Houston Rockets vs. Cleveland Cavaliers game preview

Me earlier this season: Why do the Rockets never get a day off? All we do is play back-to-backs!

Me this week: Why do we have so many days off in a row? I hate this!

There is no such thing as a perfect NBA schedule. Stretches that look impossible early in the season can become mundane and stretches of “easy” games can become a gauntlet.

Personally, I looked at this Utah Jazz-Cleveland Cavaliers-Memphis Grizzlies homestand as a tough early-season test for the Rockets. Obviously, the Rockets won the first game convincingly behind 56 points and 13 assists from James Harden.

Still, this stretch and basically all of October and early November became a bit of a moot point. As long as Chris Paul is…