Tonight at 8:00 p.m. two teams that figure to be players in the Western Conference title picture lock horns in the Toyota Center, as the Houston Rockets (13-7) play host to the Golden State Warriors (11-8) in NBA action that can be live streamed here. Listen to the Warriors radio broadcast on KNBR 680, while Rockets fans can hear the action on KBME Sports Talk 790.
The Rockets will be trying to avoid a three-game losing streak when they host the Warriors, while star scorer James Harden will attempt to shrug off a career-worst outing last time these two teams met.
"We have 82 games, so it's going to happen. We're going to miss some shots," said Harden, who is still battling a foot injury that kept him out of four games in November. "Other guys have to step up and make plays and fit our system."
Other than that outing, Harden and the Rockets haven't had an issue filling up the points column. Houston leads the NBA with 108 points per game, and they've done so despite myriad injuries limiting their depth. Tonight they'll be missing Chandler Parsons, Jeremy Lin, and Omer Asik. "I don't care who's not there, you just gotta go play and we didn't play the right way," head coach Kevin McHale said.
The Warriors can score too, however, and they are holding opponents to under 100 points per game this season. "I've got a team that competes," coach Mark Jackson said. "When we are at our best we are pushing the basketball and making plays."
The Warriors present problems because of their shooting, but David Lee thinks Golden State needs to be clicking as a unit to be effective against top competition.
"We're a team that has to be on all cylinders at all times," Lee said. "Play as a team the entire time we're on the floor, and play with a lot of intensity and energy or we can get beat by anybody."
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