For the Houston Rockets the season most likely comes down to this game. Win this one, and the next in Houston, and it’s a best of three series. Lose, and the Rockets need to somehow win four in a row against Golden State.
Whatever happened in game one, or game two, is history. Painful, aggravating, but done. The only reasonable way forward for the 2018-19 Houston Rockets, in a season marked by both struggle and brilliance, is to win tonight in Houston.
For the eager, interested and perhaps doomed, the referee assignment is: Capers, Goble, Wright and Lindsay.