For Rockets fans, this should have been extremely good news.
But Paul's injury cast a shadow over the future of the entire team.
No one knew how serious Paul's injury was or whether he'd be able to play in the next game.
Basically, if Paul needed more than a week to recover, that would be as good as a season-ending injury.
With Harden as their only star, the Rockets had little chance of beating the Thunder.
It wasn't until the next morning that the Rockets finally released an official statement.
Chris Paul had suffered a left hamstring strain during Game 4 and would be reevaluated in two weeks.
In other words, he'd be unable to play for at least two weeks.
It was basically a season-ending injury.
The Rockets had lost one of their core players.
For all Rockets fans, this was absolutely devastating news.
They'd won Game 4 and thought their hopes were alive again. Back at square one, the Rockets still had a chance to beat the Thunder in a best-of-three and reach the Finals.
But now Paul had gone and gotten injured.
In an instant, no one in the entire League believed in the Rockets anymore.
This series should have been the Rockets' opportunity.
After all, in the first four games, the Thunder players had performed much worse than they had in the previous round against the Warriors. Westbrook, Butler, Wade, and Harris had all had some poor performances, which was how the Rockets had managed to win twice.
But now, even winning one more game was in question.
Along with the news came renewed superstitious talk about Old Man Paul.
After all, looking back on Paul's entire career, his Playoffs journey had been one long string of bad luck.
It made people feel both sympathetic and