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Bring on the Lakers
The Lakers swept us during the regular season. At least 3 of those games were close – beyond close. I still hate Yao for taking that 2 point jumper when Brooks was wide open for three when we NEEDED 3 POINTS.
Hopefully those same mistakes will not follow us.
The playoffs are different. Each team is able to fully focus on the other, unlike the regular season. The Rockets should push this series far.
As a Rockets fan, I will be very surprised if we can beat the Los Angeles Kobes. We’ll see.
If there were any underdog in the 2009 NBA Playoffs, this series is a prime contender.
Congrats Houston.
It's time for one last offseason, one last time to prune the roster. It was a great ride to 54 wins, and our playoff loss exposed the deficiencies we must address. In KP I trust.
draft dejuan blair
A decade of mediocrity ends.
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
I would say so
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
You get 7(maybe) games of precious Phil
Who says the only reason the lakers don’t win in Portland is because of the rain (true story). Tell Ron Ron to go after a lose ball and tackle Phil in his high chair.
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
At least Phil
provides some comedic value with his ridiculous money quotes. Sloan is just a boring old geezer.
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21... I know...
by FibonacciSequence on May 1, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions
I wouldn't
Houston was competitive, and it ran into some hard luck. I’m sorry you’re too dense to understand that. And I’d rather watch my team compete and get some tough breaks than see them miss the playoffs for half a decade.
I'm not going to argue with you
You have been a huge douche to everybody all series long and now that our teams are no longer playing each other I don’t have to deal with it anymore.
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
LOL.... I am just imagining a "huge douche".........kinda funny if you think about it.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
that's friggin hillarious.
The first picture is just disgusting, but the second one of the “douche bag” guy in the pink shirt is awesome…..
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
Not trying to stir the pot intentionally
but the Blazers made the playoffs 21 years straight, and in 14 of those 21 years, we lost in the first round. This included six straight years from 1993-1998 (including to Houston during your 1993-94 championship run!). So we, too, know mediocrity. Missing the playoffs in 2004 was a shock for me, since they team had made the playoffs every year since I was born. I wasn’t sure how to react, but within a couple years, the blueprint for the future was coming into focus and missing the playoffs didn’t seem like such a big deal anymore.
As a fan, I’m personally more excited to see a team built from scratch, by dumping all the bums off the team and getting higher quality players via draft/trade/FA, and looking forward to what the future holds at the expense of not making the playoffs for a few years, rather than bowing out of the first round year after year with no reasonable expectation for improvement in the following year other than “C’mon guys, you can do better!”. 1993-1998 was mostly a forgettable time period for Portland, mostly due to the team’s relative mediocrity. In contrast, the last few years have been an absolute thrill to be a part of, in spite of missing the playoffs until this season.
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21... I know...
by FibonacciSequence on May 1, 2009 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions
As a Blazer fan....I have to say
Great series Houston, you earned every part of it….now go out there and kick the crap out of Kobe, beat on him like you beat on Roy…if you let up just once I am going to be disappointed that you did that to us and not him. Push around Pau and make Bynum cry like the little school girl he is. You better play just as physical with them as you played with us.
BEAT LA!!!!!!
I want Kirk Hinrich!!!!!
amen brother
To all those overconfident lakers fans: I know we’re the underdogs, but don’t punch your ticket to the finals yet. We’re coming hard and physical.
And to those Blazers fans: Count yourselves as lucky. You guys have a decade of deep playoff runs to look forward to, and one of the true swingman superstars in Roy. I’m a believe in his game now. To me, hes not all that far of from Dwade.
how do you differentiate between confident........
and overconfident. I am confident in the Lakers, but I don’t think I am overconfident. The series is obviously not a foregone conclusion, but I think the Lakers matchup well with the Rockets. I am not trying to put words in your mouth, but it seems that every Laker fan that thinks his team will win is “overconfident”. Kinda like every Laker fan who posts here is automatically a “troll”.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
wow this is very different with what you posted in the other thread
but yes I respect ur confidence in the Lakers, and as long as its confidence I hope we’ll have lots of back and forth debate.
"Hip-Thrust!" - Hard Gay
In case you're wondering, Hard Gay is married.
Go away....
Seriously. You don’t have a clue what I posted on the other thread, you just started giving me crap because you THOUGHT I was going to be a troll. I asked you to show me what I posted that was so bad three times and you couldn’t. If you are trying to make nice then fine, no problem. But don’t act like I all of the sudden became civil simply because you jumped to a conclusion and hit me with a personal attack.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
I have no problem having a civil debate, that is why I came here.
But you didn’t start out civil and you didn’t end civil so how do I know what to do???? Anyway it may be a long series so I will get off my soapbox if you get off yours. Fair enough?
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
ok I went and checked
turns out I got your posts confused with Karl Vaders. I apologize.
"Hip-Thrust!" - Hard Gay
In case you're wondering, Hard Gay is married.
Thank you, we're square
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
I also take back what I said about your name.
Once again sorry bout calling you out for no reason.
"Hip-Thrust!" - Hard Gay
In case you're wondering, Hard Gay is married.
not a problem, like I said.....
I just wanted to have a discussion about the upcoming series. In all fairness there are a lot of douchy Laker fan trolls out there.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
I would like to echo this statement
This was a great series by Houston. The Rockets fought hard and deserved to win this series. I would like to thank the Rockets for giving the Blazers a taste of playoff basketball. In the long run, I think it is much better for the Blazers to play against the team that matches up against them the best, the team that makes them work the hardest on every play and in every game than to have played against the Spurs or Hornets who would have given the Blazers a better shot at the 2nd round.
Congrats on moving on to the next round, especially after coming up short so many times in a row. I imagine it is a lot like being a Blazer fan over the past 5 years and finally making the playoffs this year.
And good luck against the Lakers. I have a feeling that a lot of the same things that worked against Portland will work against the Lakers. Fisher=Blake, Kobe is a bigger threat than Roy, but you gotta play them the same way, Ariza=Batum, Pau=Aldridge, Bynum is more dangerous than Oden, but plays in a similar way, Vujacic=Rudy…..I could go on. Suffice to say that I think you guys will give the Lakers more trouble than a lot of people think.
"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"
LA plays at too fast of a pace for Yao.
It's time for one last offseason, one last time to prune the roster. It was a great ride to 54 wins, and our playoff loss exposed the deficiencies we must address. In KP I trust.
draft dejuan blair
You forgot Odom and Shannon Brown.
In all seriousness, I think Odom is a tough one for the Rockets to deal with, and he has been playing the best b-ball of his career lately.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
Our toughest matchup is Brooks....
we don’t do well with quick PG’s.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
More precisely,
We don’t do well with quick PG’s who can score AND distribute. Quick PG’s who are primarily scoring threats pose far less of a problem.
yeah lamar is a beast when he's playing well
he’s like a poor man’s garnett, except sometimes he even play better.
I'll give you 3 to 1 against the Lamar MIA.......
and about 100 to 1 against the epic Kobe sulk. Maybe one half, maybe even one game, but not one series. You are right about the Odom MIA thing, but he hasn’t been MIA very much at all this season. Really one of his best seasons ever, but not statistically.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
yeah i've been watching the laker games this season cuz i'm a night owl and usually they play last
lamar hasn’t been MIA as much as last year, not enough to live up to his old reputation.
but, he’s bound to be MIA sometimes, and what better time to have it happen in this series :)
Well it certainly would change the series, because I think he is a nightmare matchup for Houston.
Laker fans are waiting for the MIA thing though, trust me.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
No it doesn't look like a sulky year for Kobe. He seems very focussed.
Odom, though, that last series just might have been too much consistency.
But still, one historic Kobe tantrum could give us the series. Of course, you could be sporting and just play without him, to even up our loss of McGrady a bit.
I echo my fellow Blazer fan's comments
I knew you guys were the toughest matchup for us going into the series, but playing against a team like Houston that’s had so much experience is going to teach us a lot in the long run.
In the end, you guys just wanted it more, loose balls just ended up in the hands of Rockets, you kept driving in to the basket, even with a sizeable lead. Well played.
Hope you whallop the L*kers in the next round. They’ve lived under a high power offense, but as you proved this series, even good offenses can be stifled. Slow the tempo down, and you’ve got a great shot.
Happy hunting! :)
by pcrackenhead on May 1, 2009 12:45 AM CDT up reply actions
Experienced mattered
Thanks for the lesson Houston. I respect the hell out of you and your coach and your players, GO BEAT LA!
Proud member of Duck nation!
bring on L.A.
We will not go down without a fight! I think the lakers might overlook the rockets…..if they do I think we can steal a game or two at the staples center
" the rockets are here to kick ass and chew bubble gum , and they are all out of bubble gum "
A game, maybe..........two, hmmm not sure.
I don’t think anyone is overlooking anyone at this point either, but we will see.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
I wouldn't be surprised with Lakers in 5
but I have a feeling the Rockets might be just loose enough after making it past the first round to steal a couple more games.
"Hip-Thrust!" - Hard Gay
In case you're wondering, Hard Gay is married.
You can
You won in the RG, Staples is NOTHING compared to that. The main difficulty is that its not home but LA does not have a real home court advantage….
Proud member of Duck nation!
You're right we don't have raucus fans............
But we play very well at home. Blazers may play well at home because of the crowd, but the Lakers play well at home because they are a VERY good team…..
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
they're mostly fairweathers anyway...nt
your fans wouldn’t matter anyway. except Jack Nicholson. He’s been there for 50+ years.
Well about 30 years, but who's counting. And they're not mostly fairweathers.
Maybe the ones you see down close are, but there are 15,000 other fans you don’t see. Or you just being a hater?
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
You CAN do it
And at least give Kobe a few whacks for us, pompous jerk….
Proud member of Duck nation!
that's not a nice thing to call Xiane.....
oh wait, …….you meant Kobe didn’t you??? :-)
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
hanging on.............................
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
This team will not die
Rockets are the underdogs, but they don’t die, nor do they quit. They are physical and tough and the Lakers are not going to be given a free pass. They will have to earn it.
by Pippreallysuxed on May 1, 2009 12:45 AM CDT reply actions
I remember what it felt like in 1999
When we broke through a similar string of first-round losses. Enjoy it, you earned it and keep an eye on your backside because we’ll be back!
Proud member of Duck nation!
As a Los Angeles native, all I can say is
make Gasol cry… make him weep like a little girl. ROX in 7!
Congrats to Houston!!!
"Pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding"
by let_them_eagles_fly on May 1, 2009 1:03 AM CDT reply actions
In the last regular season game
I remember Kobe and Pau running the pick and roll successfully in the 4th quarter, and (presumably) Adelman being forced to substitute Hayes for Yao. Am I interpreting that correctly?
If so, how are the Rockets going to defend that play?
In this series, I think the key for the Lakers will be perimeter defense and help defense. They’re going to need to help Fisher keep Brooks from getting into the paint, and recover in time to contest shots near the basket and the corner three.
From my perspective, I think the key to Rocket success will be ball movement and 3pt shooting.
I’m assuming the Lakers have enough length and size to bother Yao.
"I've hacked into your brain. You're throwing a party and no one's showing up."
you are on point with the pick n' roll
yao’s horrible at defending the pick n’roll, especially against the lakers.
i’d rather match up yao with bynum for a better result. pau gasol has been canceling out yao ming the last two times they played.
really
what’s all the LA hate about? the rockets are my 2nd favorite team because hakeem is my favorite non laker of all time. i was hoping that we would meet in the conference finals so just in case we don’t make it, the rockets will. i think it’s a shame that many basketball fans hate kobe and the lakers so much. i can understand hating kobe but gasol? bynum? odom? what on earth did they ever do to anyone? they are only hated because they are lakers. if they played for any other team, you guys would not hate them. that being said, i’m looking forward to a competitive and exiting series. may the best team win
Hey how dare you say that about the great Lakers, we're entitled to this championship so just roll over and give it to us.
sorry, couldn’t resist
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
nah...........
salaries don’t match
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
may the best team win indeed.
not everyone hates the lakers. but i do hate pau gasol.
odom, shannon brown, ariza, and of course kobe, are my faves on that team. i respect fisher but i hated him when he played for the jazz and hit those shots against us.
with that being said, please excuse me while i go hating on the lakers for the whole series :)
hmmmmmm....not many people single out Gasol........
what gives.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
Gasol and the Spanish team did that thing
where they took a photo and mocked people with almond-shaped eyes.
"I've hacked into your brain. You're throwing a party and no one's showing up."
Fair enough, I can't blame you for that, but......
I got the feeling that they really didn’t understand that it was offensive. Obviously anyone who is from the US gets it, but they all seemed shocked that it was taken as offensive. Maybe it’s a cultural thing. I have noticed in Europe (especially in Soccer) there seems to be a lot of bigotry and it is treated like no big deal….Of course Pau has been here long enough to understand it, so what do I know?
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
i actually dont have a problem with pau
and im a huge fan of calderon, marc, rubio, and a bunch of other guys on that team.
but they all went down a notch when i saw that. i’ll take the ‘i didnt know’ for some of those guys who have spent their whole life in spain. but you can’t honestly tell me that if you work in LA or Toronto, you wouldn’t know thats offensive.
But you bring up a good point, ‘what do we know?’ We don’t know what was going through their head. But, in my book, it was still a dumbass move and they all move down a peg on the respect notch for me.
yeah pau actually questioned the gesture
but he did it anyway. but i let it go cuz their intent was good.
Also, Gasol looks dirty and smelly, even when he's clean.
It’s just him too, that statement only applies to him personally.
yeah I wish he would shave and cut that hair.
Somebody had a great series of pictures of him with all of these weird facial expressions and man is he funny looking.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
oh god that reminded me of a russel peters joke...
but I really don’t think Rubio should go first overall. His passing skills are top notch, but I’m a little worried about his size, athleticism, and shooting.
"Hip-Thrust!" - Hard Gay
In case you're wondering, Hard Gay is married.
yea the white washed indian guy
it was him pretending to be a british guy having intercourse, and he goes “oh… marvelous! splendid!!… im arriving! im arriving!”
it was entertaining at the time.
"Hip-Thrust!" - Hard Gay
In case you're wondering, Hard Gay is married.
lol i think i saw that
the british lady’s face was all red
it was a dumbass move...
…of EPIC proportions. Seriously though, even if some of those guys have never been out of Spain, are you going to tell me that Spaniards are THAT ignorant? It really reflects badly against more than just the team…..
It’s the equivalent as if they painted their faces black for an advertisement set to run in Africa.
lol i almost forgot about that
well, that was offensive but i’ll let it go cuz they are europeans and it’s a different culture. people in china weren’t offended at all because they don’t know what that meant.
i think pau is good player, but there is just something about him that irritates me when watching him play. i’ll let u guys know once i find out what that is. i’m sure i will in this series.
btw, marc gasol is a decent player.
can't we all just get along?
i’m not one to fight over the internet with people i don’t know. can we just have a civilized series here? is that possible or is everyone’s hatred of the lakers too deep rooted? you know how deep rooted laker hatred is? i’ve been coming to the dream shake from months and before today, i’ve only posted once or twice because once people find out i’m a laker fan, they attack me like i slapped their baby sister. it happens everywhere i go on the internet
No one really likes LA. You're going to have to accept that.
If you could see yourselves from an outside perspective you might understand why that is. As you possibly can’t it is doubtless hard to understand.
But we’re perfectly willing to be civil, ask Portland’s fans.
Is it the Lakers or LA....
cause I don’t like LA either.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
Now see, Im a weirdo I guess. I actually really like LA. It is so upfront about what it is.
And the weather is nice.
Honestly, you probably don’t believe this, but in many ways LA is Houston, but with hills, an ocean and much nicer weather (in the summer mostly – winter here is very nice). Those extra things are why its so much bigger. And hey, we’re the Hollywood of the petrochemical industry…
Don't take this the wrong way, but I was in Houston once and it seemed like a ghost town...
Was I just there on the wrong few days or is that the way it is.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
Yeah we were staying downtown and it seemed like no one was around. Downtown LA is a ghost town after work hours.
They are working on it I guess. There is this new LA Live thing downtown now. It is built around Staples Center and Nokia Theater. ESPN Zone, movies, restaurants, museums, etc… Kinda cool actually. That’s where the new ESPN west coast Sportscenter HQ is at also.
I sound like I live there, but I live about 2.5 hours away and I go to a lot of games at Staples, so I see the area a lot.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
That's happening here too.
Houston has made great strides in that area, though downtown is nowhere near as lively as say, Portland or Austin.
It’s like LA in that most of the action is in the neighborhoods. Though much less nowadays.
Thats all for me. Its late here. Night TDS.
I got tickets for Monday'
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
don't know what happened there, but I was going to say.
I have tickets for Mondays game, but I think I am going to sell them. The drive is a bitch and I gotta work, but it would be fun to be there.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
was Carl Landry shot near downtown
i’ve only been to Houston once and it was a brief stop.
Well duh.......everybody likes the weather and the ocean. It's the smog, gangs, phonies, silicone boobs, and obnoxious celebrities that everyone hates.
So I guess you mean you hate the Lakers then and not LA?
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
No, I LIKE the phonies, the fake boobs, obnoxious celebrities.
Smog we have. You can keep the gangs.
I like that no matter how venal, depraved, selfabsorbed or grandiose your dreams, you have a chance of pulling them off in LA.
lol my mind was still stuck on the fake boobs when i read "pulling them off"
it’s getting late here in the Eastern time zone
not sure either
LA has its stereotypes, but most of them are good.
You’re always gonna find haters, especially when your team is one of the best in the league.
Refer to the Patriots in the NFL.
and they are all great franchises
i bleed blue for the Colts. and i hate the Pats, but i have to respect their dynasty.
simple solution...
keep your comments in the forum for Kobe’s minions…..
then you wont have any problems HERE… simple solution…
nice.............
way to gauge the temperature of the room.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
pslakerfan, key to Laker's Victory
is to start Sun Yue!!!
i know man
i was just being sarcastic. he’s not gonna get minutes behind your stacked guard slots.
I still have this belief
that the Lakers signed Sun Yue mostly for marketing reasons
"Hip-Thrust!" - Hard Gay
In case you're wondering, Hard Gay is married.
Well it ain't for basketball reasons.........
I don’t know what the deal is with him, but he looks lost on a basketball court. Maybe it’s the triangle?
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
yea they probably don't have that in China
there are probably D-leaguers who can contribute more. but i guess hes still young and has good size for a point.
"Hip-Thrust!" - Hard Gay
In case you're wondering, Hard Gay is married.
They call him the Chinese Magic Johnson............lol.
I guess cause he’s 6’-9", not because he’s magic.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
haha, cuz he happens to play the point too.
but it was the byproduct of some retarded chinese media writers.
doubt it
it’s not like Lakers weren’t already the most popular team behind Houston in China.
celebrity GF?
they can be the Laker’s own poor version of Tony and Eva.
"Hip-Thrust!" - Hard Gay
In case you're wondering, Hard Gay is married.
I don't even know if he's on the playoff roster............
But I am sure he would help….
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
Fisher vs Blake
In an effort to point out the blatantly obvious… D.Fisher has literally killed our Rockets this year…
For anyone that thinks he may equal Steve Blake……Theres no comparison.. Fisher is 3 times the PG Blake is – Fisher is MUCH more physical, MUCH better defensively, and a Much better spot up shooter.. he has also given the inexperienced AB fits in every game ths season …
Lowry’s size has alllowed him to do much better against Fisher – and I suspect that Lowry’s minutes will increase substaintly in this series because of this…
GOOOO ROCKETS!!!
I only looked up this year's stats
but Blake is the better shooter from 3 and they are equal overall percentage wise. Fisher is more physical, but how often is that useful? I don’t know how good Fisher is on defense, but knowing how poor Blake is I’d give Fisher the benefit of the doubt.
"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"
probably better than most.
And I bet you he would play with one………….. :-)
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
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