Lock if already posted... I only pasted the beginning of the article. Click the link at the bottom to read the rest. "The Defense Never Rests Rockets working hard to shore up team defense Without Yao Ming, the Rockets are being forced to make some adjustments to their interior defense Jason Friedman Rockets.com Staff Writer Houston - For the past several years, defense was the foundation upon which the Rockets’ franchise had been built. It was their calling card. Their rock. Their constant. When the club hit a scoring slump, Houston could still survive (and at times even thrive) due to the suffocating nature of its lockdown ‘D.’ The Rockets weren’t merely good at shutting opponents down, they were elite. And though not every Houston player was a lights-out, on the ball defender, collectively the five men on the floor could often combine to forge a nearly impenetrable wall, which is why few teams in the NBA could compete with the Rockets when it came to the proficiency they displayed at keeping the ball out of their own basket...." http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/for_rockets_the_defense_never_2009_10_14.html
The defense won't take a rest,but it's not going to be the same as last season. Yao and Deke will be missed a great deal.
