Here is what NBA.com has to say about last game, in the Notebook section:
HOT: Aldridge and Lillard combined for Portland's final 25 points in regulation en route to becoming the first teammates to go for at least 45 and 30, respectively, in a playoff game since Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in 1992.
QUOTABLE II: "He's been a handful for us all season long, and we'll have to come up with a couple of new ways to try and get the ball out of his hands some, because we just didn't have any answers for him."
-- Rockets coach Kevin McHale on Aldridge
NOT: Harden and Parsons never found a groove from the outside, finishing a combined 6-for-25 (24.0 percent) from 3-point range.
GOOD MOVE: The Blazers successfully utilized the "Hack-A-Howard" technique to erase a double-digit deficit in the fourth period, as Howard missed four of six free-throw attempts before he was temporarily pulled from the game. Despite Howard's removal, Houston's offense sputtered in the short term with turnovers on back-to-back possessions.
BAD MOVE: Patrick Beverley became a tad too aggressive shortly after baiting Aldridge into his sixth foul. The 6-foot-1 guard seemed to forget that he, too, was in serious foul trouble and would be done for the night with one more slip-up. Lillard used Beverley's physical approach against him and attacked on the Blazers' first possession without Aldridge, forcing the officials to call Beverley's sixth foul.
Harden's shooting, Bev's foul trouble were mentioned as part of the reasons for the loss. No, Jeremy wasn't the scapgoat.
Now, if you really want to look for negative opinions, you can always be "satisfied". It's Internet age, anyone with a keyboard can spit out some nonsense, just like I do. But I have come to accept that not everyone is going to agree with me, no matter how absolutely right I think I am. So, why get worked up because of some negativity?
