Fresh off a 14-game win streak, the Houston Rockets are catching up to the Golden State Warriors in most metrics. Have they done so in ours?
The NBA standings do not always tell the whole story when it comes to determining which teams are truly playing the best brand of basketball.
Simple win-loss records don't factor in things like strength of schedule, efficiency, average margin of victory, and so on. If Team A wins five close games and loses five in blowout fashion, while Team B loses five close games but blows out their opponents in the other five, there should be something that tells us that Team B's 5-5 record is better than Team A's.