The Rockets make their only trip to the nation’s capital tonight.
Houston will have to shore up its suddenly porous defense, which looked absolutely dreadful in terms of effort on Saturday night. It’s one thing for Collin Sexton to hit a ton of long twos. You tip your cap and dare him to do it again on January 11 (he won’t). It’s another thing entirely to allow every opposing player drive into the lane uncontested to draw fouls and/or get easy layups.
The officiating was frustrating for Houston, but that has been the story all season.