Well, "The playbook" may be likely but it's not guaranteed. I don't care how "crooked" you think the officials are and how many conspiracy theories you throw out, a team can surpass bad officiating. Officials could poison a game or two, but short of another big scandal in the NBA, I believe playoff games are decided by the teams that play them. Even games 2 and 5 and whatever other games the refs sucked on in this series, the Rockets still made their share of mistakes in those games (especially game 5). Not buying it.
Let's see how Lakers got Pau Gasol? They threw away a lot of garbage players to get an All Star. Or how did Celtics acquire Kevin Garnett? Same thing. Don't tell me that NBA doesn't care about it's pet teams, Lakers, Knicks and Celtics Cavs are there because of LeBron and he sells good too and is today's NBA icon. You know how Wu tells it, C.R.E.A.M.