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NBA Playoffs – 4 Lessons From the Warriors Beating the Rockets in Game 1
In game 1 of the Western conference finals the Golden State Warriors took a 1-0 lead, beating the Houston Rockets 110-106, pretty much the difference between Stephen Curry and James Harden, or the ability to take advantage of the small lineups both teams used.
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NBA Playoffs – Leading 2-1 in a Series Means Nothing
It’s all about terrible or great when it comes to reactions. Everything we thought about the playoff series, especially in the conference semifinals, completely changed. In all four series we had a situation of a 2-1 lead. All the teams behind on the count (Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets) ended up winning the series and going to the conference finals.
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Houston Rockets Owe Their Success to Josh Smith
It’s never just one player, one thing, one decision that makes up the reason as to why one team beats another. The Houston Rockets climbed out of a 3-1 hole in their playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers to win three times in a row. That’s a fact. As for the post-event analysis? Maybe it was all about believing again in Josh Smith.
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NBA Playoffs – Comebacks & Chokers of a 3-1 Series Lead or Deficit
The Houston Rockets become the ninth team in NBA history to come back from a 3-1 deficit in a playoff series, hoping to become the fourth that actually wins a championship carried by that momentum. The Los Angeles Clippers join the notorious club of choke-jobs needing just one more win. Doc Rivers knows a thing or two about that.
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NBA Playoffs – Rockets vs Warriors Series Predictions
The Golden State Warriors? They’ve been on this course, making the conference finals, all season long. The Houston Rockets? It’s been a rockier road for them as well. Now it’s time to try and do the impossible, again.
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43 Best Memes of James Harden & the Houston Rockets Destroying Chris Paul & the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 7
What’s the point of having a 3-1 lead in a series if you’re not going to hold on to it? The memes are having a field day with the Houston Rockets taking game 7 and sending Chris Paul and the Los Angeles Clippers home, knocking them out of the playoffs before the conference finals once again.
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NBA Playoffs – Clippers vs Rockets Game 7 Predictions
The Los Angeles Clippers somehow let this series turn into a game 7 situation, and the Houston Rockets will try to make it three wins in a row, hoping that James Harden finally delivers on the biggest occasion he’s had to perform in since joining the team.
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20 Best Memes of the Los Angeles Clippers Choking Against the Houston Rockets
The Los Angeles Clippers seemed to be cruising towards a win and the conference finals in game 6, but Josh Smith and Corey Brewer had a huge fourth quarter, leading a massive comeback for the Houston Rockets and sending the series into another game 7. The meme makers, as expected, focused on the choke-job by the Clippers.
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On James Harden Looking Very Far From MVP’ish
Where is the MVP candidate James Harden? What’s happened to him? Might it be true? Is it all about him getting or not getting weak and soft calls from officials, like he did plenty of times in the series against the Dallas Mavericks, while that kind of luck is going the other way against the Los Angeles Clippers?
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Hack-a-Jordan: Turning an NBA Playoff Game Into an Unbearable Experience
When this NBA season is over, the owners will meet and possibly decide on some rule changes. Hopefully, one of the first things they’ll do is remember who embarrasing these hacking DeAndre Jordan moments look like and make it so punishing to teams who do it that it’ll disappear.