As the Houston Rockets earned their first win of the season, 137-109 against the Brooklyn Nets, in dominant fashion, they were finally able to cobble together an offensive flow on the shoulders of Kevin Durant and Alperen Sengun, taking full advantage of the active but weak Nets defensive front.
Most notably, however, the team's decision to start small, giving offseason signing Josh Okogie the nod over Steven Adams, provided them with the spacing and the movement that they needed to get the offense going, and the Rockets' gamble paid quick dividends.
Although the double-big lineup, featuring both Sengun and Adams, paid huge dividends last season, its limitations were exposed in the team's first two games, and the decision to start Okogie instead helped the team immensely on both ends of the court.