76ers 123 beat Rockets 117

Rockets went in Wednesday’s night’s game without the assistance of All Star guard James Harden who sat with foot issues. The Rockets also decided to scrap the so called “Twin Towers” lineup of Dwight Howard and Omer Asik. Head coach instead of going big, went small with the two guard lineup of Patrick Beverley and Jeremy Lin also starting Terrence Jones at power forward.

The big complaint since the start of the season has been the Rockets only play a few quarters a game, tonight the Rockets picked the 1^st and 3^rd quarters too show up to the game. The Rockets with Harden out got major help from Jeremy Lin who went off tonight. Lin made 9 3pointers tonight and finished with 34 points. Lin was a key component in the Rockets gaining a 10 point advantage heading in to the 4^th quarter. The Rockets played a decent game but just were not able to stop ex Rocket James Anderson who had 36 points, and was very efficient going 12 for 16 from the floor and 6 of 8 from the 3, including the one that sent the 76ers into overtime. The Rockets ended up losing in single overtime to the Rockets of the east 123 to 117.

Jeremy Lin in the last two games has been on fire and been gold for the Rockets, Lin has played 95 minutes in the past two games and picked up 65 points in the past two games. Look for the Rockets to lean hard on Jeremy Lin tomorrow as the Rockets head back to the place from Jeremy Lin became a star…. NEW YORK CITY!  

Rockets not able to escape the injury bug

Game 1 went to the Rockets as the Bobcats lost 96 to 83, as sweet as the win was there was a few nervous moments for Rockets fans, as the team was not to escape game 1 with out injures. Patrick Beverly and James Harden both left during the game but only Harden returned to the game. James Harden left with stiff back but ended up checking back in to the game, he was able to finish shooting 7-16 for 21 points and finished the game in the floor. Post game Harden said it started this morning and hoped it’d be good at game time, but it got bad again during the game.

Beverly unlike Harden did not return to the game after taking a hit to the ribs, his 1^st ever start during the regular season may have ended early but he brought his full court pressure style to the game and in 10 minutes he went 2-4 for 5 points. Post game Beverly tweeted that he will be back for the Mavericks game this Friday at home.  Even Jeremy Lin had to have stiches on his chin during the game but was able to finish the game and did not seem to affect him.