This teams is a bit better defensively. It is currently 9th best in the league. The best PHX team was 13th best, and the other two were 16 and 17th best in the league. I also think it is a lot harder to break this team by being overly physical with Harden. He is a lot more resilient than Nash.
Except those suns were significantly more likeable than these rockets, due to Steve nash. To be fair the suns were met head on by peak san Antonio spurs. To also be fair the rockets are gonna be met head on by peak golden State warriors. Point is, we'll be able to taste sweet, salty d'antoni/harden/cp3 tears.
Yeah but there were circumstances. In 2005, Joe Johnson got hurt in WCF. In 2007, Amare got suspended for leaving bench when Harry hipchecked Nash. If at full strength, I think one of those teams could've won the title.
After the Raps beat the Rockets in November Daryl Morey, extra salty, Tweeted that the Raptors were "regressing". Regressed all the way to first place. Hoping for a big Raps win tomorrow.