Scouting report: Rockets vs. Dallas Mavericks Posted on January 27, 2015 | By Jenny Dial Creech PRINT 1 When/where: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Toyota Center TV/radio: Root Sports; 790 AM, 850 AM (Spanish) ROCKETS 1. The Rockets have continued to be a force defensively. They are third in the league in causing turnovers, as their opponents average 16.6 turnovers per game. 2. James Harden has entered the top five in steals in the NBA with 1.96 per game. His teammate Trevor Ariza is fourth with 1.98. 3. The Rockets are 4-6 in the last 10 games against the Mavericks. They won the last two, including one this season in Nov., when they took a 95-92 win at the Toyota Center. More... http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterocke...ort-rockets-vs-dallas-mavericks-2/#29531101=0
Sorry but our defense has been terrible, we have slipped out of the top 5 recently and Harden & Ariza in top 5 steals is nice if it would be accompanied by great defense as a team! If we allow 120 to the Magic, 128 on average against the Warriors recently, how much you think we will give up to the top scoring team in the league?
Thanks for posting the link. However, I think it is very bad form to post the whole article -- you deny the author and host site the clicks they need to keep running.
On the other hand, my company doesn't block clutchfans, yet much of the other articles are either directly blocked or all of the media on the site is blocked and im unable to view. Thanks to the poster for including all of the information in your post.
TEAM DEFENSE would be great. I love it if the Rockets can link up to Chip Kelly because they are well trained and run a heck of alot, something I think the Rockets should be able to do, but they seem to look a bit off. Defend, Rebound, Score, Go Home! #Pursuit #Rockets
Isn't our turnovers per game kind of skewed considering we play at such a fast pace that there are many more possessions? 16.6 turnovers is nothing if you have 20 more possessions a game than most teams. I don't feel like our defense is all that good outside a few players. We looked much better earlier in the season, but now I feel like teams have figured us out and are almost scoring at will.
We are 4th in pace and tied for 4th in defensive efficiency and 14th in offensive efficiency. Our turnovers are a problem, but the horrible offensive efficiency is a bigger problem right now.
Said a lot of things about CP, but stupid wasn't one of them <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Chandler Parsons on what it takes to beat the Rockets: "James (Harden) is pretty much everything on their team. We stop him, we stop them."</p>— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/560591790156173312">January 29, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
