Welcome to the first heavyweight clash of the playoffs, featuring two of the league's four best teams -- and a delightful boardroom-to-hardwood contrast: Houston's unabashed 3-point chaos machine against the stodgy, slow-poke Spurs who kill by a thousand stops and midrange shots.
Houston aims to entertain, and its GM, Dork King Daryl Morey, campaigned rather baldly for his star to win Most Valuable Player. Gregg Popovich turns up his nose at the entire idea of individual awards, and your enjoyment of Spurs basketball falls somewhere below tonight's wine selection on his priority list.
Let's dig into the questions that will decide the series.