If there is a reason that the Warriors, the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference, are the favorite ahead of the Houston Rockets --who won 50 games and are the No. 2 seed--it mostly comes down to the ...

Golden State vs. Houston will represent the old guard vs. the up-and-comers. Will Jimmy Butler be the key to the Warriors' ...

The more things change, the more they stay the same.