The Houston Rockets' season got off to a bit of a rough start, as the team failed to find any sense of rhythm on offense and surrendered a steady stream of open shots in non-ideal locations on defense.
The Rockets were, in a word, awful.
In fact, they were historically horrendous, according to Kevin Nesgoda of The Dream Shake, who recounted his actions following the third clubbing:
Immediately after the loss I ran a quick query against the Basketball Reference database to see if in fact any team had started the season by losing three straight by 20 points each. In fact, this is the first time in NBA history a team has lost three straight games by 20 points each.
That’s the bad news. The good news is that it only counts as three losses; the standings don’t care how many points you lost by. And the Rockets turned around to win their next two against the Oklahoma City Thunder and Orlando Magic.
More importantly, early kinks of figuring out how to involve newcomer Ty Lawson in the offense seem to be getting worked out. NBA.com/Stats revealed that over the firs ...
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