The area in which the Rockets can make the biggest strides – at least based on the results from a year ago – is on the defensive end of course, which explains the heavy emphasis on that side of the ball during the team’s morning workout session (Houston’s players will practice again Saturday night). Head Coach Kevin McHale and his crew put their troops through a crash course in the art of close-outs, deflections, communication, transition and pick-and-roll D, all in an effort to lay the initial foundation for what they hope will be a top-10 caliber defense this season. “It was all about defense today and teaching everybody the principles and the coverages and things like that,” said Chandler Parsons. “That’s the mindset that we’ve got to come into every single night with, being prepared to win games when we’re not shooting the ball and scoring. Definitely defense is going to be a priority this year. Added Jeremy Lin: “We want to make sure the guards fight over the screens a lot more and I think there’s going to be a lot of support from the lower end so our bigs might not chase out as high up because they’re primarily big-time rebounders and shot blockers. They’re going to try to stay in between the ball-handler and the rim at all times.”
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