At 8:00 p.m. ET tonight the Houston Rockets (17-9) will be in Indiana with a tall task ahead of them, both literally and figuratively. Seven feet, two inch Roy Hibbert, the center for the Pacers (20-5), will be leading an angry group that dropped a heartbreaker to the Miami Heat on Wednesday on ESPN. Live stream the East-West showdown for free by clicking this link. Rockets fans can listen in on KBME Sports Talk 790, while Pacers fans can hear all the action on 1070 The Fan.
The Pacers are coming at Houston with even more firepower than they've had to reach their 20 wins, as veteran forward Danny Granger is back in the fold. "Having Danny back on the floor with me, it will be special," said forward Paul George, who's emerged as one of the NBA's best players during Granger's absence. "It's like having your big brother back out there."
George also has no concerns about meshing with Granger, now that he's assumed the superstar team leader mantle. "It's time to move beyond that," George said. "It's bigger than that. What we got going here is special."
George also talked about bouncing back from the Miami loss, and their first losing streak of the season. "We lost the game to an elite team. Teams are going to play their best games against us, and it's just something that we haven't been used to. It's nothing that we can't get better at, it's nothing that we're not ready for, it's just now we have that awareness."
The Rockets have won four of their past six contests, and seem to be fully in sync with Dwight Howard and James Harden as the focal points of the offense. "We're having some early success, but we're not happy with where we're at," Howard said. "We want to continue to get better. We don't want to get satisfied."
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