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.