$300 on the Rockets +255 to beat the Spurs (Down 3-2)

[Goat Milk]

5/11/17 2:41pm

$300.00

$765.00

Pending

5/11/17 8:00pm NBA Basketball 823 Houston Rockets (Series) +255* vs San Antonio Spurs (Series)

Just placed this wager.

Rockets are the better team and it'll show over the course of a 7 game series. It doesn't matter to me if Leonard is 100% or 80%. Rockets are getting every look they want and can easily get hot for 2 games and the Spurs will stand no chance. The Spurs are not the same well oiled machine of the past. Losing Parker will hurt in these critical games and Ginobli is not a consistent role player at this stage in his career. A guy like Lou Williams is much better. I don't think the Spurs have any answer for the Rockets except hoping they miss 3s. When the Spurs miss it's basically a runout for the Rockets and Pop is desperate enough that he's playing Jonathon Simmons big minutes off the bench at the expense of Gasol. I don't like this formula and don't think it'll work. And I don't think Gasol works in there either because him and Aldridge are two horrific defenders.

Beverly will need to step up defensively but I simply don't see the Spurs being able to win this series at this point. Danny Green is a defensive guy. He can't shoot but seems to think he can. He makes some timely shots but get in his face and he can't rise up over anyone. Same with Patty Mills and manu. That leaves the Spurs with basically no 3 point shooting under tight defense save for Leonard.

I think the rockets have the ability to play good perimeter defense especially with the likes of Beverly Eric Gordon and Trevor Ariza who are all elite perimeter defenders and just as good as the Spurs perimeter defenders.

Popovich played Aldridge 42 minutes the other night. Aldridge was playing 30 minutes a game in the regular season. Pop thinks you can just start playing guys 42 45 minutes a night. Mills playing 40+ minutes. Ginobli 32 minutes. These guys are not used to that. Their bodies aren't gonna hold up for 2 more games.

Popovich mismanaged his roster this year, and I shall capitalize on this while ESPN and every other gambler out there is oblivious to it.

Thanks.

[TheMoneyShot]

It's hard wagering $ against Pop. Somehow he always gets it done.

[Snowball]

I really want this to happen.

[jjgold]

Goatee how much you down this year

[bryant81]

Goatee how much you down this year

Not as down as other years (yet)

[Goat Milk]

Goatee how much you down this year

I win every year chief

[t-wizzle]

Lol at calling Eric Gordon an elite defender.

Goat very few players are good shooters when you get up in their face. Yes Danny Green thrives on clean open looks but that's the case for a lot of players.

Rockets will continue to exploit Aldridge on switches. I'm surprised Pops hasn't at least attempted to hedge on those high ball screens but he probably realizes his team doesn't have the footspeed to recover.

[Goat Milk]

Lol at calling Eric Gordon an elite defender.

Goat very few players are good shooters when you get up in their face. Yes Danny Green thrives on clean open looks but that's the case for a lot of players.

Rockets will continue to exploit Aldridge on switches. I'm surprised Pops hasn't at least attempted to hedge on those high ball screens but he probably realizes his team doesn't have the footspeed to recover.

They definitely don't. Aldridge has one of the slowest footspeeds in the NBA.

I think Gordon's defense ascended this year. Thing about Gordon or Lou Will is you can get in their face, they can hit you with a move, they can fade a little, they can get clean looks off at any time. Guys like Ariza or Beverly can't but those 2 can. There's no one on the spurs except Leonard that can do that. And that'll be the main difference imo. Gordon and Lou Williams will be the difference in this series.

[jjgold]

Good to know

Houston has better team we all know it

I win every year chief

[ManOfValue]

GL, yes they can!

[Snowball]

Officiating was very pro-Spurs last game.

[Dollars2Donuts]

Officiating was not a factor in last game. Houston just happens to make more dumb plays.

[johnnydallaz]

Good play, and a better # then I got on it...

[seaborneq]

Rockets look like the better team through 5 games. If I didn't have a series price of spurs in 6 I would jump on this. If I jump on it then spurs lose tonight and win game 7. I would lose both ways. I do not like the sloppiness of the rockets even though they are getting every shot they want and are offering no resistance on the glass or defense on the offensively challenged spurs

[djpremier36]

Houston will live and die by the 3 ball...they have nothing else when they go cold.

[Goat Milk]

Eric Gordon will drop 25 tonight

[ManOfValue]

per Don Best, Leonard expected to miss. I think most of you expected that anyway.

[ManOfValue]

This line is being over moved, -8.5 now. Spurs are more than capable of covering that.

[JMobile]

Did you get a second shift working for the circus to burn money?

[ManOfValue]

1st quarter, pinny -3.5-120, BM -4.5-125 houston

[Goat Milk]

Rockets series +205 now

What happens when you question me J Mobile?

You get buried as usual

Last time you questioned my bet size I buried you in an instant with a screenshot

Always annihilating rats like you

Gonna destroy your son too on this forum when he's old enough to join

Your whole lineage

Done

Erase yall from relevancy

[SBRMAN23]

Rockets series +205 now

What happens when you question me J Mobile?

You get buried as usual

Last time you questioned my bet size I buried you in an instant with a screenshot

Always annihilating rats like you

Gonna destroy your son too on this forum when he's old enough to join

Your whole lineage

Done

Erase yall from relevancy

Damn

[ManOfValue]

Rockets jacking up 3s and SA owning the post. Game over unless Houston changes something guys. You can't live by the 3 in playoff ball.

[Dirty Sanchez]

I win every year chief

[Auto Donk]

once i saw capella throw that inbound pass right to the spurs, the decision of whether to switch back to the Astros and Kuechel's domination over the yankees was easily made.....

f'n rockets look like and are playing like shit.....

fuk em.... talk about a wasted f'n opportunity.....

on the bright side, got to see springer knock in his 20th rbi on the season, tying the league lead, and the astros go up 3-0....

and, on the even brighter side:

[Gonz312]

Lol, these heartless rockets are a better team?

[SBRMAN23]

Lol, these heartless rockets are a better team?

sad team and never trust a team run by Mike D jacking 3s and passing up layups aka the beard guy what a bum

[jjgold]

Spurs hot


Dantonio terrible coach

Starting to come
Out

[Seto]

Spurs hot


Dantonio terrible coach

Starting to come
Out

Has zero to do with coaching. If you can't fire yourself up for a game 6 of the playoffs where you're down 3-2 and facing elimination, go do a different job. This is beyond pathetic so far but the Rockets will end up settling in.

[SBRMAN23]

Sam Dekker has more heart than James Harden

[ManOfValue]

Good luck Rockets, if there is anybody you don't wanna be down 18 to its SA. Damm! No heart.

[SBRMAN23]

Game over Harden never wanted to win hes already planning his vacation in Bora Bora

[wikkidinsane]

rockets getting open looks. they are not "jacking up threes". thats their game

[Seto]

I'm currently questioning whether I somehow fell asleep for 6 months and I'm actually watching a November regular season game. I don't think I've ever seen such a pathetic effort in the playoffs from a team that has actually played consistently good basketball during the season.

I mean they'll still probably win the game but damn.

[thetrinity]

goat with an epic return