Josh Smith's debut with the Houston Rockets was an unequivocal success, and he actually had a lot to do with it. Seeing his first action since the Detroit Pistons waived him earlier this week, the 29-year-old tallied 21 points, eight rebounds and three assists in Friday night's 117-111 overtime win against the 21-8 Memphis Grizzlies (who've now lost four consecutive games).
Currently the league's most prolific scorer with 27.2 points per contest, two-time All-Star James Harden led the way with 32 points, eight rebounds, 10 assists and three blocks. And while Houston also got double-figure scoring from Trevor Ariza, Patrick Beverley and Corey Brewer, Smith's contributions were the big story.
On a night when center Dwight Howard posted a season-worst six points, Smith rose to the occasion and topped 20 points for just the fourth time this season.
Coming off the worst shooting campaign of his career (41.9 percent from the field)—and his first in Detroit—the 11th-year veteran got off to an even more troubling start this season. He made just 39.1 percent of his field-goal attempts in 28 appearances with ...
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