The next six days will almost completely decide Houston’s tanking destiny for the season.
First up are the contenders at home: the Denver Nuggets tonight and the Memphis Grizzlies tomorrow. Houston would need a minor miracle to win either of these games. No one in the league can really guard Nikola Jokic or Ja Morant, and the Rockets in particular have shown an inability to guard a park bench. Hopefully neither of those guys drop 70, but the NBA will definitely be tuning in to see yet another player go scorched earth against this defense that sponges feel like lets too much water through.