Can one big game spark some long-lost feelings of hate?
Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry #30 brings the ball down court as he’s guarded by Houston Rockets’ Dillon Brooks #9 and Fred VanVleet #5 in the first quarter of their NBA game at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Too many to count.Or, more specifically, why does this showdown not produce any feelings?
But if styles make fights, the Warriors and Rockets’ contrast set up elite showdowns. The personalities only added to the spectacle. As much as Golden State’s annual meetings with LeBron James and the Cavs were the defining matchups of the aughts, the real NBA Finals were often played between the Warriors and Rockets.But while Draymond Green, Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Chris Paul are still part of the Warriors-Rockets proceedings, none of that bile has made it to 2024.
The first was that the rivalry was, really the Warriors vs. Harden, and Harden left Houston and has now been on three other teams. Perhaps the Warriors are too old to be picking fights with a 22-year-old. The Rockets are a young team on the rise. The Warriors are a veteran team trying to hold onto the last vestiges of dominance—and perhaps pining for grudges that expired a half-decade ago.Perhaps Thursday night will spark a new Warriors-Rockets rivalry. Don’t call it a rekindling.
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