LOS ANGELES - When you watch "Mad Men" has the past seven years taught us anything, it's that you can not change who you are. Los Angeles Clippers are still the Clippers, Houston Rockets, Houston Rockets, for better or worse. And have you ever heard of worse for the Clippers?
Playing at home with a lead of 19 points and a quarter and half of links to the Western Conference finals earlier met to achieve them, and it all fell apart losing 119-107 to Houston in Game 6 on Thursday. It was not his decades of futility, or even power not until recently playoff series first close the last four seasons. This was the weakest attributes 2014-15 Clippers rears its head at the worst possible time.
This was a team effort to make a statement as true contenders in the league during the regular season. They always had heat, such as at home back to back wins against Houston and San Antonio in February, they had to take a step back with something to back-to-back losses to Memphis and Houston take next week. It is similar setback losing Game 5, and 6 in this series, after the turn of the game 06:07 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in the first round.
Clippers ended 9-10 against the other five teams in the top six in the Western Conference. (The Golden State Warriors, in comparison, finished 13-4 against the other five competitors).
The Clippers were not in the top 10 in scoring and shooting championship opponent percentages typical indicators of merit. The defense is not uncommon for them is something they do to those sections when they are focused on.
So the defense was not there for them in the first half of Game 6, when they gave 62 points for the Rockets nearly destroyed the Clippers made 64 points himself. And when the defense was nonexistent during the fourth quarter when the Rockets made 63 percent of their shots, 63 percent of his 3-pointers and scored 40 - forty - points.
"We took the ball out much" was a summary of what happened DeAndre Jordan of the Clippers in his disastrous fourth quarter.
The Bank was a weakness that apparently were hidden by Austin Rivers important match this season and also some contributions almost forgotten Spencer Hawes. But rivers, Hawes, Glen Davis and Jamal Crawford managed only 16 points in Game 6 - one or more of the reservations Rockets Corey Brewer scored in the fourth quarter.
And what business does not have the Rockets pull this amazing comeback? It is easy to forget who won the Western Division of playoff teams to ensure full respect for seeded No. 2 in the West. The division was the victory tiebreaker that gave them Game 7 at home, among others.
Houston was a better team in rebounds for the Clippers this season, although Dwight Howard missing half the season. With Howard in the field for 40 minutes, the energetic, committed and took 21 rebounds, the Rockets outrebounded the Clippers 60-41.
Or maybe it's something the franchise DNA, wearing a sweater, no matter how many times the design changes.
Only a handful of teams have a lot of history and magical moment so long to produce a video and goose bump-inducing. (It may be my favorite videos I've seen in any scenario.)
Only eight teams have ever come back from a 3-1 deficit to win a series, and one of them was in 1995 the Rockets.
But back to this computer. Although they had never been past the second round together, they have four players who played in the NBA Finals: Howard, James Harden, Trevor Ariza and Jason Terry.
"What we showed tonight is that we will and we have a championship heart," says Terry.
The Rockets finished the season with 56 wins, despite damage to Howard, Patrick Beverley and Donatas Motiejunas. After living among the elite in the West for most of the year has fallen to the bottom casing of the playoffs last week, only to win the last three games to secure the second act.
"We fought through a lot of adversity," said Josh Smith. "It's just a testimony of what we've done all season."
The playoffs are all going back to what you do well in the regular season. It is a major challenge, with its tendencies blocked and familiar with how to play (how difficult it is for Atlanta Kyle Korver get open shots lately) equipment. But if you can find your way back into shape, please advise. This is how the Warriors return series against the Memphis Grizzlies, and this is the reason why the Rockets have extended this series to seven games.
The rake back. Clippers, meanwhile, returned.
Playing at home with a lead of 19 points and a quarter and half of links to the Western Conference finals earlier met to achieve them, and it all fell apart losing 119-107 to Houston in Game 6 on Thursday. It was not his decades of futility, or even power not until recently playoff series first close the last four seasons. This was the weakest attributes 2014-15 Clippers rears its head at the worst possible time.
Clippers ended 9-10 against the other five teams in the top six in the Western Conference. (The Golden State Warriors, in comparison, finished 13-4 against the other five competitors).
The Clippers were not in the top 10 in scoring and shooting championship opponent percentages typical indicators of merit. The defense is not uncommon for them is something they do to those sections when they are focused on.
So the defense was not there for them in the first half of Game 6, when they gave 62 points for the Rockets nearly destroyed the Clippers made 64 points himself. And when the defense was nonexistent during the fourth quarter when the Rockets made 63 percent of their shots, 63 percent of his 3-pointers and scored 40 - forty - points.
"We took the ball out much" was a summary of what happened DeAndre Jordan of the Clippers in his disastrous fourth quarter.
The Bank was a weakness that apparently were hidden by Austin Rivers important match this season and also some contributions almost forgotten Spencer Hawes. But rivers, Hawes, Glen Davis and Jamal Crawford managed only 16 points in Game 6 - one or more of the reservations Rockets Corey Brewer scored in the fourth quarter.
And what business does not have the Rockets pull this amazing comeback? It is easy to forget who won the Western Division of playoff teams to ensure full respect for seeded No. 2 in the West. The division was the victory tiebreaker that gave them Game 7 at home, among others.
Houston was a better team in rebounds for the Clippers this season, although Dwight Howard missing half the season. With Howard in the field for 40 minutes, the energetic, committed and took 21 rebounds, the Rockets outrebounded the Clippers 60-41.
Or maybe it's something the franchise DNA, wearing a sweater, no matter how many times the design changes.
Only a handful of teams have a lot of history and magical moment so long to produce a video and goose bump-inducing. (It may be my favorite videos I've seen in any scenario.)
Only eight teams have ever come back from a 3-1 deficit to win a series, and one of them was in 1995 the Rockets.
But back to this computer. Although they had never been past the second round together, they have four players who played in the NBA Finals: Howard, James Harden, Trevor Ariza and Jason Terry.
"What we showed tonight is that we will and we have a championship heart," says Terry.
The Rockets finished the season with 56 wins, despite damage to Howard, Patrick Beverley and Donatas Motiejunas. After living among the elite in the West for most of the year has fallen to the bottom casing of the playoffs last week, only to win the last three games to secure the second act.
"We fought through a lot of adversity," said Josh Smith. "It's just a testimony of what we've done all season."
The playoffs are all going back to what you do well in the regular season. It is a major challenge, with its tendencies blocked and familiar with how to play (how difficult it is for Atlanta Kyle Korver get open shots lately) equipment. But if you can find your way back into shape, please advise. This is how the Warriors return series against the Memphis Grizzlies, and this is the reason why the Rockets have extended this series to seven games.
The rake back. Clippers, meanwhile, returned.
