When the Rockets/Lakers played the other night for seeds 7/8, all the talk was about who the Rockets and Lakers would rather play first round, and I agree with the consensus that they'd both rather play the Spurs.

But as for the Thunder, I feel like they would've rather gotten matched up with a Kobe-less Lakers rather than the fast-paced Rockets.

IMO the Spurs have an easier round 1 than the Thunder do.

Not to say that LA is a better team, but for matchup reasons, I would much rather have the Rox for the first round.

As a Thunder fan i wanted Houston

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The Spurs would have easily handled Houston.

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Just as they easily handled LA.