Since the start of the New Year, the Rockets have won 18 of their last 28 games, despite a myriad of injuries. Chris Paul missed a significant portion of December and January and Clint Capela missed about half of January and February, however, Houston kept the ship afloat.
Most of Houston’s success throughout this time can be attributed to the stellar play of James Harden, but the Rockets wouldn’t have won so many games without the resurgence of Kenneth Faried.
Faried put up big numbers as a starter for the Rockets and even when Capela returned, Faried contributed well both as a backup center and as a starting power forward.