Really quickly, before you read this, go take a look at the NBA standings. Ask yourself “who is the hottest team in the league right now?”
It’s not the Suns anymore — the Warriors broke their 18-game winning streak last week. It’s not the Warriors either, obviously, because they lost to the Suns last week, too.
The Jazz are pretty close with a winning streak of five games. That’s a solid run for a solid team. But it’s not them either.
The answer is it’s the 8-16 Houston Rockets who find themselves just 2.5 games out of the play-in tournament after winning 7 straight.
That’s right. The same Houston Rockets who were just 1-16 and thinking about potentially letting go of Stephen Silas two weeks ago.
Now, they’re playing like one of the best teams in the NBA. Here’s how they’re doing it.
