Considering everything that had taken place earlier in the series, it would’ve been hard to imagine the Rockets having a better start than the one they had in Monday’s Game 7. About midway through the second quarter, Houston had held Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and Draymond Green to 1-of-7, 2-of-6 and 2-of-6 shooting from the […]
For just a while, it seemed like maybe, just maybe, we were headed for the unthinkable. The Houston Rockets opened up a 17-point edge after one period, couldn’t miss and led the Golden State Warriors by 10 going into half of Game 6 on Saturday night, a contest Golden State had to have to keep […]
At times since Kevin Durant joined the Golden State Warriors, there’s been talk that the team is so loaded that it undermines the notion of competitive balance in the NBA. That argument took a serious blow Thursday. The Houston Rockets took Game 5 of the conference finals, 98-94, in a win that put this version […]
Welcome to The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s basketball podcast. On Thursday’s show (May 24, 2018), Neil, Kyle and Chris discuss the conference finals yet again. Just how magical is Boston’s home-court advantage? Just how tired is LeBron James? Is the Rockets’ bench too thin for the starters to stay fresh? And what’s with Kevin Durant’s shot selection? […]
Welcome to The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s basketball podcast. On Tuesday’s show (May 15, 2018), Neil, Chris and Kyle discuss Game 1 of each conference finals series. In the East, the Celtics contained LeBron James and spread the offense around — is that a sign of things to come, or is it a fluke? And in the […]