Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni on Wednesday was named Western Conference coach of the month, leading the Rockets to an 11-4 record in December with wins in 10 of their past 11 games.
It is the franchise-record fourth coach of the month award for D'Antoni, who was the 2016-17 NBA coach of the year in his first season with the Rockets.
The Rockets swept their nine-game home schedule in December, moving from 14th to fourth in the Western Conference heading to Thursday's rematch with the NBA champion Golden State Warriors. They won their past five games since Chris Paul's hamstring injury and won all five games in December against teams with 20 wins or more.