As much as the Rockets have clearly struggled to start the season, forward Carmelo Anthony said the issues could be exaggerated because they are compared to the team's aspirations.
"I think it's over-amplified when it's the team that has so much expectations," Anthony said. "Regardless of it's at the beginning of the season, regardless of it's at the end of the season, a team that has this much expectation to not only get to the playoffs, but win a championship, of course this will always be magnified times 100."
Early in the season, however, the Rockets have had difficulties with lineup changes forced by injures to James Harden and James Ennis III and the suspension of Chris Paul compared to changes that come later in the season when players better know one another and their roles.