The Houston Rockets are committing the usual slate of errors for the NBA's second-youngest team amid their 12-game losing streak, though one rising issue in particular is a source of frustration for coach Stephen Silas.
Houston enters Friday night allowing an NBA-worst 26.5 transition points per game, with recent nights laying bare the stream of free points allowed by the Rockets on a given day. The issues with the Rockets' transition defense are manifold. Houston's lack of communication as opponents spread to the perimeter is startling, with a number of wide-open threes and subsequent shrugs not uncommon at the Toyota Center.