Though Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni said he would not hesitate to go to his small lineups if the situation dictated, the priority was to get more from his centers, Clint Capela and Nenê, rather than remove them from the mix.
"We'll go small sometimes," D'Antoni said before Saturday's Game 3. "We can go to that. The bottom line is Clint's got to make an impact. That's foremost. I think he will. If we have to go small, we'll kind of read the situation, see how the game is going. Nenê's played really well. We'll just see how the game goes.