March and April games at Toyota Center featured no tangible stakes in recent years. That’s not close to the case this year as we near the end of the regular season.
The Houston Rockets are just 0.5 games back of the Golden State Warriors entering Tuesday night following Monday’s 110-92 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. And Golden State’s lead could evaporate sooner than later. Steph Curry and company kick off a four-game east-coast road trip in Miami on Tuesday, with no win ever guaranteed against an Erik Spoelstra-coached squad. We could very well wake up Wednesday morning with a tie for the West’s No.