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

[Ben.]

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.

brehs are shameless in here

 

[Sccit]

That rockets switching everything defense forces teams to play iso so I think that's why there was so much Bron ball. Bron ball is what this series might come down to for LA

WR GOTA BE A STEP QUICKER THAN THEM.. CONSTANT MOVEMENT

WERE GUNA LOSE PLAYIN ISO

 

[xXMASHERXx]

I didn't watch the second half but AD not scoring 30 and only having 4 fts is a travesty. He should be feasting in this series. I don't care if he don't want to play the 5. The Lakers should have swept this team. Now they have confidence and could possibly make this a series.

 

[Chabot College]

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.

You may be right but didnt you low key have this same type of sentiment about the Bucks halfway through game 2 when you thought Miami's shooting would regress to the mean, fast forward and now the Bucks are down 3-0. This might not be the year where the better team inevitably rights the ship.

 

[Don Homer]

HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY FOR A NIGHT WIT LEBRON?

BE HONEST

I laughed

 

[Sccit]

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

You may be right but didnt you low key have this same type of sentiment about the Bucks halfway through game 2 when you thought Miami's shooting would regress to the mean, fast forward and now they are down 3-0.

I was only speaking in general terms, of how a game would typically play out. I never assume anything will happen during a game; I merely speak on trends/history and what can balance out. We get overreactions after a G1, to an extreme where regardless of future results in the series, folks' perceptions and takes change like the wind.

Take a look at what happened in the 1st round with the Lakers/T'Blazers. If you have a look at the reactions after G1, they're the polar opposite after G2.

This might not be the year where the better team inevitably rights the ship.

I don't know if any year really spits out results that we expect. All of us see the game differently, and the constant randomization of everything means nothing is going to be in accordance with who is the better team and who isn't (the concept doesn't exist). All of it is simply confirmation bias. With that said, I did say this prior to the playoffs -

If this were a regular playoff setting and COVID-19 never existed, the T'Blazers would probably lose 1-3 or get swept. But the effects of this pandemic have thrown this shyt into a tailspin where nobody can really identify who has the upper hand. I've never been so incognizant of who's going to win this season. But one thing I will say though is that I'll be surprised if this shyt doesn't play out like an episode in the Twilight Zone. This is the postseason where literally anything can happen.

I'll be expecting the unexpected.

We have no model or blueprint of what is going to happen because this is the first time in the modern era where we're witnessing a postseason with conditions quite like this.

 

[BXKingPin82]

Rockets are going to win the series.







And if they dont, ima act like i have Alzheimers.

 

[Big Boss]

 

[Sccit]

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN U HAVE NO MIDRANGE GAME...THIS IS THE PERFECT SITUATION TO STOP ON A DIME AND RISE UP FROM THE ELBOW.

 

[BXKingPin82]

LeBron is gonna get Vogel fired in the middle of this series...









And hire Stephen A Smith!!

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

You may be right but didnt you low key have this same type of sentiment about the Bucks halfway through game 2 when you thought Miami's shooting would regress to the mean, fast forward and now the Bucks are down 3-0. This might not be the year where the better team inevitably rights the ship.

he thinks he’s Hubie Brown so he takes himself pretty serious

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Houston didn’t hit 25 3s man

Houston just broke down every one on one defensive assignment. What’s the adjustment for a team full of guys (sans Bron & AD) who can’t guard their man?

I’m dying to know

 

[Brief Keef]

I think AD is not enjoying play with Bron.

AD on the move?

 

[Brief Keef]

I still think Lakers in 6 but this first game is a bad look

what if they go down 2-0