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Houston Rockets – Chandler Parsons Stars as Jeremy Lin Gets Used to Previous Role
The Houston Rockets put on their best offensive performance of the season, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 126-113, as Chandler Parsons had his best game of the year, aided by a strong performance from James Harden and Dwight Howard, while Jeremy Lin got wasted in a sixth man role because of Patrick Beverley returning.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Set Up to Fail While Terrence Jones Explodes
For those who read just the box scores without watching games, this was another bad game from Jeremy Lin, while mostly Terrence Jones and a bit more of Dwight Howard and James Harden led the Houston Rockets to a 114-104 win over the Milwaukee Bucks. The truth is a bit more complicated.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Ignored as James Harden Orchestrates Epic Collapse
A perfect display of how dysfunctional this Houston Rockets team can be; 73 points in one half, 19 points in the second. The Oklahoma City Thunder come away with the 104-92 win that was mostly about 3-point shooting and timing, as Jeremy Lin gets left out when his team needed some intelligence on the court, and James Harden tried to save the day but to no avail.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Can Do Things Jeremy Lin Can’t
When it does work for James Harden; that tendency to eliminate the options of passing to teammates, it makes him look like one of the best players in the NBA, even though that the team players its best basketball when Jeremy Lin is the one handling the ball and playing as the actual point guard.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Makes Everyone Better When He Isn’t Misused
With Jeremy Lin getting a chance to play more minutes than usual as an actual point guard, it’s no wonder the Houston Rockets and especially Dwight Howard looked so good offensively in their comfortable 104-92 win over the Boston Celtics while James Harden, trying to go against the team-basketball current, put in a bad performance, struggling with a good perimeter defender once again.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Gets to Make Team Better Before James Harden Has Enough
In one of the weirder games we’ve seen this season due to rain delays (inside a basketball arena!) and huge lead swings, the Houston Rockets beat the Washington Wizards. For Jeremy Lin, there were three quarters in which he was allowed to play like an actual point guard, which clearly made the team better. The ending was a bit more of a return to normal, with James Harden taking the reigns and ignoring everyone else, this time making it work.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin & Offense Suffering From James Harden Syndrome
The signs keep showing everywhere, but the Houston Rockets and their shot callers ignore them. James Harden gets to run almost every possible possession, ignoring the fact that he has Jeremy Lin next to him and others who can make plays, resulting in another unnecessary loss, 80-83 to the Atlanta Hawks.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Mostly Quiet While James Harden Flourishes at the Expense of Others
The Los Angeles Lakers had a stunning win over the Houston Rockets earlier this season. Things weren’t very similar in the second meeting between the teams, which presented the usual brand of selfish basketball from James Harden while ignoring teammates like Jeremy Lin and Dwight Howard, only this time it worked out pretty well for him, leading to a 113-99 win.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin & Dwight Howard Should be Used More
The combination of Jeremy Lin and Dwight Howard running the pick & roll can be one of the best 1-2 punches in the NBA, but the Houston Rockets committing their offense to James Harden makes it very difficult for the two to fulfill their potential together.