After a turbulent couple of weeks for the Houston Rockets, they finally got a couple of days off. They’ll get two more after tonight as well, which should help somewhat.
As opposed to rehashing the Stephen Silas debate, let’s look at Houston’s opponent tonight: the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Minny is 19-21 and currently on the outside looking in to the play-in tournament. With the West so jumbled at the moment, they’re also just 1.5 games back of sixth place and being clear of the play-in altogether.
On the surface, they overpaid for Rudy Gobert, right after they overpaid for D’Angelo Russell.