The Rockets lost more than a playoff series. Their title window has closed
Daryl Morey’s Houston experiment lost more than a playoff series to the Warriors on Friday night. Their championship window has been slammed shut
Golden State beat Houston, 118-113, in Friday night’s Game 6 of the Western Conferences semi-finals, viewed by many as the de facto NBA finals.
For the third straight year, the Warriors closed the books on a Rockets title bid. And they did so without Kevin Durant, the current holder of the best-on-earth moniker. The often contentious series seemed to have swung Houston’s way in Game 5, despite the Warriors taking a 3-2 series lead. Durant went down with a calf strain that ruled him out of the rest of the series and perhaps beyond.