But, based on their 19 consecutive victories, at what point do we add the Houston Rockets to the title conversation.
Following their latest victory earlier this week, a 91-73 win over the Nets, New Jersey's Vince Carter observed that if it's so easy to win 19 games, why haven't more teams accomplished the feat? Good question.
In fact, Houston's run is the third-longest in NBA history, trailing only the 20 by the Milwaukee Bucks during the 1970-71 season and, of course, the seemingly unreachable 33-game streak by the Lakers way back in the day, when Wilt and the logo, Jerry West, were wearing an LA uniform.
One other notable streak by the Rockets: They take an NBA-record-tying 10 straight double-digit wins into tonight's road game against Atlanta.
In NBA action last night, Kobe Bryant scored 10 of his 34 points in the final 8:30 as the Lakers regained the top spot in the wild, wild West with a 117-108 win over Toronto. LA opened up a half-game lead over idle San Antonio.
And Phoenix improved to 5-6 since acquiring Shaquille O'Neal following a 132-111 romp past Memphis.
Only five games separate the top eight teams in the West, with Denver trailing Golden State by 2.5 games and currently out of the post-season despite a 37-26 record that woudl rank fourth in the East.
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