Let Game 1 hot takes begin, its doomsday for LA lol...
100% agree with this. The amount of times you saw an open Rocket shooting was appalling. It can be fixed, but 3pt defense is an issue with LA, so there's gonna be ebb and flow. But it can be better than it is tonight...
There is definitely a blueprint out on how to defend Houston, LA just lacked any type of attention to detail and played like they expected Houston to roll over for them...
Bro with all of that, this game was a 2pt game (78-76) with 2 minutes left in the 3rd; a 4pt game with 30 seconds left in the 3rd (83-79), and still just 85-79 going into the 4th...
Lakers were absolutely trash from midway in the 1stQ on, and this was a 2-possession game entering the 4th. To me this is more about what LA didn't do, rather than what Houston did---->Rockets had all the intensity, got all the shots they wanted, made them at the percentages they normally clip at, outhustled the Lakers, etc. Harden damn near hit 40 and drew fouls on command. Westbrook went off. How much better can Houston play?
The flip to that question, what did LA do anything that looked good tonight?
Yall who been on here know I'm a Harden fan so if Bron is eliminated there is no one else I wanna see win more than him, and as far as teams go, I'm really neutral on this one---->I like them both. I think Houston would present problems for either LA team, we certainly saw them have their way on the other one in the regular season and whoever wins this series is beating LAC...
Hpuston didn't really "whoop" them until late. They played about as well as they can play and this game was two possessions early in the 4th. What i do qgree is that they gonna be a problem all series, they not going nowhere...
Lakers will be better in G2, though...
if it becomes 1-1 or 2-1 (Rockets lead) I don't see rockets winning the series.. they have to make it 3-0.
rockets play like this they will win
