NBA games of the week: Rockets can’t lose

This edition of the NBA games of the week is brought to you by the hottest team in the league, Houston Rockets.

Would you sign up for seven games between the Rockets and Celtics for the NBA Finals? I’d be hard pressed to not accept it after Saturday.

Rockets-Celtics became another regular-season classic. Somehow both teams topped their first matchup earlier in the season — the game James Harden threw away.

Like the first one, this game was a slugfest. Players jostled. Players hit shots. Players crashed the boards. Players roared. And, of course, players complained. (Can players please let go of some of these hills they die on? It’s exhausting watching every player complain after every foul. EVERY FOUL. A couple fewer technicals and the Rockets have to chase the Celtics in the final minute.)

Marcus Morris stared down his bench. Marcus Smart suffered a non-contact knee injury — the ACL-tear type — and stayed in the game.

Eric Gordon went to the Dead Zone and kept the Rockets in it late. Trevor Ariza hit a 3-pointer, then stole the ball on the next possession and hit a contested layup with 1:16 left to give the Rockets their first lead since three minutes into the fourth.

The Celtics continue to be the team that will slog your pace and force you to defend post-ups and rebound against bruisers. Each time someone runs into Aron Baynes I feel it. That has to hurt.

The C’s bench destroyed the Rockets. They shot 8-12 on 3-pointers and all went positive. Greg Monroe pounded the Rockets down low.

But the Rockets didn’t go away. Though it was their toughest game of the week, they still went 4-0 in the last seven days. They’re unbelievable. Tough, deep and durable. They have a mental aptitude that didn’t fit this team in the James Harden era. Credit to everyone within that organization. They even made Jeff Van Gundy admit the Warriors have a challenge.

Here are the games of the week, inspired by the streaking Rockets. Can they go 4-0 again?