Draft Will Continue Tomorrow

For anyone that missed it, and it may be possible, the Houston Rockets own the second longest winning streak in NBA history and they will until some team comes along and wins 23 straight. The thing is, after last night they don't have a chance to extend their lead.

The Rockets lost last night, at home, to the Boston Celtics who played without Ray Allen. I just want to make this point quickly. The Rockets didn't get much respect for the streak. I really don't understand why. There are plenty of "experts" out there that will tell you "look at who they've played" and lines like that. I want to remind you of one thing first. The second most recent loss was in a time when the Patriots were still undefeated. To go for such an extended period time, in a professional league without a loss in unreal.

I've been on this before and I'll do it again. Some teams are better than others in all of the sports leagues, but they are all professionals. They are the very very best in the world at what they do. And night in and night out players face players that are for the most part on the same playing field...otherwise they wouldn't be professionals. There's a reason that North Carolina is going to crush Copping State or Mount Saint Marys, or whoever won that game last night. I think it was the dark grey team...and there's a reason they don't play but maybe once a year. They aren't in the same league. The NBA teams are for the most part, on any given night, on the same playing field. The fact that the Rockets beat that many teams in a row, in professional sports, is unreal and those who try to depreciate it are just flat out stupid. I can't come up with another word for stupid except for wrong. There's a reason it doesn't happen often.

Chances are, you don't care. Not because you disagree with this point, but because you don't care about the NBA. It happens often. But respect the wins and the streak. The Lakers didn't win those games in a row.