- ABC News
- January 4, 2018
The Houston Rockets may be obsessed with trying to figure out how they can defeat Golden State, but the Warriors are not reciprocating at the moment. "It's no disrespect," Warriors forward Kevin Durant told ESPN, "but we're not coming in every day saying we're just thinking about Houston. We know how great they are. We know it's a team that's going to be contending for a title along with us and couple other teams. But we're focusing on ourselves right now." Draymond Green told ESPN that the Rockets are one of many challengers to the defending NBA champions. "Every team's a threat," Green said. "You can lose to anybody." Houston (27-9), which is two games behind Golden State (30-8) for the top spot in the Western Conference, hosts the Warriors on Thursday night at the Toyota Center. In their first meeting this season, the Rockets took down the Warriors at Oracle Arena on opening night, winning 122-121. Durant said that Thursday's contest...