Get well soon, Dwight Howard. As miraculous as the Rockets’ 16-4 start has been, it would truly be a shame if the hometown heroes did not get another crack at Golden State at close to full health. Until they show they can beat the top teams in the league, the Rockets won’t get the credit they deserve. (The thrashing they delivered to the then-league leading Memphis Grizzlies was apparently not validation enough).
After the affair with the Warriors, Houston travels to Sacramento to visit the slipping Kings who have fallen out of the playoff picture since a hot start.
There’s a glance at how things stand currently in the murderous Western Conference. Without Trevor Ariza, and with Chandler Parsons, my guess is that Houston’s 16-4 would be much closer to Sacramento’s 10-10. The only way the Rockets have weathered this injury storm is through the complete identity transformation we are witnessing. Every player on this team has bought in and it is showing. Now, they need to get healthy.
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