Rockets Sit as Dogs vs. Warriors, Face Elimination in Game 5

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00:00The Rockets now a four-point favorite despite trailing this series by two games against the

00:05Golden State Warriors. Total stands at 203 and a hook. Donnie, let's start with the referendum

00:11and where you stand right now on the significance of the regular season. Houston is the two seed

00:18in the Western Conference. Golden State played like the two seed after the acquisition of Jimmy

00:24Butler, 24-7 down the stretch of the regular season from Jimmy's first game back in early

00:30February. Straight up, that is, in terms of the record. But if the Rockets lose this series

00:36in gentlemen's sweeping fashion, if they lose in only five games, is that it for Donnie

00:42Wright's side when it comes to watching the regular season in the association?

00:47Yeah, and I said it like before the series started, which would lead you to believe that

00:50everybody would be healthy for the duration of the series. Maybe we have a long series,

00:54maybe we have a shorter series, but let's see how this plays out. But I'd still be upset if

00:58Houston got knocked out because the way they were being treated in the odds market, which

01:01is a correlation of them telling us the regular season doesn't matter one iota. And the players

01:06treated as such, and so do many NBA fans who don't really watch until the playoffs, including

01:10myself. But also, let's understand what's going on in this series, too. For all intents and purposes,

01:15Ben, Jimmy Butler's missed two full games, and we're still in a position where the Golden State

01:19Warriors are going to close out the Houston Rockets, which makes it even worse for me.

01:23Because as I said, if Jimmy Butler was healthy all the way through, game six, it goes to game

01:27seven, game five. Hey, you know what? The Warriors really truly were just a better team. But a number

01:32two seed, de facto playing another team without their second best player and still beating the

01:38brakes off them, I have an issue with that. And it makes it even worse from the perspective

01:42from my angle. But handicapping the game tonight, you try to remove that from the equation and

01:46understand how things work. And we also talked about how the public affection here so far for

01:50Golden State's like, hey, man, they're getting four points and they're the better team. Where

01:54do I sign up? And a lot of people are doing that. So reading the line tonight really shows me it is a

01:59Houston Rockets line. And I expect a good performance out of them. It's just the question is going to be,

02:03are some players going to actually show up who haven't been showing up for the Houston Rockets

02:08when it matters most in Houston?