As the late Yogi Berra used to say, it's deja vu all over again.
Friday night, the Houston Rockets had a chance to exorcise their demons after falling to the Golden State Warriors in last year's Western Conference Finals. James Harden had an opportunity to back up all of his boasts about being the true MVP with another head-to-head matchup against Stephen Curry, who actually took home 2014-15's Maurice Podoloff Trophy.
Instead, the Rockets fell well behind during the second half of a contest on their home floor at the Toyota Center and could never recover, ultimately losing to the Dubs 112-92. Sound familiar?
Sadly, for a team that should be right in the thick of the race for top billing in this year's Western Conference hierarchy, this is no different than what it experienced throughout the previous campaign.
Houston lost each of its four regular-season meetings with Golden State last year, falling by an average margin of 15.3 points. Now, the losing streak grows to six games (not counting the postseason, in which the Rockets won just once in five attempts). Even with Ty Laws ...
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