Rockets vs. Warriors 2015 live stream: Time, TV schedule and how to watch Western Conference Finals online

And then there were four. The conference finals begin Tuesday night, out West in Golden State, with Game 1 of the Warriors-Rockets series. The Warriors are the clear favorites. They were the league's top team this season from start to end, a juggernaut on both ends of the floor.

Oh, they also have the league MVP on their side, and thus far this postseason Stephen Curry. with his 28.2 points per game average and 41 percent shooting from deep, has only further proved that he was deserving of that award.

Memphis was the team the looked primed to give Golden State its biggest challenge. The Grizzlies are big and slow and like to play in the dirt. They also got to the Warriors for a bit. That lasted two games. After being down 2-1 Golden State, behind the hot shooting of Curry and Klay Thompson, was able to win three in a row and send Memphis home.

How the Rockets choose to match up to the Warriors will be the interesting thing to watch in this series. Houston likes to play fast but is unlikely to beat Golden State in a track meet. Will Kevin McHale's group acknowledge this and alter its ways, or try to knock off the conference's No. 1 team with its strong hand. More importantly, how will the Rockets defend Curry. The team's starting point guard, Jason Terry, is certainly not up for the challenge. It's unclear who on the Rockets' roster is. Maybe Corey Brewer, but is Houston going to make James Harden spend energy chasing Klay Thompson around screens?