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Posted Nov 30 2013 1:01AM
Although James Harden has returned to action, there's no guarantee as to how much he'll be able to contribute Saturday night for the Houston Rockets.
Whether San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker suits up is going to be a game-time decision.
The Spurs are 7-0 home, where they have also won seven straight against a Rockets team that comes to town with Dwight Howard for the first time.
Harden came back Friday after missing three games with a sore left foot and had a season-low nine points and seven assists in 25 minutes in a 114-95 home rout of Brooklyn.
Coach Kevin McHale said that the Rockets' top scorer would not have played had Jeremy Lin not been out with a sprained right knee. Lin is out for at least two weeks.
"I was happy to have him at 25 minutes," McHale said. "Our goal was under 30. Our big thing is to see how he feels tomorrow. Hopefully, that foot feels as good tomorrow as it did today."
Parker sat out Friday's 109-91 victory at Orlando with a sprained ankle. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said there's a chance Parker will play Saturday.
"We'll see how he feels," Popovich said. "His sprain wasn't severe."
Parker averaged 24.5 points to help San Antonio (14-2) take three of four from Houston last season. Harden missed one of those contests, but averaged 30.3 in the others and also notably averaged 18.5 points in the Western Conference finals against San Antonio two seasons ago with Oklahoma City.
The Spurs have won nine of the last 13 meetings in this Texas rivalry that the Rockets hope will swing in their favor with the addition of Howard. He last faced San Antonio when his ignominious Los Angeles Lakers career ended in a first-round sweep in last season's playoffs.
Houston (12-5) has won a season-high four straight while getting a minimal contribution from Howard, who is averaging 12.3 points and 8.8 rebounds in that span.
"Everybody is learning how to still play together," he said. "We are 12-5 now. Again, we want to be a lot better team come February than we are now."
While the Rockets now must adjust to playing without Lin, the Spurs don't seem too worried about not having Parker on occasion. The Western Conference's best team got 19 points apiece from Tim Duncan and Marco Belinelli in cruising past the Magic.
"That's the way we are made," San Antonio's Manu Ginobili said. "We don't depend on absolutely one player. If we were going to miss Tony for 20 games, that's another thing. But we can replace anybody for one or two games. We are deep. That's one of the strengths of this team."
Ginobili offered his assessment of the Spurs in a similar vein to Howard's thoughts on the Rockets.
"You can't really think that you're going to start 14-2," Ginobili said. "But we know we have a good team. We know we're going to win 50 games. That's what happened last year, and I think we're a better team this year."
Houston's Chandler Parsons made all seven shots for 21 points Friday and is 21 for 27 from the field - including 9 of 14 from 3-point range - in his last three games. He averaged 17.8 points against the Spurs in 2012-13.
Last edited by Gummi Clutch; 11-30-2013 at 12:51 PM.
Wow, pay attention recruits: THIS is how you start a game thread.
Yup, the spurs have never lost with me starting a game thread, I guarantee it, look it up.
Guard the three point line please. Let Howard go off if it has to be but do not let them shoot too many threes ...
Hope we get Parker back for this one.
I won't even be mad if we lose. The spurs are the best team in the league. Kind of ing sucks to be in the same division for seeding purposes
Let Parker rest. These ankle injuries last all year because of the constant grind. Give him as much rest as possible. Let's see what we can do with him on the bench.
somehow the rockets play both the games at SA before playing them once in HOU
Dwight Coward.
Parker better not play, conserve his health, these are all meaningless regular season games, tbh..
Harden has dominated the Spurs, hopefully he has an off game tonight..
Harden is injured too so he might now play either, or in limited minutes...
Going to the game tonight.
Hopefully Leonard will start the game on Harden. I went to the game in Houston last year, and remember Leonard was pretty much were shutting him down before that bull jumper at the end of the game. Kawhi's length was really bothering him.
Harden pisses me off so badly. Total finals appearance disgrace that just has to go off against us every game, smh.
Me too....
Rockets by 7
...and you Comcast, again. Guess I'll find a stream.
What's the over and under on how many women Howard will impregnate tonight? I'm saying 3.
Good to see Howard getting his stamina back..
It looks like Howard is not looking to score much this season.
I heard he's aiming for Amy tonight.
Dude!!!
He is chasing Calvin Murphy's nba record for illegitimate kids.
Parkers ankle is fine IMO. After getting fined last season for resting the Big Three you have to be a little creative.
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