During the peak of the Rockets’ run with James Harden, they saw their season ended by the Golden State Warriors in four out of five years. The closest of those two playoff series came in 2018 and 2019 – Kevin Durant’s final two seasons with the Warriors.
On the latest episode of J.J. Redick’s podcast “The Old Man and The Three,” which posted Tuesday, Warriors star Draymond Green said he wouldn’t have two of his four championship rings if Kevin Durant hadn’t signed with Golden State in 2016, but not because he thinks the Rockets would have done anything.