It's been jarring watching the Boston Celtics swarm and smother Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving en route to taking a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Nets. And the first three games of Denver's first-round series against the Golden State Warriors raised all sorts of questions regarding the wisdom in building a team around a less-than-mobile frontcourt superstar in the modern NBA.
There's real implications for the Rockets, of course, because many of the question marks surrounding rookie center Alperen Sengun prior to last season's draft still persist, despite my observation that he fared better defensively than initially projected.