The rockets have beaten 1 team with a winning record

I agree, game 20 will tell us a tremendous amount about where we stand.

 

It's pretty obvious that this is 2015-2016 all over again. There's really not much doubt.

1) Defense collapses after a strong defensive effort the year before
2) Multiple players experience career-worst years
3) 2nd star player dramatically declines
4) Chemistry issues
5) Lose to Warriors in the conference finals the year before
6) New additions actively hurt the team

Am I missing anything?

 

one more lose and then it is safe to say 'deja vu of 2015-2016 season 4-7'

 

makes me wonder if we'd even start winning like crazy if we got butler... last night was hard to watch..

 

i dont remember much injuries/missed games and suspensions to both core players in 2015-16

 

You forgot the biggest one. They start out lackadaisical and then try to catch up in the 3rd and 4th quarter