The Houston Rockets did not enter the 2021-22 NBA campaign with the highest expectations. But there was hope that Houston’s on-court production would surpass the subpar performance of the previous season.
Fifty-eight games into the season, not only have the Rockets replicated the same inadequate on-court play, but Houston has become occasionally unwatchable given the number of 30-point losses the team has registered on a nightly basis.
The most pleasing factor of the Rockets through the first half of the season has been the continuous development of Houston’s young core — especially Kevin Porter Jr.