Game #65: Houston Rockets 105 - Toronto Raptors 108

[Jclaw]

What.a.game.

[Bendit]

Van fleet, Pascal, Postal??? Who THE **** are these guys?!?!

...from the Rockets thread!!

[rocwell]

Van fleet, Pascal, Postal??? Who THE **** are these guys?!?!

...from the Rockets thread!!

'Mericans.

Had no business winning and yet almost won. We are pretty damn good boys.

[Jclaw]

#WeTheNorth trending on twitter.....worldwide

[inthepaint]

Van fleet, Pascal, Postal??? Who THE **** are these guys?!?!

...from the Rockets thread!!

A reply to that post on the same thread:

"Players who should probably be starters. But they don't do things like chuck 3 from 35 feet and play turnstile defense like the Bookers and Mitchell's of the world. Which is why they're unknowns.

Very mature players who are fundamentally sound and do a lot things to win. Like CP3."

Very accurate description.

[Ebonhawke]

Clippers up 14 on the Cavs at the half. In perhaps a sign there's a shift in the officiating perception - Cavs have 13 fouls to the Clippers 8 (none on Lebron)

[The Great One]

Blazers beating the Warriors. Really need a Blazers win. Need the Rockets to stay 1st in the West.

[inthepaint]

What an amazing game. 3 things that irked me though, all unrelated to the raps:

1. Leo and Matt constantly bringing up that the rockets came back from 22 against the knicks, haven't lost since January blah blah, right in the middle of the Raptors rolling and leading by 18.

2. One of the biggest games of the year, second half starts, half the seats are empty. The place is quiet as a cemetery. Houston makes a run. Jack got mad at this before too. Like, are the concession lineups too long or what? You pay the big bucks from good seats, but then you miss half of the 3Q cuz you're in the bathroom or something??

3. Also on 3Q, Matt and Leo just completely stop calling the game to visit with Drake. Like, at length. Rockets is making a run, stuff is happening all over and they're just blabbing. Do they have a minimum amount of time they have to talk to Drake on these Drake nights or what? lol smh

Anyways, ACC = fortress. Go Raps!!

[planetmars]

I don't even know what to say. That was a hell of a win. Up 19 against the Rockets. Harden had to put up 40. We had to battle in the clutch, and still won. Imagine if we had OG and Delon healthy?

So many good moments. KLOE came to play. JV and his clutch frees. FVV causing Paul to turn it over, and Siakam with the easy layup. Poeltl with some nice clean blocks. DD was doing his thing.. shooting 3's, passing the ball.. getting to the rim.

What a time to be alive!

[planetmars]

Oh yeah.. and Miller. Hit a couple of 3's. Pretty good defense on Harden as well. I love this team!

[planetmars]

Wow.. Portland's beating GSW by 15 with about a minute left. Cavs probably going to lose too. Betters must be making a lot of $$$ tonight.

[The Great One]

Blazers win! Rockets stays in 1st.

[Shaolin Fantastic]

Raps make up a game on both the Rockets and Warriors tonight then. #1 overall seed is still a real possibility.

[octothorp]

Wow.. Portland's beating GSW by 15 with about a minute left. Cavs probably going to lose too. Betters must be making a lot of $$$ tonight.

With Indiana and Washington both winning, a Cleveland loss puts them only a half-game up on those teams.

[S.R.]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2...treak-17-games

A bunch of impressive stats in there for the Raptors, they really do match up well against the Rockets.