A year in with the Rockets, he knows the roster well, and he is unsure how confident to be in a fourth-place Western Conference team that for a second consecutive season has yet to figure itself out through the first half. He mentioned the Rockets’ embarrassments since Christmas: their losses to the Warriors, Pelicans and Thunder — inferior teams. “Point blank, the Thunder’s a good team, but they’re not better than us,” Rivers said.
A year in with the Rockets, he knows …
