The Houston Rockets keep rolling with what, so far, has been the most finely tuned, keenly honed one-dimensional approach in the league.
But this top-down commitment to offense-only thinking—masterminded by Mike D'Antoni, signed off on by the front office and executed brilliantly by James Harden—shows holes even in successes like the 107-106 win against the Boston Celtics on Monday.
"From the owner to the general manager to the superstar, we want to play a certain way," D’Antoni told Tim Bontemps of the Washington Post. "Now, okay, that’s what we had in Phoenix, and that’s what we have here.