Entering what was billed by many as another rebuilding year, the Houston Rockets have wildly overachieved expectations in the NBA’s 2022-23 preseason. Second-year guard Jalen Green and rookie forward Tari Eason have led the way for an improving group, which has a 2-0 record and a 27-point average margin of victory.
But Monday’s game against Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and the veteran-laden Miami Heat is Houston’s first road game of the exhibition slate, and it comes against a perennial Eastern Conference contender.
