It's the order of the NBA@Big Tex
Bruh, speaking from fan experience, the 2018-2019 season the Nuggets finished as the #2 seed after missing the playoffs like 5 straight years. EVERYBODY said that the Nuggets were the team that other teams should want to play. Why? Cuz they went from not making the playoffs straight to top 2 in the West with a young and inexperienced team. They lost in 7 to the fucking Blazers in the 2nd round and the rest is history.
My point is, the Rockets have missed the playoffs the last 4 years and are the #2 seed with a young, inexperienced team….same shit. Nobody respects y’all and that is expected until you win in the playoffs like @largebillsonlyplease stated
And like I said, y’all might need to go through a tough loss to launch y’all’s success.
You don't skip the line cause you've never been in the line before
We lost to the clippers before we went on the run.
It happens to every single franchise