First Round Playoffs: Blazers/Rockets Game 2 Thread

You mean, good thing Roy's offense is even better

 

Yup.

Also, I think Brooks will be the key to the series and not Yao. A lot of the open looks Houston got were because Blake could not defend Brooks, Brooks drove into the lane, the defense collapsed, and he found shooters.

 

Yahoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go Blazers!!!!!! The game was great!!! Crowd was awesome, a little too tight for me at the end but what a great game to be at!

 

How about reading this:

http://www.basketballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=244

and then getting off Steve Blake's nuts? The rules of the game have changed to give the penetrating point guard all of the advantage.

 

Roy and Aldridge was working all night. Houston didn't have an answer for either. Are you suggesting they should have stopped going to Brandon and LaMarcus and tried something else? Why? When your best two players are rolling, you keep going to them until it stops working. Tonight, it never stopped. So, why change?

This is the play-offs. It's not the time to rest your best players. They get 2 or 3 days off between games. There's plenty of time to rest them then. Teams shorten their rotation and play their best players more minutes in the playoffs for a reason - it works. Every game is so important, you want your best players on the court and the ball in their hands as much as possible. This isn't the time of year to whine about some bench player getting his minutes cut.

Face it, you're just butt hurt because your favorite players was reduced to an afterthought in the most important game this team has played in six years.

BNM

 

Brooks regular season averages: 11.2 ppg, 3.0 assists per game
Brooks averages during the playoffs: 27.0 ppg, 7.0 assists per game, 4.0 rebounds per game.

 

Absolutely! Section 331 was rocking! My fiancee - who is a casual fan, but not hardcore - was with me, and she made me laugh when she said "they need to be rid of the bullshit during the time outs! Nobody gives a fuck about bowling for Caronas!" By the end, she was screaming, clapping, and chanting with the rest of us!

It was probably the most intense experience I can remember having*!

High-fiving random dudes after the game was fun in a "Purell, anyone?" sort of way!


*with my clothes on

 

He also drove around him several times and drew multiple fouls on Battier. And, he drove around Artest even easier. For every "tough" shot Roy put up tonight he had two where he got into the paint for an easy shot, or FTs.

BNM

 

There's no better feeling than high-fiving strangers, and just enjoying the moment with people who share the same love as you! Section 320 was awesome as well!

 

Who is that?

 

Since Sergio and Jerryd haven't really played the last 2 games, the playoffs have only exposed Blake's weaknesses, and how much better we are when all 3 play rather than 1.

I see no need at all for another PG, just a better mix of PT.

As for trading for a "veteran", just let that bad, bad idea go.

Never gonna happen as KP likes these guys a lot.

 

Aaron Brooks?

 

Roy on the front page of ESPN.com's NBA page.

 

It's a stupid cliche that has never proven to be true.

The deepest teams that play team ball are always the champs in the end.

Actually, it's the reason we were 1 and out so many years.

 

Right now, it's on the main HOME page of ESPN.com.

 

And front page of CNNSI.com

 

Nah. The Cs jumped on Pierce's back and rode him to the key Game 7 win over the Cavs, who gave them the toughest challenge of anyone. The Lakers rode Shaq & Kobe back in 00-02. The Heat rode Wade in the 06 Finals. The Bulls rode Jordan when they needed a key win (see that game when he had the flu). In the playoffs, you dig in, you put your best players on the floor, keep them out there as much as you can, and ride them to glory.

Tonight, we desperately needed a win, we had just been blown out, and Houston was hungry. It was a tough game. And almost every champion has to play a game like we played tonight. Where you need a superstar to carry you like Pierce did for the Celtics when it looked like the Cavs were gonna knock them out. The reason we are considered a title contender now and for the future is because we have a guy in Roy who can deliver these kind of performances. Without such a player, it's very very tough to win a championship in this league.

I expect Outlaw and Rudy to step up in Houston, but it's not like it's unheard of for a single player to carry a team for entire series. Look at the 2006 Finals.

 

There's gotta be a cooler headline idea than "Roy Rules" and "Rippin Roy." Hmmmm....... "Roy Toys With Rockets"? "Oh, Roy!"?

 

Roy's R Us?