The Rockets have had the Warriors on their minds all season, so much so that general manager Daryl Morey said in December that beating them is "the only thing we think about."
Now, with the teams just days away from locking horns in the Western Conference finals, a popular narrative is that Houston has an edge because it's the hungrier team. Stars like James Harden and Chris Paul have never won a title; the Warriors have captured two in the past three years.
Golden State coach Steve Kerr, though, isn't buying into line of thinking.