
HOUSTON — During Monday’s shootaround, Rockets head coach Stephen Silas noticed his team was going through the motions.
It seemed as if they were there only because they had to be. Even though they were preparing to play the Minnesota Timberwolves, a team that had embarrassed them 48 hours prior, extending their losing streak to a season-high 13 games, the young Rockets team looked lethargic and uninterested.