The Los Angeles Lakers kick off the 2016-2017 NBA season on Wednesday night with an intriguing matchup against the Houston Rockets. While Dwight Howard may no longer be a Rocket, the game will represent the regular season return of Mike D’Antoni, whose last head coaching job ended when he and the Lakers agreed to part ways back in 2014.
D’Antoni has long been known as an offensive-minded coach, and this Rockets team appears to be assembled in that mold, with Harden joined by gunners like Eric Gordon and Ryan Anderson.