With Clint Capela and Danuel House Jr. back in the Rockets' starting lineup Monday, the team returned to the lineup they had used in eight games to start the season.
With the Rockets winning the three games House missed and the two without Capela, a stretch that coincided with Eric Gordon going out, Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni said there could have been a benefit to extra playing time for players that had to step in.
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“It’s good because that’s how we’re going to play,” D’Antoni said of getting his starters back.