No team posts up more often than the 76ers, who faced the Rockets Friday at Toyota Center. Only three teams post up less often than the Rockets. Yet the 76ers and Rockets went into Friday’s game scoring roughly the same number of points in the paint and within 10 feet of the rim.
“That’s one of the three that we want,” Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni said of layups, free throws and 3-pointers. “It’s the best shot you can have if you can (get) uncontested layups. We’ll take all we can get. We just have to keep working on our efficiency and make sure our effective field goal percentage is up over 50 (percent).