For any "Frozen" fans... LA is better than Howard. Portland, don't you think that's true? Aldridge can beat you, without having to cheat you, and that's we've won games 1 & 2. But Howard dunks better than Aldridge. Portland, don't you think I'm right? That's once again true, but that's all he can do. Yeah, you got me--guess LA wins the fight.
I don't think anyone would have guessed that Aldridge would be the best and most dominant big man in this series. It's actually really fun to watch.
Is there a mathematical sign for "the opposite"? LaMarcus Aldridge has become a bona fide leader. He directs his team, he settles his team, he sets the tone for his team, he leads his team. Dwight Howard is the anti-leader. Instead of settling his team, getting them all on the same page, and bringing them together, Howard sews seeds of discontent, and will drive his team apart. We saw it at the beginning of the season, blaming his teammates, often when the fault was on him. He's a loser. The media and "H-Town" fans are going to roast Harden. But it's Howard they should be after. What's hilarious to me is that Howard is listening to and following Shaq's stupid advise. He'd be better off listening to Sir Charles.
Baylor and West scored at least 89 in the first two games of a playoff season. from Daily Dime, topic #9. http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-140423/lamarcus-aldridge-scorches-rockets-again As for equaling Aldridge's 26 rebounds, Baylor averaged 15.25 rebounds per game in the 1961 playoffs, so on average he had 30 or 31 in those 2 games. (Rebounds are available as a total for the 1961 playoffs, not for each game.) Neither game went to overtime, like Aldridge's asterisked record.
Would you prefer to pretend the OT didn't happen? OK--great. Aldridge scored just 3 points and got exactly 1 rebound in the OT period, so go ahead and just credit him with 86 points and 25 rebounds in regulation over the first two games, and shut your #@^&ing mouth.
I thought a few numbers people would be interested. Took me a lot of time. If I wanted to spend more time, I'd rerun the database for whatever numbers Aldridge got in regulation. Also, I'd check McGrady, etc. to see whether any of those games were overtime.
