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NBA Playoffs – Rockets vs Thunder Game 1 Predictions
The most interesting individual story-line of this extremely intriguing series is of course James Harden trying to show that the Oklahoma City Thunder made a mistake by giving up on him just before the beginning of the season, but when it comes to overall firepower, it should go to the side that has Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Isn’t in a Competition With James Harden
Heading into their first playoff series together in what might be a long and fruitful backcourt relationship, one of the important things to remember about the combination of Jeremy Lin and James Harden it’s that it isn’t a competition, and that the way to postseason and franchise success goes through finding the right way to make the most of them both, instead of just putting them both on the floor and sees who comes out leading the team.
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NBA Playoffs – Thunder vs Rockets Series Predictions
Sometimes, fate plays different tricks on people. And so, James Harden, who played with the Oklahoma City Thunder during his first three seasons in the NBA, gets to meet the team that traded him to the Houston Rockets with a chance to cause a huge first round upset in the playoffs, but only if he forgets about his own ego and starts sharing the ball with his quite capable teammates.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Can’t Succeed In James Harden Style of Basketball
After an awful shooting night from both of the stars in the backcourt, it’s hard to point one blaming finger as to why the Houston Rockets lost and fell to the 8th spot in the Western conference. But there’s a worrying pattern over the last few weeks, with James Harden getting too much credit as the ball handler, which simply wastes away the abilities of Jeremy Lin and makes the Rockets in general look worse than they should.
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Rockets vs Lakers Predictions
The Los Angeles Lakers don’t have to win, and in the weird way the NBA works they’ll be heading into the final game of the season, hosting the Houston Rockets, knowing what they need to get in order to make the NBA playoffs.
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2013 NBA Playoff Scenarios
Entering the final day of the 2012-2013 NBA Season, there is still one ticket to the playoffs up for grabs, going to either the Los Angeles Lakers or the Utah Jazz, while the Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies have positional battles in the West; the Atlanta Hawks and the Chicago are the only teams left interested in the finish out East.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Should Leave if James Harden Gets Treated Better
On the surface, everything looks great. After missing the playoffs for three straight seasons, the Houston Rockets are back in the postseason, with a young and very promising core, led by James Harden, the obvious star and most talented player on this team, followed by Jeremy Lin, who isn’t as a gifted scorer like his backcourt teammate, but when you look deeper, is just as important to the team’s success.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Perfectly Complements James Harden
Sometimes, when a talented player like James Harden goes off on an unstoppable shooting spree, it really doesn’t matter that the backcourt relationship and balances is often all wrong for the Houston Rockets, putting too few of the possession time in the hands of Jeremy Lin. However, it takes a smart player to know where the flow of the game is going, and Lin doesn’t get enough credit for being a very intelligent basketball player.
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Must Win Games For Pacers, Nuggets, Rockets & Lakers
While there is only one more place up for grabs in the NBA playoffs that hasn’t been decided yet, the positional battles in the East and West are alive and well, with the games between the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks, the Denver Nuggets vs the Portland Trail Blazers, the Sacramento Kings and the Houston Rockets and the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers being the ones that bare extreme significance heading into the final nights of the season.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Loses Fourth Quarter Shots to James Harden
While going with your best scorer is usually a pretty good idea in crunch time, making the same obvious choice a defense is prepared for again and again, which in the case of the Houston Rockets means giving the ball to James Harden instead of Jeremy Lin, results in a terrible offensive performance and a loss that could have easily been avoided.