Game one feels like a loss. 36 hours to adjust to a completely different team after a hard fought series.
I hope the Rockets come out and hit everything, get one of their hot games out of the way, and give us a ton to adjust too.
If the Rockets are cold then I really hope a few people step up and we pull one out of our asses. That would be huge (duh)
Then we get a long wait until Wednesday, game plan, rest, and adjustments. Assuming we get shelled game 1 I’d love to at least put up a good fight game two, obviously a win would be huge.
Then home is where the series gets decided. If the crowd is insane again, if the team is getting into it, it’s possible we just aren’t beatable at home this postseason.
I can easily see 4-7 game outcomes so any prediction would feel dumb. I just hope we play like we have since January, and if we go out we go down swinging. We should’ve easily beat OKC in 5 games. With two home blowouts. And there is a lot to improve on from just about everyone except Mitchell. Who we can not keep expecting to drop 28 a night, but if he does I guess I wouldn’t be surprised at this point.
I can’t wait to watch Quin work. That switching defense with no Rubio should be a killer, but it gives a few guys chances to have a big series for us. The Gobert matchup will be a lot of fun to watch, I wonder what Houston will do against him, and if he’ll be able to adjust to it.
Just enjoy the ride folks. And remember Chris Paul has never been to the conference finals, that’s a storyline worth keeping alive.