A quick and digestible look at the most top-of-mind Rockets news of the past few days.
Houston Chronicle. Road has been kind to Rockets so far this season.
“When the Rockets boarded a New York-bound plane on Sunday afternoon, they were relaxed, calm and ready. It’s just another road trip – this one to Brooklyn on Monday night and Orlando on Wednesday. For the Rockets, the road has been a good place, as they have one of the league’s best road records – 13-5 – headed into this trip…”
Hardwood Paroxysm. The Houston Rockets, We Can Dance if We Want To.
“..The problem extends, to a certain degree, to this entire Houston Rockets team. They chase offensive excellence with a plan to exploit marginal efficiencies over and over and over again. The aggregate can be worth the carefully controlled effort, but it makes for a mountain of drab possessions to watch. Dwight Howard contributes on offense in his own way but is an enormous impediment to movement and flow. They have no point guard to speak of, at least not in the traditional primo-passing, floor-conductor sense…”
ESPN. What could have been with Nets, Howard.
“Dwight Howard once wanted to call Barclays Center home. He still hasn’t played there yet. But assuming he doesn’t sit out the game due to knee soreness, Howard will make his debut at the $1 billion arena in Brooklyn on Monday night, when the surging Houston Rockets face the struggling Brooklyn Nets…”
Your weekly Power Rankings fix…
NBA.com. Week 11 Power Rankings: West contenders making moves as season heats up.
“…8. Houston (26-11)
Pace: 97.8 (7), OffRtg: 102.6 (18), DefRtg: 98.0 (2), NetRtg: +4.6 (8)
The Rockets’ offense is showing some life … partly because five of their last six opponents have been bottom-10 defenses. Their own defense continues to get the job done, though. With both Dwight Howard and Donatas Motiejunas ranking among the league’s best rim protectors, their starting lineup has allowed less than 92 points per 100 possessions.
This week: @ BKN, @ ORL, vs. OKC, vs. GSW…”
ESPN. Week 11 Power Rankings: Hawks flying high.
“6. Houston. We probably haven’t said enough about James Harden essentially becoming a 27-6-6 guy. If The Beard can hit those benchmarks for an entire season, he’ll join LeBron (eight times), Michael (three), Larry (three) and Kobe (once) as the only players to do it since the NBA/ABA merger in 1976-77…”
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