Blazers-Rockets First round series

[BB73]

Portland is the 4 seed, Houston the 5.

[OregonBuckeye]

Houston can't miss.

[OregonBuckeye]

Why did Yao have to unleash the beast today? 24 points!

[Jake]

Jeff Van Gundy said today that this series was a "blowout" for the Rockets. He looks spot on tonight.

[BB73]

Yikes. 85-58 Houston after the 3rd Qtr.

[OregonBuckeye]

Originally Posted by Jake

Jeff Van Gundy said today that this series was a "blowout" for the Rockets. He looks spot on tonight.

[censored] Jeff. He's such a homer for the Rockets and doesn't even attempt to hide it.

This game is pretty much the worst possible thing to have happened to the Blazers. This has to have a major impact on their confidence.

[dragurd]

Bah this basketball IQ of the blazers makes me want to screa. Oden has abused Mutumbo when given the ball in the post but they have done it all of twice.

[OregonBuckeye]

Oden is having a nice game. Only bright spot outside of Roy.

[OregonBuckeye]

Yeah, Oden! He is going into beast mode. Rockets might have to bring Yao back in.

[dragurd]

Hey look they are finally getting it. Way too late but they are getting it.

[dragurd]

And then they go away from him again.

[Jake]

Originally Posted by OregonBuckeye

[censored] Jeff. He's such a homer for the Rockets and doesn't even attempt to hide it.

This game is pretty much the worst possible thing to have happened to the Blazers. This has to have a major impact on their confidence.

He may be a homer but his pick looks pretty wise tonight.

The Blazers might well be the toughest matchup for the Lakers out west but unfortunately for Portland they don't matchup well with Houston, so they may not get a shot at LA.

[dragurd]

Yeah but honestly they play stupid I mean was it that hard for nate and the rest of the team to realize Oden was abusing Mutumbo. I mean he got something like 3 fouls and scores 5 times on 6 attempts.

[OregonBuckeye]

Originally Posted by Jake

He may be a homer but his pick looks pretty wise tonight.

It wouldn't surprise me if he picked the Rockets against the '95-'96 Bulls. I know this sounds like sour grapes since we just got our asses kicked but it's not. Jeff has always irritated me, especially how he always thinks the sun shines on Houston's ass.

Anyway, as bad as this was it was nice to see Greg have a nice game. Even if we lose this series, which seems likely, I hope he can continue to play well and get some of his critics off his back.

Originally Posted by dragurd

Yeah but honestly they play stupid I mean was it that hard for nate and the rest of the team to realize Oden was abusing Mutumbo. I mean he got something like 3 fouls and scores 5 times on 6 attempts.

Nate is a helluva coach. I think this game is mostly on the players and their inexperience.

[dragurd]

He's a good defensive coach but his offense makes me wonder. Whenever he needs something the go to Roy one on one. They lost a few games earlier in the season due to people figuring that out and doubling.