Houston Rockets: Three reasons why there could be trouble in Clutch City

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Swagger At Stake

A few entries ago, I wrote about how Houston has a swagger that everyone either loves or hates

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because they’re used to us losing. I did say it’s either useful temporary or for a while. But one thing I forgot to mention is that there comes pressure towards our swagger. Anytime we’re in a situation where our swagger is put in jeopardy, it goes one of two ways. Our ego expands with a win or takes a hit with a loss.

Take a look at Cleveland for example. They hadn’t won a championship in any sport in 54 years before the Cavaliers won in 2016. What happened later? The Indians reached the World Series four months later and they were up 3-1 with destiny in their sights. But the Cubs stole that destiny and won the series with a comeback. Cleveland fans took a hit but they still had swagger. 22-wins in a row and a AL-best 102 wins plus a chance for a repeat in the NBA Finals was on the horizon. Yet, Cleveland failed to win a championship last year.

No one knows for sure what Cleveland can bring this year. But then again, the same could be said for Houston.

City of Destiny?

It’s hard to say we’re a city of destiny because we’re not sure if destiny is for real around here. We may be under the assumption that after a major tragedy such like the one we went through, sports teams will thrive and bring a city championships. Boston did that in 2013 with the Red Sox. But they also lost the Stanley Cup Finals that year with the Bruins.

The fact that Houston won a World Series championship after a major natural disaster is both awesome and coincidental. Going to another reason why people don’t understand us is that they feel that all of our championships should have an asterisk by them. Some people to this day are still under the impression the last World Series was rigged. You don’t rig a World Series for one. If it was rigged, the Dodgers would win.

But back to my point here. All of these factors can be eliminated if James Harden and Chris Paul perform well in the playoffs, Golden State meets us in the playoffs, and we fulfill our quest of winning a championship after years of suffering. If we can do that, it’s just another win for Houston and a big fat L for the naysayers.

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So while the trouble maybe out there, we’re still going to cheer for our teams and get them to do their best and bring us a title. We’ll wait all day and all night for it. We can wait many years for a title. That is, if you guys have the patience to do so.

Oh yeah, we totally got trouble right here in Clutch City. We’re going to cause a lot of chaos eventually for a Houston takeover.

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