The Rockets will put their league-leading 7-game winning streak on the line tonight against the Portland Trail Blazers, a team that has a lot in common with last year’s Rockets squad.
Both the 2018-19 Rockets and this year’s Blazers squads came into the season with high hopes. Both had just lost to the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals and both felt they were on the precipice of a championship. Houston mostly stood pat in that offseason, re-signing their free agents and adding Carmelo Anthony to the fold as a third scorer.