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Making Sense of the 2015-2016 Houston Rockets

Harden is revved up against the Thunder (Thomas Shea/USA Today Sports)

The Rockets made NBA history opening a season with 3 consecutive 20-point losses, before stealing a game vs the Thunder. At 1-3, is it time for alarm?

Rockets: 1st team in NBA history to start season with 3 straight 20-point losses;

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) November 2, 2015

The 2015-2016 Houston Rockets have already made history, just three games into the season, by becoming the first NBA team to ever start a season with three consecutive 20-point-plus losses. One of these losses came to the middling Nuggets, who traded prized acquisition Ty Lawson to Houston for peanuts following repeated incidences of driving under the influence.