The Rockets were the Knicks/Pacers to the Warriors’ Bulls. I guess you can call them rivals but they never got over that hump like the Bulls did when they finally dethroned the Pistons.
Theya more the Knicks than the Pacers to the Warrior's Bulls
Pacers only played the Bulls once during Jordan era(1998)
Whereas the Knicks played Bulls 6 times(1989, 1991-1994, and 96)
And Bulls beat them in all of them except 1994. Which Michael Jordan was not there for.
Hell them fukking up tonight , is like there own version of the 1993 series the Knicks had. up 2-0 against the Bulls and still lost the series.
And similar to the Knicks as long as the Bulls were there(MJ being there) Knicks never made a finals. Only doing so during MJs retirement (1994) and when the dynasty ended(1999)
That's how Rockets are it seems. They only going to the Finals when Warriors have both KD and Steph injured or the dynasty ends