In 1935 physicist Erwin Schrödinger proposed a thought experiment based on quantum mechanics that posited that under quantum mechanics an ordinary thing, like a cat in a box, might be both dead and alive. The object could have two states of being superposed. There’s more to it, and I’m no physicist, but for the purposes of this piece, that’s enough to go on.
The Houston Rockets are the NBA version of Schrödinger’s Cat.
Alive: They’re dominant, and expected to be utterly dominant. Their offense is the best, their defense quite fine. No opponent is supposed to win a game against such a dominant team, or even look competent against these Rockets.