With a win last night against the Denver Nuggets, Chris Paul punched his ticket to the Western Conference Finals for the second time in his career and the first time since he helped lead the Rockets there in 2018.
This postseason has definitely been an interesting one for Rockets fans, who are sitting on the couch for the first time since 2012.
With the playoff disappointments from 2018, 2019 and 2020, it might add insult to injury that a Rocket from the past three years is featured on 11 of the 16 playoff teams this season: GM Daryl Morey (Philadelphia), James Harden, Jeff Green, HC Mike D’Antoni (Brooklyn), P.