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| 2013 NBA Playoffs | ||
|---|---|---|
 | @ |
(1-0) |
| April 24th, 2013 | ||
| Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City | ||
| 6:00 PM CST | ||
| TNT | ||
| Starting Lineups | ||
| Patrick Beverley | PG | Russell Westbrook |
| Jeremy Lin | SG | Thabo Sefolosha |
| James Harden | SF | Kevin Durant |
| Chandler Parsons | PF | Serge Ibaka |
| Omer Asik | C | Kendrick Perkins |
| 2012/13 Advanced Stats | ||
| 96.1 (1st of 30) | Pace | 93.3 (10th of 30) |
| 109.7 (6th of 30) | ORtg | 112.4 (1st of 30) |
| 106.1 (16th of 30) | DRtg | 102.6 (4th of 30) |
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Injuries:
None.
Tweets:
6hrs before gametime. By then, these seats will be filled. #RedNation (pic) twitter.com/ho_chenCSN/sta…
— Howard Chen (@ho_chenCSN) April 24, 2013
James Harden: "The first-game jitters are out the way. Now it's just time to go play basketball." #RedNation #NBAPlayoffs
— Howard Chen (@ho_chenCSN) April 24, 2013
Asked if he was starting the same five, McHale said 'Probably. We'll see.' Take as you wish.
— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) April 24, 2013
Increasing the variance: Rockets starting 5 tonight: Beverley, Lin, Harden, Parsons and Asik.
— Jason Friedman (@JasonCFriedman) April 24, 2013
McHale did say he would play a deeper rotation. Didn't in Game 1 to try to keep it close after horrid start.
— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) April 24, 2013
Pretty gutsy move to give Beverley his first career start in playoffs and on Russell Westbrook.
— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) April 24, 2013
Parsons or Harden. I'd guess Harden. RT @landofsteve: @jonathan_feigen who guards Ibaka in the starting lineup?
— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) April 24, 2013
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The conversation starts now.
Poll
Where will the Rockets improve tonight?
This poll is closed
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27%
Starting the game with intensity
(12 votes) -
31%
Hitting three point shots
(14 votes) -
40%
Limiting early isolation plays and passing the ball
(18 votes) -
0%
Slowing Westbrook and Durant
(0 votes)