the streak ends tonite

[ryanXL977]

houston has beaten nobody
dallas with no dirk
new orleans with no west
and memphis and sacto and a bunch of other crap teams. big deal
they are smoke and mirrors.
hawks win tonite, they are good at home, trying to make the playoffs. and houston wont win forever. hawks play defense, they are solid on the perimeter and down low
they win outright

[Louisvillekid1]

MAybe the streak ends, but don't take away anything from what they have done. Only what 1 or 2 other squads in NBA history won this many games straight. . .

And IMO the hawks fall into that 'nobody' category

[diogee]

I am on the Hawks +5 tonight and feel it is pretty solid.

[ryanXL977]

19 wins is good
but the rockets are not even going to win one playoff series

hawks win tonite
lock

[Louisvillekid1]

GL,

and they might not win a series as good as the west is.

But will the hawks even make the playoffs?

[ryanXL977]

hawks will make the playoffs
they have a cake schedule

[diogee]

Hawks win is in no way even close to a lock. I doubt that the Hawks even make the playoffs...the Bobcats displace them.

[WestsidePete]

hawks tonite here as well....

[ryanXL977]

go check the bobcats schedule and the hawks schedule
its not even close
bobcats play everyone
hawks play nobody, all their above 500 matchups are at home
bobcats aint making the playoffs
its bulls or hawks
not char

[Arnold]

houston has beaten nobody
dallas with no dirk
new orleans with no west
and memphis and sacto and a bunch of other crap teams. big deal
they are smoke and mirrors.
hawks win tonite, they are good at home, trying to make the playoffs. and houston wont win forever. hawks play defense, they are solid on the perimeter and down low
they win outright

You are simply trying to find ways to make yourself confident in your pick against Rockets. That "nobody" is not an argument, otherwise any good team would go on 17+ winning streaks consistently.

[myr10]

houston has beaten nobody
dallas with no dirk
new orleans with no west
and memphis and sacto and a bunch of other crap teams. big deal
they are smoke and mirrors.
hawks win tonite, they are good at home, trying to make the playoffs. and houston wont win forever. hawks play defense, they are solid on the perimeter and down low
they win outright

Dallas didnt have their best player in dirk, houston didnt have their best player in Yao. they beat scrub teams but didnt the scrub kings just beat the lakers? i guess the lakers are scrubs. Atlanta does play good defense, but so do the rockets.

Im not sayin the hawks cant wint tonight, but to discredit what houston is doing is wrong. Houston might not win a playoff series but will atlanta? they will end up 7th or 8th and play boston or detroit and lose in the first round

[ryanXL977]

obviously houston is better than atlanta
but that doesnt mean houston will beat atlanta tonite
nobody is scared of houston
they are the same team every year
they do nothing when it matters
kudos for winning 19 in a row, but they arent a top 8 west team.

[diogee]

Bobcats may have the tougher schedule but with Wallace and J Rich they have potential

[ryanXL977]

i love the bobcats
they are one of my fave teams
but they aint going anywhere
they have a brutal schedule.

[diogee]

I am not disagreeing with that but with those 2 healthy and on the same team anything is possible...J Rich has ****ed me over several times this year by going off with 3 ball after 3 ball.

[Cloak & Dagger]

this the same hawks team that just got smashed by ORL??

if you watch them play....seems to me they dont give a rats ass about their coach

Joe Johnson is the only one on that team worth anything

rest of the team might look good one day...then the next their invisible

[sir.civic]

soree guys i got the houston today....houston will win this for realz....and no the streak doesnt end today...they might wen they face golden state at home....

[ryanXL977]

jrich is a bad dude. but he cant carry that team against good teams

so the hawks lost to orlando, so what. that has nothing to do with this game


games arent connected!

[Wyndham]

This has been said for the last 10 games. Sooner or later, the blind squirrel will find a nut.

[Wyndham]

You are simply trying to find ways to make yourself confident in your pick against Rockets. That "nobody" is not an argument, otherwise any good team would go on 17+ winning streaks consistently.

He's a sour Mavericks fan and a terrible bettor.

Bad combination when it comes to capping the Rockets.

[AgainstAllOdds]

I am all in on the houston -5

[greek]

what she aint hidin half her face behind a miller light box?

lol i agree i think houston wins by less than 3

I am on the Hawks +5 tonight and feel it is pretty solid.

[ryanXL977]

rockets are not anything more than an 8 seed
every yr the same thing with them
peopel, talk em up and they lose their playoff series
they will lose tonite

[diogee]

Can't hide her face behind a torn Miller Lite box!

lol i agree i think houston wins by less than 3

[Cloak & Dagger]

The Rockets have lost three straight and 12 of their last 15 trips to Atlanta

^^thats from the espn game preview...I was going to wager rockets moneyline in a parlay....but now....ill just sit back and watch this one

if you watch atlanta...they really arent a bad squad...actually they do have some talent....bibby was a great addition....horford...childress...jj of course...josh smith can jump out the building...even saleem gets his

but they dont like to play for the coach....you can see this

anyhow....good luck tonight

[tevari]

theyre not a bad team, but they are also far from being a good team. too many turnovers, settling for too many jumpers, and bad transition D. i like houston to cover tonight...

[djeffectz]

Sorry Ryan, I will have to play against you for the fun of it, I'm a die hard Rockets fan and they're playing great basketball,I've won alot from the Rockets pass few weeks, and I don't want to stop now untill they lose,. I dont care who you are, winning 19 game straight is hard in the NBA, even a elite team will have a bad game against anybody, The Rockets want to keep rolling here, the defense is very tough to score against, inside and outside, They want the number one seed and they will play the Lakers for it on Sunday, they will not look pass the Hawks tonight,....I know you will probably brash me if they lose tonight....

[ryanXL977]

fair enough
go hawks!

[Arnold]

rockets are not anything more than an 8 seed
every yr the same thing with them
peopel, talk em up and they lose their playoff series
they will lose tonite

There is a difference between an 8th seed in the west and in the east. Seeds 6-8 in the east are below .500. Seed 8 in the west is above .600. Atlanta is #8 and a whooping .412 winning average. Houston is currently #3. I think they will continue playing strong until the playoffs and through the playoffs. Should I remind you of Colorado Rockies?

PS. Atlanta is gone in 4 games if they make the playoffs.

[Mr KLC]

There is a stat that's being overlooked. The Rockets have won 19 straight games, BUT they have also tied the NBA record for 10 straight double digit victories. Could tonight be the night both streaks are snapped? Maybe. With Landry out, Houston doesn't have the same depth and on the road that could make a difference.

Anybody that tries to demean what the Rockets are doing is just looking for attention. This is a big time accomplishment and Adelman deserves consideration for coach of the year at this point.

[Arnold]

I wish for the streak to go on just for entertainment purposes. I hope they beat Lakers too, and then they play Boston! Game of the century.

[supra23]

There is a stat that's being overlooked. The Rockets have won 19 straight games, BUT they have also tied the NBA record for 10 straight double digit victories. Could tonight be the night both streaks are snapped? Maybe. With Landry out, Houston doesn't have the same depth and on the road that could make a difference.

Anybody that tries to demean what the Rockets are doing is just looking for attention. This is a big time accomplishment and Adelman deserves consideration for coach of the year at this point.

is landry gonna sit out this game?

[Mr KLC]

is landry gonna sit out this game?

He's not making the trip to Atlanta tonight. Rumor has it that they are holding him until the Laker game.

[djeffectz]

Another day , another dollar!!

[ryanXL977]

oops