As expected, the Golden State Warriors fell to the Houston Rockets, 129-112. In an unforgiving league such as the NBA, talent is the ultimate differentiator, the one factor that separates great teams from good ones. In the end, the Rockets simply overwhelmed a team that once trumped them in the talent department.
The Rockets aren’t a great team — not yet, anyway. But they are one of the top teams in the Western Conference, simply because they have James Harden and Russell Westbrook in their team. Against a Warriors squad full of rookies and role players, the Rockets were expected to not only win, but to win big, which they managed to accomplish in the end.