The Houston Rockets secured their most consequential win of the post-James-Harden era Wednesday night. One NBA luminary was particularly unimpressed.
Hall of Fame forward and current TNT analyst Charles Barkley gave the young Rockets a dose of tough love in his remarks after Houston's 91-90 win over Steph Curry and the Warriors. To those inside Houston's postgame locker room, Wednesday was the culmination of the multi-year journey. The Rockets not only advanced to the NBA Cup semifinals in Las Vegas (held Saturday night) with the narrow victory. They also snapped a 15-game losing streak against the Golden State Warriors.