Their ability to amass blocks and steals agains the turnover-prone Jazz bodes well for their continued defensive dominance.
With the return of Kevin Durant and Steven Adams, many expected the Houston Rockets to handle business against the struggling Utah Jazz, and they decidedly did so, winning the game 129-101 in blowout fashion.
Yet, despite the overall hectic nature of the first half on both ends of the floor, the Rockets' ability to amass steals and blocks, forcing the turnover-prone Jazz into scramble mode throughout the course of the game, bodes well for their ability to continue to mount a formidable defensive attack over the length of the season.