Rockets Fan Here
by chrisjay84 on Apr 15, 2009 10:01 PM PDT
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PrintIn all seriousness guys, good luck, and here's to a great series. You're a great team and it's gonna be a very entertaining seven games. I'm just happy we finally get a year without seeing the Mavs or the Jazz for once. But ya'll have ALWAYS been classy fans (unlike those Jazz-holes, haha Jazz gonna get swept) and I wish ya'll the best of luck and may the best team win.
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thanks for the classy post
Looking forward to the series, it should be a good one
How did you guys win that?
"We scored enough points. We scored 107, they scored 105.
-Nate McMillan Postgame, 3/4/2009
Completely agree.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Of all the things that can be expressed in the printed word – love, hate, fear, joy – true humor is the one that is the most difficult of all. Sarcasm, for example, is an art of delicate subtlety. Yet too many people wield it as a bulldozer – loud, smelly, ugly, and destructive – and think they are being funny.
Stay Classy, Houston.
I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
by haildablazer on Apr 15, 2009 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Look out...
That was close. Someone messed with my cue card. I caught it just in time.
Stay classy.
PTB Liberation Day - 2/10/04
"Jazz-holes!" funny...
It's spelled "PRZYBILLA."
vanillathrillagorillaprzybilla
by RenoBlazerFan on Apr 16, 2009 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions
thanks for the good luck wish
it should be a good series
"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"
At least you will get your Lakers in the second :)
Greg Oden = Robert Parish (HOF, 4x NBA champion, 9x NBA All-Star). The only other rookie with more than 500 points, 400 rebounds, and 65 blocks in under 1400 minutes played. Since 1946.
hahaha YEAH!
WCF 2000 TAKE TWO!!
OH! IT'S A LOB TO RUDY!! And he Jams it!
From Sergio; the Spanish Armada hooks up again!
by Portland89 on Apr 15, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sorry to see you guys in the first round
I like Houston. It’s a shame to see them in the first round, because it means either the Blazers or the Rockets won’t make it to the conference semi-finals, and I would have liked to see both advance.
I was hoping the Rockets would win tonight and get the two seed. Oh well.
I would have preferred San An first round
Rockets second
Lakers third.
Ah well.
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
Nothing for respect for HOU
Now that the punk McGrady is out, good luck to ya….
Proud member of Duck nation!
(psst… They still have Ron Artest.)
Pontiff of the Pryz for Prez Posse...
by timbo on Apr 15, 2009 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
who is a damn good player
not a whiny baby like McGrady.
Crazy yes, but good yes
by GreatOden'sRaven on Apr 16, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Should be a good series
Don’t know how Houston managed to fall to the 5th seed, thought for sure we’d have SA.
Good luck to you. More good luck to us, but some good luck to you.
I want your heart. I want to eat your children. Praise be to allah!
all kidding aside-good luck
ok not really.
Please, for the love of all that is holy, please stop using the following: "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".
...no seriously--stop.
by nima on Apr 15, 2009 10:11 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
My thoughts exactly!
Whats with all this “may the best team win” crap? We are the most brutal and viscious and most rufless champion theres eva been. We are Sunny Liston. We are Jack Dempsey. There is no one like us.
What is wrong with you people?
by TrentEdwardsHoF2018 on Apr 16, 2009 5:54 AM PDT up reply actions
well
because we think we’re the best team.
duh.
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
I feel bad
I really wanted Houston to get out of the first round this season. Worst case scenario for that desire to keep my blessing.
Good luck friend.
I think Joel will get mad at Ron Artest first.
Nah
Ron is a teddy bear. I don’t see Joel getting into it with anybody on the Rockets, even though this is gonna be one rough ass series.
by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 16, 2009 2:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Ron is a teddy bear? That must be a joke
In the brief glimpse of the Rockets – Mavs game last night I saw J Kidd stand up to Artest for his surreptitious elbow to Kidd’s chin late in the game. Artest is veteran enough to know the refs are going to call the playoffs with an allowance for a higher degree of physicality, and dirty enough to bust Outlaws chops in the process. I easily see Joel putting his finger in Artest’s face when he Karl Malone elbows Brian Grants now bleeding split lip.
I AM A PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS SUPPORTER.
Artest is a interesting personality
He’s a modified version of Jeckyl and Hide. It’s Teddy Bear and Polar (as in manic) bear with Artest. I have a good friend who’s much like this. He’s such a great, fun guy, but when he gets mad, he’ll punch anyone, including me.
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I suppose "interesting" qualifies
I have to keep in mind how many bridges Artest has burned in his career though, and wonder how long before he shows his true colors in a Rockets unee.
I AM A PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS SUPPORTER.
you mean with managers
almost to a single man, ALL of his teammates have loved him. the only place he didnt fit was sacramento because he wanted to win.
by GreatOden'sRaven on Apr 16, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Good luck. Your team scares me.
The Blazers are gonna have to get more physical than ever before in order to take this series. Even if Portland wins, I fear B-Roy will be bruised and battered after dealing with Artest and Battier for several games in a row.
But I do like the homecourt advantage.
Hit it. Yes he did. Ohhhh yeah.
by Badalona Baddie on Apr 15, 2009 10:14 PM PDT reply actions
Bad day for Houston I guess
Could have been anywhere from 2-5 and ended up 5.
But we’ll try to make sure you have no chance of meeting the Jazz or Mavs :)
by pualo on Apr 15, 2009 10:16 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
This is my least-favorite draw of all of our possible opponents
I would have rather seen Dallas, and they swept us 3-0 in the season series. I would have rather seen the L*kers. Not that I’m saying Portland can’t win. Especially with the homecourt I think we have a shot, given how well we’ve been playing. But it wouldn’t surprise me at all to see you take the series. Here’s to a hard-fought battle. It’s probably going to be sick.
—Dave
I couldn't agree more.
But I like to be here. Oh, I like it a lot! Said the Cat in the Hat. To the fish in the pot.
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Apr 15, 2009 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
My hope & expectation is that we fight hard and lose to Houston. A frustrated, angry off-season will be good for our boys, and they'll come back next season ready to be playoff winners.
Weird to hope for a loss, but in all my years watching, the great teams have always had to get over a tough playoff loss (or years of them).
Still, GO BLAZERS!
If you want a loss, how about a loss in game 7 of the Finals in OT?
I'm a little confused by your tactics
by oderiferous emanations 74 on Apr 15, 2009 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Same here.
Also, this is the only series where I have a twinge of divided loyalties — Houston’s been my second favorite team for a looong time now, and no more so than this year.
Great to see Rick having success again, great to see Yao playing the whole season without major injury issues, I love seeing the great interior defense and rebounding out of their Scola/Landry/Hayes multiheaded PF squad, I love the contrasting but brutally effective perimeter defensive play of Battier and Ronron. Really really fun squad. If we lose to Houston, they’re the team I root for for the rest of the playoffs.
by howlingfantods on Apr 16, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
well that was a crazy night. I thought for a minute we were headed for a 3 seed.
homecourt is super nice.
Am i a hater for thinking rockets in 6?
Part of me just wants to look @ the #s and say, Hey…second best record in west, a better plus minus as a team than anybody in the west not named the lakers…why not? well, experience worries me. On the road, our second unit might as well be sebastian telfair and sergei monia at times.
Love the team, love BE.
Brandon is a legit second teamer with CP3 btw.
Lamarcus is a clear threat to supplant Dirk as perennial All Star.
Key for round one….second unit. They played like S vs. LAC. tonight, brilliant. Well,GO did get swallowed by Nene but whatever.
by gavin.dawson@955thegame.com on Apr 15, 2009 10:20 PM PDT reply actions
hater for rockets in 6
right about everything else
by tevisthe4th on Apr 15, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I was wondering if home court advantage might be a detractor.
don’t get me wrong, its always great to have, but I think with the emotion of the finish of the season and our inexperience at that level, we have a pretty good chance of dropping one of the first 2. If we didn’t have HCA we’d have our “playoff legs” under us by the time we’re back home. Of course then we’d need to win one there so…
On the other hand, Roy is a stone cold killer, Rudy gots plenty of experience at the olympics, and aside from that, maybe its good to be green. We’re gonna want it more. We’re hungrier. We’re gonna play with more emotion. Look at the Blazers lately. They’ve destroyed opponents. They’ve had fun doing it. Roy & Aldridge cracking jokes on the bench—-they’re at a place well beyond they were all season. We can keep it going!!
Please, for the love of all that is holy, please stop using the following: "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".
...no seriously--stop.
with HCA we can afford to drop one here,
as long as we get one there, like you want anyway. HCA is huge, it gives us some margin for error.
If you ever hear of someone punching out a girl scout and stealing her Samoas, it was me
- Mortimer
by Clevelander among roses on Apr 15, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
no, no, no
dropping one of our first two would be terrible for the psyche of a young team
"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"
I think with the 3 days off the emotion of the big win tonight will wear off
"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"
yeah, Gavin
but the Rockets don’t have a guy to hand the ball to in the waning seconds of a game. We have a chance.
draft dejuan blair
by Cablinasian on Apr 15, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Against the Portland Trail Blazers, Brent Barry should be brought in at point guard for late-game ...
situations when the Houston Rockets are on offense. Unlike Aaron Brooks and Kyle Lowry, Barry can shoot daggers from beyond the arc when it’s needed most by his team. Defensively, however, Barry is a huge liability, although that’d be partially negated if he went up against a fellow spot-up shooter like Steve Blake. Thus, while Barry shouldn’t play for the Rockets in most cases, I’d nevertheless realize the rationale behind bringing him in during crunch-time situations to take clutch shots.
dude
GO got swallowed by Nene? Uuuummm, not really, but whatever people’s chump. You were talking a lot of trash about Greg when it was the trendy thing to do by talk radio, and you lost all your credibility. Don’t pretend to be a fan now.
"Sasha? That's a sissy name." -Mike Rice
hey
this is not BE level posting. This is not what we do here.
Blazer's fan since '84, Spurs fan when they are not playing Portland.
↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A B A START.
by HurraKane212 on Apr 15, 2009 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
very true
HK212 classy as always…BlazersEdge Veteran.
The most hated Blazer is like the least hottest supermodel - Sabonis4Ever
by Philthyanimal on Apr 15, 2009 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
predictable jab from MSP jobber
Well,GO did get swallowed by Nene but whatever.
I do agree with one thing Gavin mentioned:
whatever
I AM A PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS SUPPORTER.
maybe people are just being polite
but why are we saying good luck to the team that we all hope doesn’t have good luck over the next 7 games?
I hope nobody gets injured, but that’s all the luck I wish the rockets.
go blazers. demolish them.
by northwestj on Apr 15, 2009 10:22 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
+1
If you ever hear of someone punching out a girl scout and stealing her Samoas, it was me
- Mortimer
by Clevelander among roses on Apr 15, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
my friend, i refer you to my mike tyson quote
Please, for the love of all that is holy, please stop using the following: "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".
...no seriously--stop.
mike tyson quote FTW Book it.
but in the long run he was an epic fail. seriously.
by tevisthe4th on Apr 15, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
My friend, you and I are on the same wavelength.
If you ever hear of someone punching out a girl scout and stealing her Samoas, it was me
- Mortimer
by Clevelander among roses on Apr 15, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Book it.
If you ever hear of someone punching out a girl scout and stealing her Samoas, it was me
- Mortimer
by Clevelander among roses on Apr 15, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I have friends in the rocket science biz
Houston you have a problem
by southern oregon on Apr 15, 2009 10:27 PM PDT reply actions
Good luck to you guys also
Good form, classy post. Good luck Houston
by blazerbeliever97504 on Apr 15, 2009 10:27 PM PDT reply actions
Blazers in 6
What I like:
- Easiest PG matchup for our guys, who arguably would struggle more against every other starter/duo
- Designated closer in T-Mac out, despite he never went to the second round
- Artest can shoot them out just as much as in a game
What worries me:
- Yao drawing fouls especially on Greg
- Solid power forwards to throw at LaMarcus
- Good perimeter defenders
Greg Oden = Robert Parish (HOF, 4x NBA champion, 9x NBA All-Star). The only other rookie with more than 500 points, 400 rebounds, and 65 blocks in under 1400 minutes played. Since 1946.
good matchup on PG for us, but horrible for Roy
He’s had nothing but trouble with Artest..that’s what worries me about this series—that and Oden getting into even faster foul trouble vs Yao.
Please, for the love of all that is holy, please stop using the following: "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".
...no seriously--stop.
Interesting sig
It will be an epic battle, and Oden/Roy might fail in their individual battles, but I feel like it will be Aldridge FTW. Book it.
If you ever hear of someone punching out a girl scout and stealing her Samoas, it was me
- Mortimer
by Clevelander among roses on Apr 15, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I gotta say that a yellow mamba would Fail epically.
by tevisthe4th on Apr 15, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Book it.
FTW.
I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
by haildablazer on Apr 15, 2009 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
True
But Roy is as good as he is because he is such a smart player. Artest and Battier have both had success guarding Roy, but I really think, given a 4-7 game series, Roy can figure them out. To quote Jurrassic Park, Roy will find a way.
Intellect=,s wrinkles in the post cranial area?
I like Battier but I look forward to Ron Ron being their go to guy=ballhog
by southern oregon on Apr 16, 2009 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
That's kind of a plus for us.
Intellect has nothing to do with the type of intelligence that wise playing displays.
Battier’s smart, sure. He thinks about things and then applies them. Roy learns from the game more than some cerebral process (it appears so at least). One of those learning types translates to the floor much better and with much more fluidity. That’s the reason Roy is the more valuable player.
One more thing, you completely negate any chance Brandon had in that equation by including Artest. That’s surreptitiously adding a negative to Brandon’s intellectual value (eg, Battier = 10, Roy = 9, Artest = -4).
I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich
exactly
the entire team will learn, and learn quickly.
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
Rockets really did look lost on offense in the 4th
with no real closer out there. I’m hoping Nate takes a look at the game and sees how effective Dallas was at the end denying Yao with Bass. Our centers can obviously match up better in the post, but Yao is just too skilled to let him play one on one back to the basket right now.
That being said, you nailed the thing that scares me the most. Scola, Landry, and Hayes could potentially give LaMarcus fits at PF. They won’t score a ton, but they’ll make open shots and harass LA all series. With the Roy-Artest/Battier matchup, we’re going to need some solid contributions from LaMarcus to pull this one out, and Scola is one of the best at making guys work.
they have no closer
that’s a very good thing for us.
draft dejuan blair
by Cablinasian on Apr 15, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I respect the Rockets, and respect this post
I sincerely hope that the Blazers win 4 games by 30 each, but I suspect it will only be 2 games by 30, and the others by 8 or 10.
If you ever hear of someone punching out a girl scout and stealing her Samoas, it was me
- Mortimer
by Clevelander among roses on Apr 15, 2009 10:28 PM PDT reply actions
watch out for the revenge of hte Crispy Von Wafer!
he will go for 30 every night against us!
Woof
by Charles Barkley McLovin on Apr 15, 2009 10:32 PM PDT reply actions
It's crazy that Von Wafer has become the backup swingman for the Houston Rockets, although I'd ...
like to believe that Rudy Fernandez will neutralize him each and every game. Neither Fernandez nor Wafer are perfect players, but them canceling each other out is fine in my book.
its not really that crazy
considering he actually worked real hard this past off season compared to prior seasons. nba players are all pretty good, they just sometimes need that missing element to get them over that hump…whether it may be confidence, repetition, freedom, or whatever.
The most hated Blazer is like the least hottest supermodel - Sabonis4Ever
by Philthyanimal on Apr 15, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm less scared now then I was a week ago...
We are really firing on all cylinders right now. Houston was the worst match up possible, but we’re just playing too well at home. The home court was a huge grab. I have a lot of confidence going into this series and I think the players do too.
I really wanted the Spurs
but, the Blazers actually have a score to settle with the Rockets, and we have home court. It’ll be a great series but you guys are going down.
"Sasha? That's a sissy name." -Mike Rice
Welcome
Outside of the Lakers, this was the worst possible matchup for us… but I don’t think its a great matchup for you either. I’m expecting a good series.
Thanks for the thoughtful post
You were not the team I wanted us to face for several reasons:
- some of the matchups (two quality defenders on Roy, Yao, and more)
- I like Adelman a lot, as a person and a coach
- A Duck, I wish good things for Brooks
I hope more than anything else we compete and don’t fold under the pressure. I worry about that a bit.
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
Why worry about the pressure?
I mean, the past month have been full of pressure games, and I think the Blazers have responded well. Brandon Roy handles pressure well, and everyone else takes their cue from him. Houston, on the other hand, has been eliminated in the first round of every playoff series they’ve been in since Hakeem retired.
If you ever hear of someone punching out a girl scout and stealing her Samoas, it was me
- Mortimer
by Clevelander among roses on Apr 15, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
The pressure is on the Rockets
On the road with the choke in the first round jacket
by southern oregon on Apr 15, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Let's drop
the “Houston hasnt got out of the first round.” business. It is totally irrelevant to this playoff series. Here are number of reasons why.
Artest. He is a head case, he can shoot you out of games, but there is no better coach in the league for him than Adelman. He has had a year to gel with teammates and learn the offense. We didnt see it tonight, but I would be surprised to see a lot of repeats of tonight’s performance in the playoffs. I will be very scared if we see Ron circa 2006.
Adelman. He has had more time to get his roster playing together than he did last year. That is a big plus for a coach as good as Adelman.
Yao Ming. Correct me if I am wrong, but he was not in the playoffs last year. He is a big part of what they do and a tough guard for any center in the league. He can really help put points on the board in a grinding game, which is playoff basketball.
Summary: who cares about the past when the factors surrounding this team are so much different than in years past. Houston definitely has flaws, and I am sure we will discuss them, but let’s not hold their past against them.
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
If it was relevant
they would win because we have 0 recent history. At least they have some.
But, it is irrelevant, so let’s just kick butt like we know we can. I’m excited to see what they look like against the Rockets when they are this focused.
So there is more pressure on us?
Just kiding
by southern oregon on Apr 15, 2009 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I disagree
Houston’s reaction to the pressure of the playoffs can be estimated precisely because their players have a history in the playoffs. That history is not kind to them, so it is fair to say that their players haven’t reacted well to the playoff pressure. It may be that they’ve learned and grown as a result; we’ll see over the next two weeks whether that’s true, but for right now I’ll look at their past performances as the most likely predictor for future performances.
If you ever hear of someone punching out a girl scout and stealing her Samoas, it was me
- Mortimer
by Clevelander among roses on Apr 16, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
You just need to glance at Houston's roster
and see that the only people who may be affected by this are Ming and Chuck Hayes as they are the only players to have seen much of the one and done. Add to this that they have only experienced failure 1 year under their new coach,with out their stars, and under an impressive GM, and it is easy to see that they are not the same team as they were last year and they are even farther from the teams from 2 years ago.
I would say that basing future performance by past performance is a smart way to go, but when so many changes have happened it becomes extremely unreliable.
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
It is too bad that the seeding had to work out this way
The three best Western Conference teams (LAL, POR, HOU) are all in the same playoff bracket.
Shootout at the OK corral
here we come!
Here is my Playoff mode signature, that I thought up myself: "Just Do It".
2nd youngest team in the league tied for the 2nd best record in the West
Playing their best ball of the season AND with homecourt advantage. I wouldn’t bet against em’.
Blazers in 6
I'm a little confused by your tactics
by oderiferous emanations 74 on Apr 15, 2009 11:13 PM PDT reply actions
All right, here's my prediction.
Best-Case Scenario: Portland in 5.
Middle-Of-The-Road Scenario: Portland in 7.
Worst-Case Scenario: Houston in 6.
by AK1984 on Apr 15, 2009 11:21 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I agree.
For all our road woes, I really think we can take game 3 or 4 in Houston. At the same time, Houston could grab one of the first two, stealing homecourt advantage for the rest of the series, and having that hanging over the head of the Blazers—especially game 1, that’s the one I’m worried about.
Ah dang it
I was really hopeing for San Antonio. We’d easily beat them and Ive hated them for years.
Rockets are a classy bunch even with Ron Ron. Yao made our bigs look small last time we played them and he was very good at passing to the open man. The Rockets and the Hornets were the two I hoped we could avoid.
so, im excited for the matchup
i think the blazers will take it. they’ll fight hard for it, and come away actually learning a lot from the rockets. rising to meet this challenge will actually be super good for the blazers.
uprise.
classy post...here's to a great series
as long as the refs don’t win and the games play themselves out . . . it will be awesome…
Blazers in 6
""Look. I can touch the rim on my tippy toes.. " – Greg Oden
im with u on that
if the Refs step in too much it will ruin a nice physical series.
I do worry about Yao, he gives oden and Przy fits.
but i got blazers in 6 too.
Rip City Baby...People have no idea what is coming.
Follow my twitter www.twitter.com/PDXBlazersFTW, @PDXBlazersFTW. Lots of random Blazer Posts from links I find around the blogosphere.
Pryz handled Yao in PDX.
Give him a little time, and they’ll come figure him out. They’re more flexible than Yao is. If nothing else they can front and let Houston try to shoot.
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ugh
the word “classy” is being run into the ground on this post…
My stubbling is perfect...
by In Walks Rudy on Apr 16, 2009 7:21 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
The "cl" is silent
quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur
by dvcastle on Apr 16, 2009 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I love you so much right now.
I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich
Time to go to...
Of all the things that can be expressed in the printed word – love, hate, fear, joy – true humor is the one that is the most difficult of all. Sarcasm, for example, is an art of delicate subtlety. Yet too many people wield it as a bulldozer – loud, smelly, ugly, and destructive – and think they are being funny.
I'm so happy people are warming up to the idea of actually figuring out what the word means
It has nothing to do with what their trying to say.
I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich
θησαυρος
Greek for treasure, treasury.
I’m not sure what Greek for ‘pirate’ is though….
Of all the things that can be expressed in the printed word – love, hate, fear, joy – true humor is the one that is the most difficult of all. Sarcasm, for example, is an art of delicate subtlety. Yet too many people wield it as a bulldozer – loud, smelly, ugly, and destructive – and think they are being funny.
I've even forgiven Houston for turning Moses Malone into one of the greatest ever
I figure it would’ve altered the timeline anyways and screwed up Norsktroll’s flow chart to boot.
I’m not making predictions having focus on winning game one only at this point. Hope the PTB realize what an effort it is going to require to go up 1-0 against a solid team with skilled position players. If the PTB have an advantage, its in the homecourt and fan energy area.
I AM A PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS SUPPORTER.
We're gonna slaughter them
most likely in 6.
I couldn’t be more excited for the Playoffs…….does anybody remember the format? It’s been so long, is it still that stupid 2-3-2?
Witty Unpredictable Talent and Natural Game
2-2-1-1-1 only goes to your format in the finals
I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich
Good, I had thought they'd changed it back
Can’t wait until we reach the 2-3-2! (even though I think it negates hca)
Witty Unpredictable Talent and Natural Game
While a quick win would be nice,
A seven game series where no one loses at home would be oh so sweet.
Houston won the best of three during the season, but couldn’t capitalize.
If we could finish 5-5, but be the ones to move on, I’d be plenty happy.
Thanks.
Don’t know about our chances unless we can limit Yao’s touches, get out on Battier, and contain Scola. We match up with the Rockets worse than pretty much any team in the league. If Artest tries to take over the games, though, he’ll dig the Rockets’ grave. His shot selection sucks and he seems to think it’s his turn to force a shot about once every 4 or 5 possessions. Ds up BRoy though. A little running wouldn’t hurt either. Scola and Yao don’t strike me as the speediest players in the league. Good luck.
Just beat LA if you win, mmkoy?
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- Brandon Jennings states the obvious regarding his 2014 free agency, everyone goes nuts
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