The Houston Rockets are heading to South Beach to visit former NBA champions Miami Heat in the second night of a back-to-back game. Both teams are undefeated but the Heat will look to spoil the Rocket's perfect start of the season just like how they spoiled the Rocket's offseason plan of signing Chris Bosh to a mega deal. The game will tip off Tuesday night, November 4, 7:30 P.M EST, and can be viewed live online for free here.
The Rockets were able to win, in convincing fashion, against the Philadelphia 76ers for the first time since 2009. They have not won a road game in Miami since 2008 and they will look to break the curse Tuesday night in key match-up and with their Super star tandem of Dwight Howard and James Harden will clash against the two of the Heat's former 'Big 3', Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade.
Houston Rockets and Miami Heat Scouting Report:
The Rockets have improve their standing to 4-0 after outgunning the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. The team has done a stellar job on offense, shooting better than 45 percent from the field while scoring more than 100 points in each contest.Their formula for succes hasn't change - relying on a fast-paced offense that has won nine of their last 12 games when scoring 100-plus points. Houston's defense has also made some visible strides, limiting opponents to less than 93 points this season although head coach Kevin McHale thinks that their is still room for more improvement.
"We still have stuff to work on," McHale said, via NBA.com game preview. "We just have to keep on going out there and understanding that we have a lot of work to do, we're not a finished product by any stretch of the imagination."
The Heat, meanwhile, are the lone undefeated team in the Eastern Conference. The team has managed to find success after LeBron Jame's departure averaging 109.3 points per game on 49.1 percent shooting from the field. Chris Bosh has been a force for the team averaging 25.7 points per game and 11.3 rebounds, while Dwyane Wade has become a nice all-around complement putting up 16.3 points and 6.7 assists per game. Luol Deng, who signed with the Heat this summer, is shooting an amazing 57.6 percent from the field. The team has won seven of their last 10 games when scoring 100-plus points. Defensively, the Heat has been decent allowing 97.7 points on 48.9 percent shooting from the field and 29.3 percent from downtown.
"We're three games into this so it could quickly go the other way if guys start to feel comfortable and try to start to do it on their own," coach Erik Spoelstra told the team's official website. "And that's not the makeup of this group. That's not at all a referendum on our personnel, it's the power of working together that will make us more successful.
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