Coming off an impressive road win over the Chicago Bulls, the Houston Rockets must quickly shift their focus to the best team by record in ball tonight as they take on the Boston Celtics at the Boston Garden FleetCenter TD Banknorth Garden TD Garden.
Whereas the Bulls game was a winnable game in which the Rockets still entered as 7-point underdogs, tonight’s contest is a true barometer of where the Rockets stand in relation to the cream of the crop. The Celtics cemented their spot at the top of the East with an emphatic victory on Christmas over the team most likely to give them trouble in the postseason in the Milwaukee Bucks.