Can the Rockets beat the Lakers?

[ramoer]

lol at this thread being stickied. answer is quite simple, it doesnt need further analysis...........NO

[SCY]

Kobe was on cruise control this season, saving up for the playoffs, he will be just fine. Besides, he has a ton of talented teammates to help out Too many weapons for the Rockets to contain. The only clear advantage Rockets have is at C.

I'm just saying that after a few games of being guarded by Artest/Battier, he's not going to be able to make near as many of the tough shots he was making against us in the regular season.

[darius15]

Lakers in 5.

[w00terz]

I have a question for Rockets fans:

What happens when Yao goes on the bench? Who is going to guard Gasol? Bynum? Odom? Powell? Mbenga? The Laker's length is going to prevail against the Rockets, even if Kobe has bad games. Offensive firepower is also key. The Rockets cannot match the Lakers on this front.

Lakers in 5.

[Jorn444Lakers]

I'm still going to take the Lakers in 6, but it would be absurd to think that the Rockets have NO chance. Of course they have a chance, it's the freakin' NBA and upsets do happen.

[gyu]

I have a question for Rockets fans:

What happens when Yao goes on the bench? Who is going to guard Gasol? Bynum? Odom? Powell? Mbenga? The Laker's length is going to prevail against the Rockets, even if Kobe has bad games. Offensive firepower is also key. The Rockets cannot match the Lakers on this front.

Lakers in 5.

Gasol will rape the bench if he isn't sitting out when Yao is out, Bynum (if starting) I predict will get in foul trouble, if not starting I wouldn't worry about him too much.
Landry, Hayes, and Scola, should all be able to hold their own against Odom, Powell, and Mbenga

[vinsane01]

eh? Lakers front court dominating? this laker fans are thinking like yao is the only front court player in the rockets lineup. Scola is a very good PF, he showed that in the blazer series. Landry and hayes although undersized are decent PF who can guard the likes of odom or bynum. Besides bynum is not playing at his best and odom is more of a jump shooting bigman. The only player who poses a real threat in the front court is pau. If the rockets are able to shut him down, they are going to be okay in this series. Kobe? like some rocket fan said here, they rather have him shoot a ton of shots than the other players play great.

[barbaroi]

Kobe averaged 28/4/5 a game on 53%, Pau averaged 18/9 during the reg season, and we swept them 4-0. Sorry Rockets fans, Lakers in 5.

[Eldrunko247]

How good will the Lakers/Nuggets series be?

[Splitz77]

I think it is going to be a great series. I have the rockets losing in game 7 though.

[jason816]

the ball is round.
Yes, they can beat the Lakers.

all they have to do is... defend well, and out-score the lakers.

[w00terz]

How good will the Lakers/Nuggets series be?

It will suck, the Lakers are our kryptonite.

[icewill36]

this will be an easy series for the lakers as long as they don't get complacent.

if the lakers stay focused this is over in 4

[xtn5021]

Let us see the match-ups...

Brooks - Fisher (gonna be hard for Fish to guard a much faster PG with really fresh legs)

Artest - Kobe (good match-up... when is the last time a superstar has gone up against arguably 2 of the best perimeter defenders in the NBA?)

Battier - Ariza (not really a great match-up because both are defensive oriented)

Scola - Odom (we all know Odom is going to have a very tough time guarding Scola because he's a very deceiving post scorer - all Scola needs to do is take Odom to his right and that's it)

Yao - Gasol (best match-up... a game of finesse which will be beautiful to see)


Rockets in 7

Very good analysis. Agreed.

[Bond007]

Very good analysis. Agreed.

Oh that was a analysis? my bad