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Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves (15) drives to the basket around Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun (28) at the Toyota Center in Houston on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

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Rockets have clear flaws, but nobody's perfect in middle of Western Conference

Four teams are bunched tight in the middle of the Western Conference, but Houston and other contenders all have flaws that could be too much to overcome.

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