This is why I don't bet on NBA because it's so unpredictable

[PWB15]

1. Rockets go to Golden State and beat the Warriors without.....Harden

2. Warriors go to Houston and beat the Rockets without .............KD

[ImKobe]

Warriors didn't take the Rockets seriously without Harden.

Rockets had a terrible night shooting at home and DMC stepped up in KD's absence.

That's why I have Curry as the MVP of this team. KD can get injured and Cousins will just take on a bigger scoring load & they'll be fine. 27/8/7 with the highest +/- among starters.

But you're right, the NBA is hard to bet on at times, especially when teams shoot 3s at such a high rate. Rockets can miss 27 in a row and lose to anyone on any given night.

[FreezingTsmoove]

Pistons are like 15-3 in their last 18, I thought it was a sure bet they would beat the Heat at home and they completely collapse

[warriorfan]

Everyone in the know knows betting on NBA is a crapshoot

[4pointshot]

Rockets can miss 27 in a row and lose to anyone on any given night.

Very unlikely that they will do that again in a very long time. Maybe not in our lifetimes.

[LoneyROY7]

Y'all didn't know NBA is the WWE?

Harden boutta get that John Cena push this playoffs.

[ImKobe]

Very unlikely that they will do that again in a very long time. Maybe not in our lifetimes.

But cold stretches are going to happen with jump-shooting teams. Like, the Warriors would lose to my 20-win Lakers squads every year because Steph and Klay shot like 4/20 combined from 3.,

And then you have the 2016 Finals... Warriors looked like they never shot 3s before in Game 7..

It's hard to predict who will have the hot hand because all these teams are shooting open 3s for the most part.

[4pointshot]

But cold stretches are going to happen with jump-shooting teams. Like, the Warriors would lose to my 20-win Lakers squads every year because Steph and Klay shot like 4/20 combined from 3.,

And then you have the 2016 Finals... Warriors looked like they never shot 3s before in Game 7..

It's hard to predict who will have the hot hand because all these teams are shooting open 3s for the most part.

Don't disagree with any of this. The Warriors went 3/27 from three vs. Denver once last year. But 0/27--and 7/44 overall--is a game apart. That is a real head-scratcher, all the more because the Warriors didn't have Iggy, probably their best perimeter defender.

The Rockets shot about 36% last year in the RS and PS, prior to that Game 7. The odds of missing 27 in row at that rate would be about 1/200,000. They only took about 3500 3PA all last year. Even vs. the Warriors in that series up to then, they were about 34%.

[PWB15]

Only way the Rockets have a shot in beating the warriors in a playoff series is if Harden comes off the bench

[scuzzy]

It's one of the most predictable and consistent sports of the lot


Play the halftime spreads