ATLANTA - As difficult as it might be to prepare for the Rockets' offense given the lack of set plays run, it might be more difficult while the second unit runs a very different offense than the starters.
While the Rockets are point guard dominant to start and finish each half and each game, with James Harden running pick-and-roll, the plan was to have Chris Paul similarly run the offense with the second unit. With Paul out, the Rockets have played with Luc Mbah a Moute and Eric Gordon in the second-team backcourt with that group moving without the ball and using dribble handoffs rather than pick-and-roll based offense.