Me earlier this season: Why do the Rockets never get a day off? All we do is play back-to-backs!
Me this week: Why do we have so many days off in a row? I hate this!
There is no such thing as a perfect NBA schedule. Stretches that look impossible early in the season can become mundane and stretches of “easy” games can become a gauntlet.
Personally, I looked at this Utah Jazz-Cleveland Cavaliers-Memphis Grizzlies homestand as a tough early-season test for the Rockets. Obviously, the Rockets won the first game convincingly behind 56 points and 13 assists from James Harden.