Just a quick look at Houston Rockets guard Trevor Ariza’s scoring efficiency (in terms of true shooting%) over the course of this season: The red line represents league average true shooting% (about 54%). It is rare indeed when Ariza is able to match this number; he has done it only 9 times this season.
Coach Rick Adelman said the changes to his Rockets rotation, with Trevor Ariza coming out of the game in the first quarter of Monday’s Atlanta game and not playing at all in the fourth, were particular to the matchup with the Hawks, and not necessarily an ongoing change. “I think he’s just lost a little [...]
At the time of this writing, the Houston Rockets are at the half-way mark of their 2009-2010 season. It would now be appropriate to revisit the observations and assertions I had made in November regarding Trevor Ariza. Through Monday’s games, Ariza is now averaging 15.9ppg on 38% shooting (31% from 3), 5.6 rebounds per game, [...]
{tab=thoughts} Despite the result, this was one of the most entertaining games of the year. The Suns burst out of the gates, building a double digit lead before Aaron Brooks caught fire and brought the Houston Rockets back. The Rockets offense exploded upon Carl Landry and Chase Budinger’s entrances and the team built its own [...]
{tab=thoughts} No surprises here: the Houston Rockets exhibited their usual valor and lost to the defending champion LA Lakers. Carl Landry led the way with 19, including 13 in the 1st half, almost singlehandedly keeping the team in the game in the 2nd. Andrew Bynum was too big inside for the Rockets as he finished [...]
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