Rockets last night were dismantled and destroyed by the
Clippers 137 to 118 and in all honesty it could have been a hell of a lot worse
than that if the Clippers didn’t pull the foot off the gas. Early foul trouble
limited the Rockets on defense and just weren’t able to put a stop to Chris
Paul and “Lob city”. Paul lit up the Rockets to the tune of 23 points and 17
assists.
Tonight the Rockets will have to deal with a tough 1-2
punch, Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Aldridge are combining for just a hair over
50 points a game in this young season. Nicolas Batum is also filling up the
stat sheet for the Trailblazers with 13 points, 6 assists and 10 rebounds a
game, the Trailblazers are also getting a very efficient 44.1 percent of their 3
pointers made.
The Rockets tonight will look to set a defensive tone early,
and the Twin Tower line up will have a lot to do with that. Dwight Howard and
Omer Asik before last night’s game have been locking down on the defensive end,
and have cleaned up the backboards like nobody’s business to the tune of nearly
30 rebounds a game. James Harden yesterday picked up some early fouls yesterday
which limited his aggression on both the defensive and offensive ends, against the
Clippers he had only 15 points including 0-7 on 3 pointers.
The Rockets will have a tough task ahead of them on the 2nd
leg of their back to backs but a win tonight will make for a happy trip back to
Toyota center.
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