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After surviving another late-game collapse, the Houston Rockets escaped last night by the skin of their teeth with a win over the Mavericks. At the time of writing, there is no update on the status of Dwight Howard, making basically every game this week a toss-up.
Houston will host the dreadful New York Knicks on Monday at Toyota Center in a meeting with Carmelo Anthony, the man who spurned them even after they photoshopped his likeness onto an existing player’s uniform. On Wednesday, the Rockets pray to get back Howard as they take on DeMarcus Cousins, maybe the most dominant post force in the league. On Friday, the good guys then host the Clippers, a team that has tortured them in recent years, exposing their lack of strength inside. If Tarik Black is still the starter at center at this point, the good guys are in for a long night.
Lastly, on Saturday, the Rockets travel to Milwaukee to get an up close glimpse of ‘The Greek Freak’, possibly the most intriguing player currently in all of basketball, a man whose limbs appear as if to never end with also the ability to put the ball on the floor. Also, O.J. Mayo has lost a ton of weight.
