As most know, he left early in the first quarter after this play and didn't return -- he was ruled out with a bruised back. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trevor Ariza lands hard on his back and apparently wrist. <a href="https://t.co/m8L7SXaUKt">https://t.co/m8L7SXaUKt</a></p>— ClutchFans (@clutchfans) <a href="https://twitter.com/clutchfans/status/674390065251004417">December 9, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Not sure he'll be back tomorrow and I wouldn't be surprised if he's out for awhile. We'll see.
This game showed how important Ariza is to this team. We desperately needed him on Johnson down the stretch. If he's in, i think we would've had some stops and won tonight. Get well soon Trevor!
And on one of the best (and rare) drives of his Rockets career. Go figure. Get back up on the horse Ariza!
so we were healthy (sort of) for like 72 hours and we also really don't know how to play basketball. What a pleasure
I know your pushing hard for DMO to start and I kind of liked the idea before I saw his first game back but he ain't even close to being ready after no 5 on 5 basketball on close to 3/4s of a year. Did you watch him play?
I hope he comes back asap. Our defence was bad before , without him we are worse than the Lakers' defence.
Ariza was down on the floor and rolling in great pain. Not even a single teammate came to check on him.