The Houston Rockets are one of the best defensive teams in the 2024-25 NBA regular season, and they just showed why in the first half of their Monday night showdown against the Charlotte Hornets at Spectrum Center in Charlotte.
Houston held the Hornets to just 15 points in the first quarter and 16 in the second period. The 31 points the Rockets allowed before halftime to Charlotte were the fewest Houston surrendered in the first half — among other defensive feats the team made in the first half, per Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle.