It’s becoming a broken record, but the Houston Rockets displayed bad outside shooting and terrible defense once again on Friday. While they shot just 41.4 percent from the field overall, their shooting from deep was much worse. Houston was just 12-of-48 (25 percent) from outside against Brooklyn, with the majority of that coming from two players in particular.
It’s still very early in the season and Houston still has two recent MVPs on their roster, but the degree to which the defense is struggling is quickly reaching a catastrophic status. The Rockets were already allowing 127.5 points per game going into the matchup before allowing the 1-3 Nets to score 123 points on 59.