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[AdamJones113]

Umm... it would seem to be the Rockets...

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Quote: Originally Posted by AdamJones113

Umm... it would seem to be the Rockets...

No one was posting, so I went along and updated haha.

First game of the season against Charlotte coming up. Get your predictions in!

[AdamJones113]

Scorer: James Harden
POG: Dwight Howard
+/-: Howard

[Yeeezy]

James Harden torched the Bobcats for 31 points

Blast Off!
Harden, Rockets, roll over Bobcats in season opener

HOUSTON -- This is how Dwight Howard plays when he's healthy.

Howard had 23 points and 10 rebounds in his Houston debut, James Harden added 31 points and the Rockets cruised to a 130-110 win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night.

Howard spurned the Lakers to sign an $88 million deal with Houston, joining Harden and a team that made the playoffs last season for the first time since 2009.

He said he rushed back too quickly from offseason back surgery last year and never felt quite right in his one disappointing season with Los Angeles. He believes he's returned to form since arriving in Houston and on Wednesday night he showed it.

When asked if he could have had a game like this last season, he chuckled.

"Physically, I doubt it," he said. "Not the way I did tonight."

He said there were times last season that he just couldn't do things he was used to doing.

"My mind was at the ball, but my body was still on the other side," he said. "I couldn't do it. I'm a lot healthier than I was last season."

"He was amazing," Harden said. "Running the floor, rebounding the basketball ... and finishing the basketball. You know, doing what he does. He's a game changer."

Howard didn't want to talk too much about how big this first game was after his offseason talk of joining the Rockets to help them win championships.

"I didn't want to put any pressure on myself," he said. "I just wanted to go out there and play and have fun and get back to being who I am as a player. I think when you focus too much on that and what everybody else is saying that's when you don't play like you want to play."

Charlotte coach Steve Clifford said dealing with both Harden and Howard was difficult.

"They played to their strengths and we weren't able to hold them when we needed to," he said.

The Bobcats were led by Kemba Walker, who had 24 points.

Houston coach Kevin McHale stayed with the big lineup he first used late in the preseason with 7-footer Omer Asik at center and Howard at power forward. But he switched things up and started Patrick Beverley over Jeremy Lin at point guard.

Al Jefferson started after missing most of the preseason with a sprained right ankle. Jefferson, who signed a three-year, $41 million deal in the offseason, strugged, still showing signs of his injury, only playing 5 minutes recording only 2 points.

"I was a little rusty and I most definitely am not in game shape and I missed a lot of shots I would normally make," he said.

Charlotte is looking to bounce back from a terrible two-year stretch where the team posted an NBA-worst 28-120 record. They added Jefferson and drafted Cody Zeller with the fourth overall pick in an attempt to bolster the lineup.

Zeller had eight points and two rebounds in about 17 minutes.

The Rockets welcome their cross-state rivals, the Dallas Maveicks, to the Toyota Center Friday.

High scorer: James Harden
Player of the game: James Harden
Best +/-: Chandler Parsons

[Yeeezy]

Quote: Originally Posted by AdamJones113

Scorer: James Harden POG: Dwight Howard +/-: Howard

Higher scorer correctly predicted, + 5 points.

Next game: Dallas Mavericks, get your predictions in!

[AdamJones113]

Quote: Originally Posted by Yeeezy

Higher scorer correctly predicted, + 5 points. Next game: Dallas Mavericks, get your predictions in!

Scorer: Harden
POG: Howard
+/-: Harden

Is scoring just your team, or both?

[BlueJays09]

Scorer harden
Pog harden
+/- d12


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[Yeeezy]

Quote: Originally Posted by AdamJones113

Scorer: Harden POG: Howard +/-: Harden Is scoring just your team, or both?

Predictions are based on my team only.