The defending global basketball champion Golden State Warriors are headed to Houston to face the #1 seeded Rockets. Anyone who has any passing fancy in the broiling drama that is the NBA has to be pumped up about this matchup. These two juggernauts are the betting favorites to win the title. The star-power is ridiculous (featuring nine players who have made an All-Star game in their careers). Not to mention, the scoring will be breathtaking as their two historically explosive offenses square off.
But perhaps most importantly, the Rockets’ brain trust has made something very clear: they were assembled to halt the burgeoning empire in Oakland before it reaches the pinnacle of dynastic glory.