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    Houston Rocket 2016/7 Season

    New coach, new defensive coordinator, same old song and dance. The Rockets stormed out of the 2016 gate on Wednesday losing to the simply awful and rebuilding Los Angeles Lakers. Mike D'Antoni said he thought the team lost their legs in the second half. Really? in the first game of the season? Really? Last night the Rockets rebounded to beat the old men of north Texas, the Dallas Mavericks, 106-98 so they are 1-1 on the season and they have yet to play a home game. That is coming when the Mavs and Rocks play the Rocket's half of the home and home tomorrow night. Busy night tomorrow with the Game 5 of the World Series on Fox, the Cowboys-Eagles game on NBC, the Rockets-Mavericks on Fox Sports Southwest and, of course, NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS. Thank goodness I have a DVR.

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    Re: Houston Rocket 2016/7 Season

    The Rocks needed 47:59 to finally put the game against the Dallas Mavericks away last night in the Toyota Center as James Hardin sank the 2nd of two free throws to give the Rocks are one point lead with just that one second remaining on the clock. Hardin led Houston with 28 pts to give Houston a sweep of this early season home and home series. Houston improves to 2-1while Dallas falls to 0-3.

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    Re: Houston Rocket 2016/7 Season

    Bill Parcels once said you are what your record says you are. If that's the case then Houston is a .500 team. After losing to the Atlanta Hawks last night Houston sits at 3-3 but you can't rush to judgement after 6 games. The NBA doesn't really start getting interesting until after New Year's Day when the push for the playoff really begin. Here you go. The Rocks new up tempo offense with James Hardin and world's ugliest beard working okay. What I do have a concern over is the team hired a guy to be the defensive coordinator, which in the NBA is kind of rare, and Houston is having trouble holding opponents to under 100 PPG. When they do, they win but it's not like they are shutting anyone down. They allowed 99, 93 and 98 points in their 3 wins while they allowed 120, 120 and 112 in their 3 losses. I'll give you that it's a new system and they are only six games in but they need to do better and do it more consistently. Since November 1st the Rockets are 1-2 with their next game is Monday against the Wizards in Washington.

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    Re: Houston Rocket 2016/7 Season

    It's just an update. Not much to say about the Rox especially since I haven't sat down and watched them play yet. The upside is they are only 12 games into the season so there is such a small sample size to determine anything about what this team is. There are a lot of new players on the roster which means it should take a little while for the team to gel. In what was touted as a big shootout between two of the premier guards in the NBA happened this week as James Hardin and the Rox butted heads with the Russell Westbrook-led Oklahoma City Thunder. It didn't turn out to meet the hype. OKC beat Houston with Westbrook living up to his end as he scored 30 points adding 7 rebounds and 8 assists. The thing about the Rox was all 5 starters scored in double digits with Hardin putting up 13 points with 7 rebounds and 13 assists. Houston was right there til the bitter end finally losing 105 to 103.
    Houston is currently in a tie for 5th in the Western Conference with the Memphis Grizzlies with a 7-5 record just 3-1/2 games behind the 11-2 LA Clippers. Yes, I said the Clippers. Golden State, with their dream team roster, is just 1/2 game back with a 10-2 record. Nothing interesting looks like it will happen until after Christmas.

    And still James Hardin doesn't play defense.

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    Re: Houston Rocket 2016/7 Season

    The Rox have climbed a little in the standings as they are now 5th in the Western Conference standings. They boast a 10-6 record on the season and they have won 7 of their last 10. They beat the Sacramento Kings on Friday night 117-104. Their next game is Tuesday night against the Jazz. It's interesting to note that Houston is top 5 in points scored per game and assists so there seems to be something going on with Mike D'Antoni's up tempo offense. Now, if they could just get the Rox, and James Hardin in particular, to play some defense we might have something going in Houston.

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    Re: Houston Rocket 2016/7 Season

    On Friday night it was Round 2 of the season series between Oklahoma City and the Rockets. Despite getting his seven straight triple double Russell Westbrook and the Thunder lost this game to Houston 102-99. Unlike the first game between these two when James Hardin only scored 10 points he tossed in 21 in leading the Rockets to their fifth straight win. The Rox are now 17-7 on the season after beating Dallas last night 109-87. That gave the Rox a 6 game winning streak and has them tied with the Clippers in the W/L column but just behind them in the standings. Houston is in 4th place in the Western Conference behind Golden State, San Antonio and the Clips. It's a good thing to see Houston 10 games over .500 so early in the season. It is early in the season but still the Rox are over 1/4 of they way through the season and it's a damn sight better than they were last year when they got Kevin McHale fired before Thanksgiving. Houston's Texans can beat the Cowboys and the Astros can't seem to beat the infernal Rangers but the Rockets have made the Mavericks their bitch so far in 2017 going 3-0 against them so far this season.

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