BLAZERS vs ROCKETS...NBA WEST 1st Round...RIP City has the LOGO's only Choo Choo Train rolling in the L-TRAIN...the #REDNation Rockets have a Two-Pack of "Fear the BEARD" #13 and "DWIGHT of Three Stripes" the NBA 1st Round Nightcap..."Fight 4 LARRY" LOGO Watch with RIP City vs CLUTCH City and who u wit? #PORvsHOU #BLAZERmania #ROCKETgang

The Portland Trailblazers arrives in the Big Toyota Tundra dba Toyota Center in Downtown H-Town with their own Two-Pack of Dynamite in 2013-14 All-Star Point God Damian Lillard dba "License to Lillard" and perennial All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge dba L-Train and the Blazers are loaded 1 through 7-8. Can they get anything from the Reinforcements as that will be the key vs the Rockets.

The Rockets start their 2nd season with everyone healthy including Dwight Howard who had a bad ankle the last month of the season. The Rockets have the best Shooting Guard in the Logo today and it isn't even close in Lakewood, CA Artesia HS Star by way of Sun Devil U in Tempe in James Harden. The Parts around both Dwight and James are all of that led by that terrific tandem in Chandler Parsons dba "Parsons in a Red Nation Tree" and Terrence Jones dba Me & Mr. T-Jones. The Blazers will have to match up with all these parts as anyone of the four can go O-Zone Layer.

NBA WESTERN Conference 

Best of Seven

#5 #RipCity BLAZERS (54-28)

vs

#4 #RedNation ROCKETS (54-28)

Projected Starters

#BLAZERMania

PG "Three Stripes D.L."
SG Bloodline Matthews Jr.
SF Nicolas of France
PF L-Train of Nike Basketball
C "Lopez Twin R" Robin


#ThisIsHTown

PG Patrick Woo Pig Sooie Hoops Lore
SG "Fear the Beard" #13 Nike Basketball
SF "Parsons in a Red Nation Tree"
SF Me & Mr. T-Jones
C "Dwight of Three Stripes"

BLAZERS to win:

Lillard and Aldridge of course have to play at an Al-Star Level and I expect them to. The Key will be Matthews, Batum, and Lopez putting up numbers matching all that Rockets Firepower. The Blazers are super-thin on the Bench with Mo Williams and and Dorrell Wright the main two players with a snippet of Will Barton, Thomas Robinson, and Meyers Leonard. Blazers 2013 Lottery Pick PG C.J. McCollum will get minutes but how many. If the Blazers Starting Five hold their end up and the top reinforcements play well they could shock the Rockets.

ROCKETS to win: 

Harden will get his as will Howard but it's that superior talent around them that has the Rockets thinking they could get to the Western Finals and even make noise there. Beverley and Jeremy Lin are super-productive at the Point and both have different games but collectively are an effective team. Can the Rockets shoot 25 or less Money Balls and shoot at a nice clip. If they shoot more than that in the 30s or even 40s that's when they get in trouble offensively. If the Rockets play up to their ability and all hands on deck provide something...they should win the series.

ROCKETS 4-3...the Depth of Clutch City puts them into the Win Column...

Game 1 April 20th at 930pm ET