NBA Playoffs Rd 1: Houston Rockets vs. Portland Trail Blazers

[King Taharqa]

(5) Houston Rockets (53-29)

PG-#0 Aaron Brooks

6'0 160 lbs

Oregon '07

11.2 PPG, 3.0 APG, 36.6 3PT%

SG-#96 Ron Artest

6'7 246 lbs

St. John's '99

17.1 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 40.0 3PT%

SF-#31 Shane Battier

6'8 220 lbs

Duke '01

7.3 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 38.4 3PT%

PF-#4 Luis Scola

6'9 230 lbs

Argentina '02

12.7 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 53.1 FG%

C-#11 Yao Ming

7'6 310 lbs

China '02

19.7 PPG, 9.9 RPG, 2.0 BPG

Bench Players

PG-Kyle Lowry

SG-Von Wafer

SF-Chuck Hayes

PF-Carl Landry

C-Dikembe Mutumbo

Head Coach

Rick Adelman

[King Taharqa]

(4) Portland Trail Blazers (54-28)

PG-#2 Steve Blake

6'3 172 lbs

Maryland '03

11.0 PPG, 5.0 APG, 42.7 3PT%

SG-#7 Brandon Roy

6'6 211 lbs

Washington '06

22.6 PPG, 5.1 APG, 4.7 RPG, 37.7 3PT%

SF-#88 Nicolas Batum

6'8 200 lbs

France '08

5.4 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 36.9 3PT%

PF-#12 LaMarcus Aldridge

6'11 240 lbs

Texas '06

18.2 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 1.9 APG

C-#10 Joel Przybilla

7'1 245 lbs

Minnesota '00

5.5 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 62.5 FG%

Bench Players

PG-Sergio Rodriguez

SG-Rudy Fernandez

SF-Travis Outlaw

PF-Channing Frye

C-Greg Oden

Head Coach

Nate McMillan

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I'm taking this young hot Blazers squad over the Rockets in 6 games.

[Hawkfanadam]

Blazers only chance is because they have home field. If they played the spurs, they would win, they do not match up against the rockets. If Oden gets in foul trouble, the blazers will be too. Rockets in six.

[CarolinaKid704]

Blazers will make Yao Ming a non factor. Cant set up a defense if their runnin on ya all day. Blazers in 5.

[Kevin Greene]

Blazers in 6

[King Taharqa]

Houston goes up 1-0, steals homecourt

[King Taharqa]

Rockets go up 3-1

[King Taharqa]

Blazers win, trail series 2-3

[King Taharqa]

Rockets finish off Blazers