With a shortened season appearing inevitable, now’s the perfect opportunity to re-examine how the Houston Rockets fared during the NBA’s last hiatus, which took place during the 2011-12 season. This, of course, is when the lockout took place, as the owners and the players weren’t able to agree to terms at the onset of the season, which pushed the Rockets’ first game back to December 26th.
The season was quite different, as the Rockets had spurts in which they played four games in six days on multiple occasions, and even had a back-to-back-to-back sequence of events early in the season.