippers lightly.
If they had taken the Clippers lightly, they would have said "we didn't think the Clippers could beat us".
Regardless, I still saw a high effort level and intensity to try and win every game, so I think the Warriors tried their best. They didn't act like they were up on the series and that dropping a game didn't matter.
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Post by hitnrun24 on May 4, 2019 20:54:27 GMT -8
Gordon is probably outplaying Steph and Klay up to this point so I don't think Houston is overmatched. Wasn't a great game for Paul down the stretch, but he played good D. Harden got very lucky that charge didn't get called, that was textbook (although the CP3 box out foul was ludicrous as well). Probably the biggest clutch shot of Harden's career hitting that 3 over Iggy.
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Post by htownfan on May 4, 2019 21:35:35 GMT -8
I think you're reading a lot more into that sentence than what's actually there. "'cause we know this team can beat us" means they didn't take the Clippers lightly.
If they had taken the Clippers lightly, they would have said "we didn't think the Clippers could beat us".
Regardless, I still saw a high effort level and intensity to try and win every game, so I think the Warriors tried their best. They didn't act like they were up on the series and that dropping a game didn't matter.
Man "Cause we know this team can beat us" is referring to Rockets...not the Clippers...I included the link so you could read the article as there were many other statements that talked about how much more they respected the Rockets than the Clippers.... The Warriors entered into the Clippers series with respect for the young group and gained even more along the way after a hard-fought six-game series win, but the reality is that the Rockets have had their attention from the beginning. They always understood that a team with James Harden and a healthy Chris Paul had the ability to take them out and it's a huge reason why their focus has been so solid to start the second round.And if you look at all 3 games...either team could have won..there have been no blowouts.... |
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Hope that going to game 4 we are 2-1......
