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Should the Houston Rockets rest their stars down the stretch?

At the All-Star break, the Houston Rockets hold the league’s best record for the first time in franchise history. And that’s a surprise to a lot of the NBA universe. Many analysts were skeptical about how well a James Harden and Chris Paul backcourt could work, so they probably didn’t have Houston as their No. 1 seed this deep into the season.

The Rockets are just half a game ahead of Golden State, and then there is a huge gap between those two and everyone else. The only team that can stop Houston from getting the No.