Game to pay attention to: Rockets vs. Jazz

Houston (2-1) at Utah (1-1) As you probably could have guessed, the star-less Houston Rockets have started out on the right foot. It hasn't broken yet, the team has split a pair of contests with the Portland Trail Blazers, while winning a tough one in Golden State. (The Portland thing cracks me up. No wonder the Trail Blazers are carping at each other - before Sunday's win over the Thunder, Portland had played the Rockets in eight of their last nine games.) Houston has upped the pace, moving from 19th in possessions per game last year to 12th this time around, and it's agreeing with free agent signee Trevor Ariza(notes), who is averaging over 23 a game in his time as a Rocket. That would be Trevor Ariza. 23 a game. I knew he was athletic and on national TV a lot, but, geesh. That cat put in some work. You know the Jazz put in the work. They've split their first two, with a win over the Clippers and a loss in Denver, and the team has looked pretty solid thus far. Huge...