This date in Rockets history..

I remember watching this game. Ryan Anderson has similar rebounding skills.

 

The round mound of rebound!

Those pajamas tho...

*vomits in mouth a little*

 

That man was like a rebound magnet. I'd never seen anyone other than fellow hall of famers Dennis Rodman have that kind of performance.

 

And we proceeded to go 15-1 and 21-2...nearly matching 1994's 15-0 and 22-1 starts.

That's what I thought Paul was going to do, surprising the league with 48 minutes of HOF PG play, while the rest of the league was struggling to find chemistry due to short camps, etc. PGs don't need as much camp in this system to make their presence felt.

then,,,bone bruise,,,ugh

 

Boom.

 

icymi: this tweet doesn’t make it clear it was Barkley’s debut game.

I remember after Harden’s monstrous debut, we had a thread about which was more impressive, or got you more excited about the season

 

I was in awe of Barkley during this game. Didn’t last too much longer.....