Ranking NBA Rivals Week rivalries
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It is AWS Rivals Week, and the NBA has blessed us with 11 rivalry matchups of varying intensity, history and juiciness. Let’s rank them.
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1 - Spurs-Rockets
Recent history: Wemby and Dillon Brooks got in to a lil skirmish at the start of last season, thanks to Jeremy Sochan trash-talking Houston. Fans of both teams brawled in the stands in 2021. The Spurs bounced the Rockets from the 2017 playoffs.
Ancient history: Hakeem Olajuwon destroyed David Robinson in the playoffs after Robinson won MVP in 1995. Tracy McGrady’s 13 points in 35 seconds was against the Spurs.
Is it a rivalry?: Yeah, baby. It has a Wikipedia page and a nickname, the “I-10 Rivalry.”