Rockets' Howard: I need to demand the round
After shedding on his residence court in Game 1, Dwight Howard has a thought regarding exactly how the Houston Rockets can transform the tables on LaMarcus Aldridge and the Portland Trail Blazers in their opening-round playoff collection.
"We have to play inside out, play their bigs and make it a long evening for those people," Howard told the Houston Annals on Tuesday. "I have to require the ball, get it and go to work.".
Howard racked up 27 points on 9-of-21 shooting and had 15 rebounds in the Rockets' 122-120 overtime loss to the Blazers on Sunday evening. Video game 2 is Wednesday.
He figures his enhanced post visibility could additionally be made use of to tire Aldridge, that torched the Rockets for a career-high 46 points-- featuring 16 on post-up plays. Aldridge, who increased 18 rebounds, was primarily secured by Terrence Jones on Sunday night.
"We have to go right back at him," Howard told the Chronicle. "You have to make him play protection and make him use his electricity on defense. Make him need to run around and guard.".
The Rockets, which led by 13 factors with 10 minutes remaining, are on board with Howard's thought process but still wish to use an up-tempo assault led by James Harden, who scored 27 points on 8-of-28 shooting-- featuring 3-of-14 from 3-point variety-- in Game 2.
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"We need to discard the sphere down for him," Rockets forward Chandler Parsons said of Howard. "He needs to make plays. He's had a lot of success against [Robin] Lopez. We need to keep supplying him the sphere. That doesn't mean we need to slow down. We would like to go out in transition and run.".
