After the Rockets beat the Warriors on Jan. 20, Clint Capela made a bold statement.
"We're going to beat them ... we are better than them."
On Tuesday night, James Harden told ESPN, "this is the year; for sure."
Following the Warriors' shootaround in Washington D.C., Steph Curry was asked about Houston's confidence.
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"What are they supposed to say? If I was in the same shoes, I would say the same thing," Curry told reporters.