Houston Rockets (front end) at Charlotte Hornets (back end)
Team Totals: Rockets 113.3, Hornets 110.3
Injury Report: Devonte’ Graham (O, groin), Christian Wood (O, ankle)
Rockets projected starters: John Wall, Victor Oladipo, Jae’Sean Tate, P.J. Tucker, DeMarcus Cousins
Hornets projected starters: LaMelo Ball, Terry Rozier, Gordon Hayward, P.J. Washington, Cody Zeller
Sias quotes: Said team needs to figure out new ways to score without Christian Wood, said the team is “pleasantly deep” on the bench, said Oladipo is still learning the offensive system and wants to get him in more actions off play calls, said he went small late to matchup against Rudy Gay, said his closing lineup will be a game-by-game basis and he may go smaller more often.
Borrego quotes: Said he has to be careful with LaMelo’s minutes, said LaMelo hasn’t established himself as a locked-in starter yet, said the three-guard lineup on Friday was a matchup move against the Jazz and he wanted that group to play together more.
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