As some of you may know, I wasn’t too happy with the outcome of this game. I came into the series thinking that the Rockets were going to lose in 5, so they exceeded expectations; but there are some serious problems in the NBA that reared its head in this game. Because its my job to be objective as possible, I’ll save the rant till the end; so, if you’d think you’d be bothered by that, don’t read it. 1. The Rockets don’t have depth at key positions So, this one is pretty obvi

The NBA Outlet: Western Conference Finals Game 7 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay, Kory Waldron, and Jay Christian recap Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. WCF Game 7: Warriors vs. Rockets - The Warriors are going back to the FINALS - Missed threes for Houston - Harden’s fatigue - Big 3rd quarter from the Warriors …. Again - Houston’s role guys - Ryan Anderson seeing minutes??? - More Joe Johnson? - How much did the Rockets mi

The NBA Outlet: Eastern Conference Finals Game 7 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Kory Waldron recap Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics. ECF: Cavs vs. Celtics Game 7 - LeBron leads Cleveland to a Game 7/Series win - Big minutes - The game changed in the 2nd quarter - What happened in the 4th quarter? - Struggles of Rozier+ Brown - Not enough touches for Horford in the second half - Jitters in Game 7 - Jeff Green came up big - Be

The NBA Outlet: Western Conference Finals Game 6 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Jay Christian recap Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. WCF Game 6: Warriors vs. Rockets - Tie series! Game 7 incoming - The Warriors had their big third quartet - Officiating - Klay played BIG - Steph+Klay or KD? - What to make of James Harden’s performance? - More Eric Gordon? - How much did the Rockets miss CP3? - Best Warrior tonight? - Whi

PHOTO CREDIT: Boston Herald Well, well, well! It looks like we got what we wished for as it all comes down to a deciding Game 7 between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. This year’s Western Conference Finals are shaping up for a classic finish after Golden State’s 115-86 beat down of the Rockets in Game 6. The Tale of Two Halves Houston got off to an extremely hot start scoring 39 first quarter points, including 8 for 12 on 3-point shooting in the quarter alone.

Holy Mother of Houston Tex-Mex! Takeaways from Game 5? I think I need another shower after that Thursday night thriller in H-Town. The Toyota Center was bedlam and every Rockets player except James Harden laid their life on the line for this win. “I’ve Been Ready for this My Whole Life”: Chris Paul wants to beat the Warriors more than anyone has ever wanted anything. CP3 owned the 3rd quarter and single-handedly slayed the almighty Warriors with a barrage of uppercut three po

The NBA Outlet: Western Conference Finals Game 5 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Kory Waldron recap Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. WCF Game 5: Warriors vs. Rockets - THE ROCKETS WIN AND TAKE A 3-2 SERIES LEAD - Houston wanted this one more - The Warriors weren’t playing their style of basketball - Harden was bad and the Rockets still won - CP3’s second half and injury - Rocket role players - The crowd tonight - 3rd qua

The NBA Outlet: Eastern Conference Finals Game 6 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Kory Waldron recap Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics. ECF: Cavs vs. Celtics Game 6 - The Cavs tie the series up - LeBron is LEGENDARY - The 2nd quarter/Cavs; bench changed the game - The Celtics had one of those dry stretches - Turnovers - The rebounding battle - George Hill stepping up - What lost Boston the game? - Best Cavs tonight? - Cavs who

The NBA Outlet: Eastern Conference Finals Game 5 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Kory Waldron recap Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics. ECF: Cavs vs. Celtics Game 5 - The Celtics lead the series 3-2 - The C’s controlled this game - Marcus Smart and Tatum came up big - The Cavs sucked on multiple levels - LeBron had a weird game - Love disappeared - The Celtics weren’t great on O and still won - The Cavs’ juice was not there - B

I’m not going to lie, as die-hard of a Rockets fan that I am, I did not expect the Rockets to pull this win out after the 1st quarter. I thought that this game and series was over 12 minutes into Game 4. The Rockets looked defeated as a team; and, other than the sole offensive contributions by James Harden, were almost completely out of the game. Something must have happened between the 1st and 2nd quarter because the Rockets came back with a newfound energy. Harden still car

The NBA Outlet: Western Conference Finals Game 4 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Kory Waldron recap Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. WCF Game 4: Warriors vs. Rockets - Series is TIED 2-2 - A game of runs/quarter - Not a perfect game from Houston and they still won - Harden had a big 2nd quarter but cooled in off the 2nd half - CP3 came to the rescue tonight - Gordon and Ariza made winning plays - Curry had a HUGE 3rd - K

The NBA Outlet: Eastern Conference Finals Game 4 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Kory Waldron recap Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics. ECF: Cavs vs. Celtics Game 4 - The Cavs even up the series - LeBron drops 44 with ease - Big games from Korver, Hill, and Thompson - Turnover battle - Rough night for Horford, Brown, and Tatum - Missing Kyrie - Rozier switching on LeBron - Are the Celtics in trouble? - Best Cavs tonight - Wors

So uh…the Warriors are really good. They just won a game in the Western Conference Finals by 41 points. This series was supposed to be the de facto NBA Finals, and the Warriors just stole the Rockets soul. They saw what the Cavaliers did to the Celtics the night before and said, “Hold my beer.” People that watch the NBA are prone to overreacting after every game, so we went from “Warriors are sweeping” after Game 1 to “Houston’s taking it to 7” after Game 2 to just “THE F***I

The NBA Outlet: Western Conference Finals Game 3 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Kory Waldron recap Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. WCF Game 3: Warriors vs. Rockets - Different Warriors team tonight - Warriors basketball - Houston didn’t play hard enough - The return of Steph - 3rd quarter explosion - Best Warriors tonight - Draymond’s D - Do any Warriors need to step up? - Best Rockets tonight - Who needs to play bette

The NBA Outlet: Eastern Conference Finals Game 3 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Jac Manuell recap Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers. ECF Game 3: Celtics vs.Cavs - The Cavs dominate Game 3 - No juice for the Celtics - Hill’s impact - The Cavs’ role players helped LeBron set the tone - Energy and effort was different tonight - 3pt shooting and energy are correlated? - Best LeBron pass? - King type performance - Different Boston

The NBA Outlet: Western Conference Finals Game 2 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay, Kory Waldron, and Jac Manuell recap Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. WCF Game 2: Warriors vs. Rockets - The Rockets picked up the intensity on multiple levels (O+D) - Big games from Houston’s role player (Gordon, Tucker, Ariza) - Rockets ball movement - KD’s scoring could be hurting the Warriors O - Curry is frustrated - Houston forced Klay to

The NBA Outlet: Eastern Conference Finals Game 2 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay and Kory Waldron recap Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics. ECF: Cavs vs. Celtics Game 2 - The Celtics take a 2-0 series - A tale of two halves - ENERGY AND EFFORT - The Celtics took it to another level in the third quarter - The Cavs deflated by the middle of the fourth quarter - The turnover battle - Marcus Smart’s impact - JR Smith shove and his over

The NBA Outlet: Western Conference Finals Game 1 Recap OTG’s Nick Fay, Kory Waldron, and Jac Manuell recap Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. WCF: Warriors vs. Rockets Game 1 - Initial thoughts on the Warriors win - James Harden cooked, but it wasn’t enough - The Warriors’ runs - Rockets role players - KD was not guardable - Luc Mbah A Moute’s play and health - Attack Steph Curry on D - Attacking Draymond’s emotions

The Golden State Warriors took down the Houston Rockets 119-106 in the first game of the Western Conference Finals, as the highly anticipated series did not disappoint in its opener. Here are my three takeaways from Monday night’s game Game 1. Buckle Up As promised, Game 1 was fast-paced. If you blinked you probably missed a shot attempt, and if you walked away from the screen for any real length of time you missed much more. With the talent all over the floor on both sides,

After a historic amount of player movement, a dramatic regular season and a thrilling first round of the playoffs, we’ve arrived at the conference finals with three of the same four teams who were here last year, seemingly on track for an NBA Finals rematch. It’s all a little disappointing, and feels a little predictable. But on the other hand, if I was writing this a week and a half ago, I would have been pondering how the young Philadelphia 76ers matchup with the Toronto Ra