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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kosh on April 16, 2009, 07:05:14 pm
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Now that my home team is back in the playoffs for the first time in 6 years, I actually follow this stuff again. So, first round the blazers play houston and have home court advantage. Houston has been a troublesome team, but right now Portland is playing the best basketball of the season, and the best it has played in a long time. It's nice to see Portland succeeding without the questionable characters it had the last time it was successful.
Portland at this point is one of the youngest teams in the league, 4 of it's starters are rookies in the NBA and it is the only team in NBA history to win 50+ games with that many rooks in the starting line up. Now, after knocking off the Lakers, the Spurs, and the Nuggets, I think Houston will be quaking in their shoes (since they aren't a spectacular road team).
Thoughts?
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Portland in five or six. Houston is best against teams that rely heavily on their frontcourt for their offense- I don't think Artest can handle Roy, and Fernandez and Blake should have it easy against Houston's guards. And none of Houston's scorers can really pour it on- Yao doesn't have the endurance to put up more than 25 a game, and the Blazers have some very physical big men to guard him with. They just won't be able to score enough points to keep up with the Blazers. The only thing I'm worried about is how freaking slow-paced the Blazers are - that'll give Houston's forwards more time to set up to block up the lane. If Adelman's smart the Rockets will play a partial zone and try to trap Portland's guards every chance they get.
But it's nice to see Portland fans crawl out of the woodwork. You guys were always one of the best fanbases in sports.
Oh, and btw, LET'S GO MAVS!
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I'll care when the Baltimore Bullets come back.