I don't understand why I keep seeing "No Clippers." The Rockets were the 2 seed and they beat the Clippers. Like how is this a step down in competition?
Few reasons for me
1) The Rockets backcourt is a laughably bad matchup against the Warriors.
2) Clippers beat the Warriors in the playoffs last year. Doesn't mean much but still something.
3) The Clippers had a bizarre collapse that I still can't explain in Game 6. They lost, sure, but for 80 percent of that series they looked like the better team.