2013- Beverley tried to steal the ball from Westbrook in the playoffs and Russell ended up being out for the playoffs with a torn meniscus. The Thunder were heavy favorites to win the championship that year with 60 regular season wins as well as coming off an NBA Finals appearance the season before. 2019- While playing against the Rockets- Durant suffered a calf strain and hasn't played in the playoffs since. Now they are down 3-1 to the Raptors. Interesting way to look at it but I guess you can also say the Rockets gave a ring back when Paul went down last year.
Incoming Morey tweet: Rockets are the ONLY team to cost the Warriors a ring this season. #MoralVictory #RunItBack
The Heat were favorites with Thunder second. But yeah. But also, in 2016 Curry hurt his meniscus vs Rockets and wasn't the same the rest of the playoffs. If they had won, Durant would not have joined. So the Rockets really gave him 2 rings.
Morey: "Rockets are the 2nd most winningest team in the playoffs in the last 5 years" For years he kept saying "Rockets are the 3rd most winningest team in the regular season over the last 10 years" I wish he would stop tweeting and get to work to fix this team.
Rockets just happened to be in the same building at the time. No credit or blame for when opposing players get injuries. Injuries change the course of the postseason every year, and it's just an element of risk teams must contend with.
There's a difference between blame and responsibility. No one intentionally hurt KD, but the unusually high minutes and physicality he had to play with against us definitely contributed to that injury. So Rockets don't deserve any blame, but they do hold a good chunk of responsibility.