When the Houston Rockets initially rolled out the small ball strategy, the national media couldn’t help but poke humor and make fun of the Rockets. We’d heard the Rockets were giving up on the season and how the experiment wouldn’t work.
The Rockets won seven of their first nine games following the Clint Capela trade, and pulled off impressive wins against the Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, and the Utah Jazz. Based on the early showing, it seemed as if the small ball strategy was brilliant.
Unfortunately, things took a turn for the worse towards the tail end of the season, as the Rockets had double-digit losses to below .