Anyone who thinks Rockets wouldn't be clear favorites, is delusional. They probably should have won last season and have now added a 2nd top 10 player, while Spurs did nothing to move the needle. As frustrating as it would be if it happens, it's probably for the best that either Warriors or Rockets destroy (healthy) Spurs in 2nd round. At that point, they'll have no choice but to acknowledge they're not close and can't win with archaic style and lack of a dynamic PG.

Quote Originally Posted by tbdog
I was not fearing Rockets. They still seem trash on D, but our offense is in a huge funk. Yet we scored over 90 points in 3 quarters without playing much of our starters. In fact we had 1 fta from our starters and missed a first 10 3pa.

And Pop typically does not do much with matchups for the first 2 meetings. He ran a few out there too see how they looked. In the playoffs we had Danny Green marking Ryan Anderson which takes Anderson out of the offense, and we also completely shut down Gordon and Lou Williams after game 1.
They're ranked 6th currently. Only 19th in strength of schedule, so maybe there's some regression, but as long as they're somewhat close to Spurs defensively, they're clearly better overall since they'll always blow them out of the water offensively.