I think it was 29-12. Or 71% win rate. With Howard and Jones STARTING, our record is 8-2. The only team to have beaten us with that frontcourt is the Spurs.
You also have to take into account that Howard was not healthy for much of those games. To the point where it was obvious he was not healthy by watching his play on the court. Remember when Omer Asik dribble drove passed him from the free throw line and dunked it on him? That would have NEVER happened if Dwight was healthy. Frickin' Omer Asik blew by him and dunked on him. Plus, although the Rockets were able to maintain a similar record without Howard, they would not be able to sustain that for an entire season. Since Howard has been back, he has looked a LOT better than he did earlier in the season when he was playing hurt. He's looked great out there.
That's unbelievable. Obviously they're a better team with him, but to put up essentially the same record without the guy is a testament to how well the rest of the team played. And let's not forget that it wasn't just Dwight who was hurt this year. T-Jones missed more than half the year, and Bev and D-Mo were lost for the season.
he played most of his games still unhealthy you remember that stretch he came back where even harden had more blocks over a 20 game stretch?
Our record with and without Howard is meaningless, due to Howard playing hurt or playing limited minutes the entire season, and due to all the injuries and player additions throughout the season. We won't even have a full strength Howard for the playoff, since the Rockets are talking about him playing 30-32 minutes when he should be playing 38-40.
And a lot of those games were also before we got Brewer and Smith. And also Jones was hurt and DMo hadn't emerged yet
