Houston Rockets vs. Charlotte Hornets game preview

*In the most perfect Mr. Peanutbutter impression you’ve ever heard that you would’ve sworn it was Paul F. Tompkins himself*: “Are Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, and Vince Vaughn on the Rockets? Because they are STREAKINNNNNGGG.”

That was a “Bojack Horseman” and “Old School” bit rolled into one lede paragraph, and I really hoped it paid off.

I honestly don’t care how much we will repeat this fact, I am damn proud of it - The Houston Rockets, after starting the season 11-14 and second to last in the West, are riding an EIGHT-GAME WINNING STREAK AND ARE SITTING IN THIRD, TWO-AND-HALF GAMEs BEHIND THE SECOND-PLACE NUGGETS, AT 41-25.

OK, that’s enough all-caps and hyphens for the rest of the article.

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