The Houston Rockets now run a fastbreak offense led by sharp-eyed rookie guard R. Go. In the first game of their defence of the championship, the Rockets showed the rest of the league what they can do this season by thumping their Division Rivals, the Memphis Grizzlies.
Sophomore R. Go led the Rockets with a quadruple double and an astounding 10 steals. He's known for his pressing defense during the inbound's play and interception of passes in the half court defense.
The Rockets run a flawless Pick and Roll Offense that led to amazing dunks or rainbow threes.
One gameplan the Rockets employed was to put Pau Gasol into foul trouble. This directed Memphis to play to a perimeter game led by Damon Stoudamire.
Here, Kevin Garnett was still in a Rocket's uniform but he was eventually traded in a Mega Trade involving Dirk Nowitki and Jerry Stackhouse as the 2 former Dallas players had expiring contracts at the end of this season.