OKLAHOMA CITY -- Coach Mike D'Antoni summed up the state of the Houston Rockets' offense with one word.
"Yuck," D'Antoni said after Houston's 98-80 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night, when the Rockets recorded their lowest point total in a regular-season game during his two-plus-season coaching tenure.
Houston was a historically elite offensive team last season, when it led the NBA in offensive rating, averaging 114.0 points per 100 possessions, according to NBA.com/Stats. The 4-6 Rockets rank 26th this season (103.9), a puzzling exception to the league-wide offensive explosion.