Blazers vs. Rockets First Round Series Thread

[brianphi]

Goat defender

Lol what team would even want this liability?

[waisoserious]

i really didnt expect much from d12 tonight. lord knows we didnt get much.

but i expected more from harden

[Malfa]

beverley possibly out for series

hurt his knee on that LMA moving pic at the end there

[Ivan7x]

beverley possibly out for series

hurt his knee on that LMA moving pic at the end there

Beverley suffered a blow to his injured knee in Game 1 against Blazers, but MRI showed no new damage, source tells Yahoo Sports.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) April 21, 2014

Houston's Patrick Beverley will likely play in Game 2 on Wednesday, league source tells Yahoo. Met with team doctor this morning.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) April 21, 2014

let the rustle continue

[Malfa]

big for the rockets, not that his overrated defense did a damn thing, but anyone would be better than lin

[Droopdx]

Beverley suffered a blow to his injured knee in Game 1 against Blazers, but MRI showed no new damage, source tells Yahoo Sports.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) April 21, 2014

Houston's Patrick Beverley will likely play in Game 2 on Wednesday, league source tells Yahoo. Met with team doctor this morning.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) April 21, 2014

let the rustle continue

Might as well let him get torched by Lillard again, lmao. See you in the d league next year Bev.

[Droopdx]

No you fuking moron it was favored for poverty Portland. We didn't have a single free throw in the first half whereas poverty Portland had 17. Talk about bull chit. Then your loser team used the most cheap strategy to get back in the game. Do you know they will make rulings against that poverty cheap strategy next season and loser poverty teams like you will never have a chance of winning because you know you suck.

LOLOL stay salty, dork. Better teach Kwame Brown v2 aka Dwight how to shoot free throws quick!

[HoustonMiscer]

Rockets should have gotten blown out last night despite the calls they were getting in the second half. Glad to see Beverley is good for Game 2 though because fuk they need his energy. They needed his energy last night. They would have been flat as fuk if not for his energy. I've accepted the fact that Lillard and Aldridge will probably fukkin dominate the series scoring wise srs. There are times when Beverley goes in there and gets some offensive rebounds. In this series against this team the Rockets need all the offensive boards they can get because clearly those fukkin *******s are getting angus raped in defensive rebounding allowing tip in's and second chance possessions. If Howard and Asik get in early foul trouble again Rockets are in trouble. I believe Howard had to sit almost the entire third quarter. They need his rebounding against the Blazers. I expect the officiating to be bad again on both sides srs. If you are a Rocket or a Blazer fan and you expect the officiating to be good I got bad news for you son srs.

[khanvictt]

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NEW YORK -- Rod Thorn, NBA President, Basketball Operations, issued the following statement Monday regarding a play late in the fourth quarter of the Portland Trail Blazers' 122-120 win over the Houston Rockets on April 20, at Toyota Center:

"After video review by the league office, we have determined that the officials were incorrect in assessing a foul to the Rockets' Dwight Howard with 10.8 seconds remaining in overtime. The foul should have been called on the Blazers' Joel Freeland and Howard should have been awarded two free throws."

[EuropeanHammer]

Good game Blazer*******s, LaMarcus Aldridge played the game of a life time.

[tential]

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NEW YORK -- Rod Thorn, NBA President, Basketball Operations, issued the following statement Monday regarding a play late in the fourth quarter of the Portland Trail Blazers' 122-120 win over the Houston Rockets on April 20, at Toyota Center:

"After video review by the league office, we have determined that the officials were incorrect in assessing a foul to the Rockets' Dwight Howard with 10.8 seconds remaining in overtime. The foul should have been called on the Blazers' Joel Freeland and Howard should have been awarded two free throws."

Just came to post this but I think the whole GAME was called badly. NBA needs to address this ASAP. In a game where fouling is PART of the game, fouls should be reviewed. There are few fouls in NHL games and pretty few in NFL games. NBA games that are close have a TON of fouls. At this point, a foul is basically a play, and plays should be reviewable.

[Ghettylo]

rockets sure could use kobe instead of harden right now

[tential]

rockets sure could use kobe instead of harden right now

Harden didn't draw enough penalties in the first half. They didn't get to the line once as a team. That's not good.

[flexnation]

Rockets should have gotten blown out last night despite the calls they were getting in the second half. Glad to see Beverley is good for Game 2 though because fuk they need his energy. They needed his energy last night. They would have been flat as fuk if not for his energy. I've accepted the fact that Lillard and Aldridge will probably fukkin dominate the series scoring wise srs. There are times when Beverley goes in there and gets some offensive rebounds. In this series against this team the Rockets need all the offensive boards they can get because clearly those fukkin *******s are getting angus raped in defensive rebounding allowing tip in's and second chance possessions. If Howard and Asik get in early foul trouble again Rockets are in trouble. I believe Howard had to sit almost the entire third quarter. They need his rebounding against the Blazers. I expect the officiating to be bad again on both sides srs. If you are a Rocket or a Blazer fan and you expect the officiating to be good I got bad news for you son srs.

This. The officiating was painfully bad yesterday, but it was pretty shyty in the regular season as well.

[adamsz]

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NEW YORK -- Rod Thorn, NBA President, Basketball Operations, issued the following statement Monday regarding a play late in the fourth quarter of the Portland Trail Blazers' 122-120 win over the Houston Rockets on April 20, at Toyota Center:

"After video review by the league office, we have determined that the officials were incorrect in assessing a foul to the Rockets' Dwight Howard with 10.8 seconds remaining in overtime. The foul should have been called on the Blazers' Joel Freeland and Howard should have been awarded two free throws."

So they comment on this but not the other countless bad calls (on both sides) in the game?

Strong Potatoes

[ctownballer04]

So they comment on this but not the other countless bad calls (on both sides) in the game?

Strong Potatoes

Yes, Rockets vs Blazers games have been officiated horribly all year. Just makes me laugh that this was pointed out and not everything else: Robin getting a foul because he was elbowed by Dwight (lol), Robin fouling out on Dwight 8 step travel.

[GooBaaa]

Rocket fans still complaining about fouls lmao

[tential]

Rocket fans still complaining about fouls lmao

I'm not a Rockets fan. I'm complaining about fouls PERIOD. That's what EVERY person in this thread is saying. No one is complaining that one team got favored.(Maybe during the game but not after) It's that the game was badly officiated period. I think everyone here is tired of refs making big time bad calls and ruining games. Sometimes it feels like were watching Children's refereeing and not Pro Basketball.

[Spill512]

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NEW YORK -- Rod Thorn, NBA President, Basketball Operations, issued the following statement Monday regarding a play late in the fourth quarter of the Portland Trail Blazers' 122-120 win over the Houston Rockets on April 20, at Toyota Center:

"After video review by the league office, we have determined that the officials were incorrect in assessing a foul to the Rockets' Dwight Howard with 10.8 seconds remaining in overtime. The foul should have been called on the Blazers' Joel Freeland and Howard should have been awarded two free throws."

[brianphi]

Lillard getting another chance to go HAM on Beverly... I have a feeling Damian is happy he gets to do it all over again, he's the kind of dedicated player that will work 24/7 to overcome his weaknesses, as exhibited in Game 1. I think he'd be really disappointed if Beverly didn't play (srs).

[TomTen10]

big for the rockets, not that his overrated defense did a damn thing, but anyone would be better than lin

lol. lin had done a pretty good job on lillard in the past so the drop off isn't as big as many people think. Plus he would attack lillard and make him work more on D than bev does.

[Malfa]

^ cool graphic

[HoustonMiscer]

As far as Lillard vs Beverly goes I expect Lillard to get his srs. To me its not about locking Lillard down. Its about the little defensive sequences that provides energy for the Rockets. Without Beverley they don't have that energy. Especially at home, he gets that home crowd into the game. Lillard will probably score 20+ have 5+ assists. The key for the Rockets to slow him down is to get the ball out of his hand early in the possession and make him work. Aldridge gonna Aldridge regardless.. you just have to contest and hope for the best srs. As I have said before Rockets have to rebound. Can't let Portland get those second chance opportunities and offensive rebound tip ins.. its already killed them in this series. Foul trouble will be huge in Game 2 as well. Fuk u ******* Adam Silver for making us wait until Wednesday u bald fukkin ******* (srs)

[TomTen10]

Rockets will bounce back. if not mchale is outta here if we lose the series lol. I expect harden to shoot more efficiently dunno about his defense though but hopefully he isn't a liability.

[HoustonMiscer]

Also for those of you that complain about me hating on my own team, lol. You actually think my posts are serious? I'm still picking Houston in 6. 90% of my posts are not supposed to be taken seriously lol. Its sad that I actually have to point this chit out

[KingBert]

90% of my posts are not supposed to be taken seriously lol.

Stop spamming the thread then *******. Your posts don't even attempt to be funny, so what's the point of writing so many "non-srs" posts. The only miscers who appreciate you posting are Rockets-haters who feel validated by your chit analysis.

[adamsz]

Also for those of you that complain about me hating on my own team, lol. You actually think my posts are serious? I'm still picking Houston in 6. 90% of my posts are not supposed to be taken seriously lol. Its sad that I actually have to point this chit out

[adamsz]

[Malfa]

wish it was Wednesday crew

[PuNjAbixxPheNoM]

wish it was Wednesday crew

Same here, my favorite matchup for the first round.