The Rockets pinned their Game 2 loss to the Jazz on … their own sorry selves. And a whole lot of outside observers blamed them, too. In the name of accountability, those Rockets followed a worn favorites’ tradition of giving light credit to the underdogs for doing what they needed to do to win. But … ppphhfffwww, come on now. There was much more blame assigned than credit given.
James Harden said something afterward that stood out. Read the words carefully: “[They] caught us off guard a little bit. We can’t get down 19, no matter who we’re playing.