Things are looking up for the Houston Rockets as they travel to Denver for a rematch against the Nuggets on Wednesday. They’ll then come home to face a Pelicans team that may or may not have Anthony Davis in the lineup; a healthy Davis, next to Omer Asik, would have provided further indication as to whether the Dwight Howard-Donatas Motiejunas pairing has staying power for the future. The Rockets then face a Hawks team on Saturday that, despite being the surprise team of the league, quite frankly nobody cares about. Paul Millsap, however, is definitely now off the market.
Somehow, in some way, the Rockets sit at third in the Western Conference at week’s start, despite fielding a lineup completely decimated by injuries. Still, they have no room to breathe.
