Though much is made of the Rockets playing 6-foot-5 P.J. Tucker at center while Clint Capela is out, the move also makes Danuel House Jr. the Rockets’ starting power forward.
House averages just 4.3 rebounds per game, but with the Rockets in their small lineup and playing against a Pelicans team that had been the NBA’s best offensive rebounding team since Zion Williamson began playing.
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In the fourth quarter, however, House grabbed eight of his career-high 12 rebounds, his second double-digit rebounding game in the past four games with the Rockets playing their small lineups.