The Houston Rockets have been one of the NBA's biggest disappointments this year, sitting seventh in the Western Conference with a 15-14 record. In order to help turn the season around, the Rockets' biggest stars, James Harden and Dwight Howard, are spending extra time together in order to forge a stronger relationship with one another.
"It's been great. The thing we are trying to build on the most is chemistry between me and James," Howard said, per Jenny Dial Creech of the Houston Chronicle. "We have played together for two years, but the best way to build chemistry is to have those individual workouts together. That’s what we have done the last couple of weeks and we have gotten better at reading each other and the more we do it, the better we will become."
Harden's play in 2015-16 is particularly perplexing. He's averaging 28.8 points a night, but his shooting percentage has fallen from 44 percent in 2014-15 to 41.3 percent, while his 32.6 three-point percentage is the lowest of his career. Critics have also heavily criticized his lack of effort at times on the defensive end.
Howard, meanwhile, is taking just 8.3 shots a game, his lowest o ...
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Dwight Howard, James Harden Working to Improve Chemistry at Practice
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