nba.com http://www.nba.com/powerrankings/ No.12 Houston (10) 6-4 Pace: 97.6 (8), Off: 104.8 (11), Def: 101.7 (14) Friday, the Rockets were outrebounded in Sacramento by 19. Sunday, they outrebounded the Lakers by 22. Andrew Bynum had more than them all, but eight of the nine Rockets who played on Sunday grabbed at least six boards. Gang-rebounding at its finest. eson.com http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/powerranking No. 11 Rockets(12) 6-4 You watch the Rockets win on the Lakers' floor and you hear that they've scored 100 points or more in nine straight games for the first time since 1995-96 and you can understand why there's hesitatation to rush T-Mac back.
Those are efficiency numbers (points per 100 possessions). That is about as pure as it gets when it comes to ranking offenses and defenses.
OKC is 5-5 and ranked 7th in the western conference. This is nothing like last year and two years back.
