After an uneventful All-Star Weekend, the Houston Rockets return to action against the defending NBA champions.
The Golden State Warriors are sitting in the middle of the muck that is the Western Conference. The third and thirteenth teams are separated by just six games. As of this writing, two teams have 28 losses, four have 29, two have 30, and there’s one each at 31 and 32. Not to mention that some of those teams are expecting to bring back stars from injury soon: Kevin Durant, Karl-Anthony Towns, Zion Williamson, and Steph Curry are expected to return from injury in time for the stretch run, and it there could be some upheaval.