Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni tweaked his rotation on the road trip to take guards James Harden and Pat Beverley out of games and return them to the floor earlier than he had been through the first 15 games.
Harden had been playing the entire first and third quarters before sitting out for roughly six minutes in the second quarter and four to five minutes in the fourth quarter. D'Antoni changed that to have Beverley check back into games for Harden with several minutes left in the first and third quarters.
"We changed up a little bit," D'Antoni said.