Coming into the season, Houston Rockets Head Coach Mike D’Antoni had two main points of emphasis to focus on: improving defensive rebounding and pace of play. Both of these areas were major weaknesses for the team heading into the postseason and definitely factored into why they fell short in the playoffs again.
Last season, Houston averaged 42.1 total rebounds as a team with 31.9 of them being defensive. These figures had them at a disappointing 29th in the league in defensive rebounding and 28th in overall rebounding. While Clint Capela was pulling down a career-high 12.