At 34–21, the Rockets are in solid playoff position, but well shy of the Western Conference’s truly elite teams, with eight games between them and the first-place Thunder (43–14).
That story could be much different if Houston was more adept at closing out games—a fact that reared its ugly head for the Rockets at Madison Square Garden last night, when they blew a 16-point lead at the start of the fourth quarter to fall to the Knicks, 108–106.
