NBA Power Rankings: Is it time to start talking about San Antonio Spurs?

Houston Rockets. 4. team. 169. Mike D’Antoni is back to being a genius again and it’s made everything right with the world –okay maybe not everything, but a guy can dream can’t he? James Harden should not be left off an All-NBA team this season (he might even be able to snag that MVP he felt was taken from him two seasons ago) and if the Rockets keep chucking up 60-plus threes in a game they’ll more likely than not outscore any team they face. A crushing home loss to the San Antonio Spurs last night showed that despite the improvement in play of late this team still has questions to answer. One of the reasons they’ve gotten better of late is the defensive play of Patrick Beverley. Beverley, who compares himself favorably to Gary Payton, goes as hard and aggressively on defense as Harden does on offense. With their backcourt anchoring both ends of the it allows the rest of the roster to key in and focus on being the best at what they’re good at.. 21-8.