For the Rockets, there is the more immediate concern of getting back their early-game swagger, which is leaking faster than radiation from a government reactor. Still, it is all even. The Rockets and Sonics won 57 games each in the regular season. They are 3-3 in this series. They have played 293 minutes and are separated by just four points.
Tempers are boiling, nerves are raw.
One more time to rumble.