WHAT HAPPENS TO A ROCKET WHEN IT LANDS IN A LAKE?: LAKERS VS ROCKETS 2ND ROUND PLAYOFF SERIES THREAD

[Leavingtheecstasy]

Good Lord all this after game one? You would think Houston was up 3-0 . I mean damn.

Considering everyone basically had lakets sweeping and the fact that AD and Lebron fukking james were getting bullied by PJ Tucker i think people have a right to give houston props. Microball works. Idk about all regular season because it requires so much energy but theyre built for playoff basketball.

If you hold the guy who is the leading scorer in playoff history to zero points in the 4th quarter of a playoff game you deserve daps

 

[paidNfull]

Harden defense in the post is elite. His perimter defense is not elite, it’s average


it doesn’t matter. Rockets strategy don’t do buts/contrarianism. You do what your suppose to do/expected of you when you’re on the floor until D’Antoni makes a decision on you. He has to stay aggressive if his shot is on or off or he has 7 turnovers or none.


This mentality is hard to have in the nba which is why Houston has the mental edge over most teams.
That last series against OKc when Dort was bricking and ppl kept asking why he keeps shooting it’s because he’s suppose/has to. You ah e to do what you’re expected to do. Most coaches would’ve took him out and adjusted but props to Dovonan and CP3 because they kept telling him to stick with it.


Mamba mentality: make ppl adjust to your greatness, not your weakness


But y’all can’t understand that.

Kobe would avg. 7438064344 ppg vs. Rockets

 

[Leavingtheecstasy]

When the Lakers win Game 2, a lot of y'all goofies are just going to pretend you didn't write the bullshyt you did after the first game.

I still think rockets in 6 if they play like yesterday. They bullied tf out of them. I dont think every game going like that but they match up well against the lakers as long as AD gonna keep being a p*ssy

 

[tjax03]

So are rockets really the best defensive team in the playoffs? I don't see it.

They went to 7 games vs the thunder and could've lost.

Now the heat and celtics on the other hand, you can see the defense on court. They be clamping down playing active defense with blocks and steals.

 

[Leavingtheecstasy]

Kobe would avg. 7438064344 ppg vs. Rockets

Maybe so because he's a guard. Lakers dont have good enough guards to keep up with harden and russ

 

[Leavingtheecstasy]

So are rockets really the best defensive team in the playoffs? I don't see it.

They went to 7 games vs the thunder and could've lost.

Now the heat and celtics on the other hand, you can see the defense on court. They be clamping down playing active defense with blocks and steals.

Okc matched up incredibly well with their microball strategy. Lakers dont. Its that simple.

Rockets are legit a great defensive team this year. You just have to watch footage of PJ and covington to know that. You say youre watching blocks and steals, rockets were doing a ton of that last night. They know how to box out big men. They had the same number of rebounds i believe as the lakers, that shouldnt happen. But it does depend on match ups. A team with great defensive guards will put up a good fight against them. But if you throwin old rondo and idk who else, waiters? Youre prolly gonna struggle against them

 

[who_better_than_me]

While it was only the opening game of the series, there now has been a pattern of the Rockets disrupting the Lakers' rhythm: Three of L.A.'s four games this season with their lowest percentage of passes completed, including during the regular season, have come against Houston, according to Second Spectrum data

 

[paidNfull]

Maybe so because he's a guard. Lakers dont have good enough guards to keep up with harden and russ

The best defense vs. Rockets is your offense in some since, Rockets playing comfortable cause Lakers cant score and they cant make 3s, Rockets playing young, wild and free, AD should be ballin man....period

 

[NoMorePie]

 

[paidNfull]

And you know another funny thing about this series....a healthy Portland team would put up a better fight vs. Rockets, I know Dame and CK would kill Rockets small ball, they would have to put PJ on Melo and a 35 yr old Melo would abuse PJ.....RIGHT NOW and AD cant even do it smh

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Sad

 

[Remote]

When the Lakers win Game 2, a lot of y'all goofies are just going to pretend you didn't write the bullshyt you did after the first game.

The comments and threads after the Lakers lost Game 1 vs the Trail Blazers was similar.
Some people cannot help themselves.

 

[Big Boss]

What is russ wearing

Shots fired

 

[homiedontplaydat]

The spirit of J.J Barea was in that building last night

 

[Jplaya2023]

Damn.

over 2 hunna pounds and breh wasn't moving.

Whats crazy is MJ used to post up Anthony Mason all the time and score in the post. Lebron needs to refine his post game. Cant run over nikkas 4 ever

 

[CarltonJunior]

Whats crazy is MJ used to post up Anthony Mason all the time and score in the post. Lebron needs to refine his post game. Cant run over nikkas 4 ever

I've always been critical of LeBron and his skills, but in reality he's shown us a reliable post game in the past against Iggy back in the 2015 finals. I'm thinking he'll go back to that repetoire in this series.