The NBA Wire staff and a special guest stopped by Warriors Wire to drop their predictions for the first round series between the Warriors and Rockets.

The No. 2-seeded Houston Rockets will face the No. 7-seeded Golden State Warriors in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs.

The Rockets ranked last in ball movement, averaging just 294 passes per 24 minutes of possession, and they were 25th in player movement (10.7 miles per 24). While Golden State led the league by a wide margin in assist rate (recording assists on 71.4% of their field goals), Houston ranked last (54.9%) by an even wider margin.