Last year the Rockets' present and probable future crossed paths on the basketball court with the greatest of Rockets past.
"He still has those fadeaways and pump fakes," an admiring Clint Capela said of drilling against the long-retired Hakeem Olajuwon. "He got me a couple of time on the pump fake. I was high in the air."
Capela, 22, was high in the air time and again on Friday, and the result had the fresh-faced center mentioned in the same breath as Olajuwon, at least statistically. Capela was a bright spot in the Rockets' 103-92 home setback to San Antonio in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals, with Game 4 on tap at 8 p.