The new look Rockets took the court minus last year’s
starter Jeremy Lin who was relegated to the bench role and replaced with
defensive minded Patrick Beverley. The Rockets also added a new element to the
team they have lacked in so many years past, A TRUE POWER FORWARD. Dwight
Howard made his Houston Rockets debut alongside Center Omer Asik giving the
team true size.
Tip off came and it was time for the hype to meet the
Bobcats in the 1st game of a long 82 game season. On the 1st offensive and defensive
possession you saw the bad and the good of the Rockets Twin Towers lineup.
After winning the tip Dwight Howard stepped out of bounds while trying to drive
the baseline, but on the defensive end he came off the weakside to cause a miss
from Bobcats Al Jefferson. For the better part of the 1st half the 1st
team offense seemed to struggle as the team seemed to play in slow motion.
Head coach Kevin McHale said in his post-game press conference
that watching the offense was like going to the dentist. The team was saved by Francisco
Garcia who started lighting up the Bobcats with 3’s finishing with 19 points.
The team was able to remaining in the game while the offense stalled early with
both Dwight Howard and Omer Aisk combining to snag 40 rebounds, 3 more rebounds
than the entire Bobcats team. In the end the team was able to best the lowly
Bobcats at home 96 to 83 and hold the 37% shooting.
Below is Francisco Garcia talking about tonight’s game
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