It was also reported that there was a “building tension” between Howard and the Rockets organization that may force the 29-year-old, 11-year vet out of Houston before the February trade deadline, and Harden’s behavior is allegedly one of the major reasons of the strain. Contrary to swampland, a marsh is a tract of low wetland, often treeless and periodically inundated, typically characterized by a growth of grasses. Now their losing streak lives on more and their struggles continue.
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Despite leading by double digits in the third quarter, the New York Knicks suffer their fourth straight loss against the Houston Rockets on Sunday. Losing streaks can only last so long, and there is still a long season ahead of Philadelphia. The Sixers are that Amazon Prime shipment that’s waiting on your doorstep after a long day.
In dropping their latest contest 116-114 to the Houston Rockets, the Sixers dropped to 0-17 on the season. The Rockets were able to use a strong fourth quarter push to tie the game and eventually win after the extra five minutes, defeating the Knicks 116-111.
Anthony, who is returning from knee surgery, is averaging 22.1 points while shooting 41 percent from the field.
Absolutely none of that has gone according to plan, and the Rockets are 7-10 and have fired their coach as a result of this disastrous beginning to the season. The Rockets are facing so many problems right now, that any one of them lessening is a huge boon.
“We have an edge”, Curry said.
Thomas, an undrafted second-year pro, got his first start of the season in place of Anthony and, on this particular play, his arm inadvertently re-directed the pass to the ideal place – around the defender, clearing the way for Thomas to gather the ball and finish a breakaway double-pump jam. The Houston Rockets are shooting 30.6 percent from beyond the arc and 73.5 percent from the free throw line. “I’m doing that in the position to win basketball games”. After all, this is the 2015-16 Rockets, who have been colossally disappointing. The advantage Houston is afforded is roster depth at almost every position. It’s encouraging to know that the Sixers now have enough NBA-caliber talent that even when neither of their two big-man studs are really contributing, they can still put forth a good showing against a unsafe team like Houston. Their point differential is also 26th – worse than the Brooklyn Nets.
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The story of this game was Brett Brown inverting the team’s on-court power structure and going super-small. This season winning has not been one of those things unfortunately. Defense, on the other hand, is a byproduct of effort – of which the Rockets exert none. The Rockets took both meetings, 104-93, and 88-87. Now, they are close to making history again.
