Chris Paul passes win streak Dennis Rodman set with Chicago Bulls

The Houston Rockets now have two elite point guards, and that is dangerous when you are a team coached by Mike D’Antoni.

The worry was the Houston Rockets would have chemistry trouble by adding Chris Paul to a team that already had James Harden playing point guard. Things haven’t worked out that way.

Paul hasn’t lost a game this season, and the Rockets have impressed on both the defensive and offensive ends of the floor. They have won 14 games in a row with CP3 playing, and that recently broke the consecutive wins’ record set by Dennis Rodman during the 1995-96 season with the Chicago Bulls, for a player who has just joined a new team according to ESPN.

James Harden is dealing with a bruised right knee, but other than that Houston is floating on a cloud right now.

Harden currently leads the NBA in points per game at 31.5 and is only second in assists per game at 9.3. The Rockets are more than happy to keep their winning streak with Paul alive for as long as possible.

“We want to keep it going. I mean, who likes to lose?” Paul said to ESPN. “I said it before: I hate losing more than I like to win. We want to keep this thing going and keep building. You know, people always say, ‘We’ll learn from that,’ that you learn from a loss. Well, let’s win and learn from it, too.”

The main danger to Houston’s playoff chances is another injury. Center Clint Capela has a heel contusion, and Luc Mbah a Moute dislocated his shoulder recently. Meanwhile, Paul and Harden have both dealt with bruised knees this season.

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The question about D’Antoni is whether or not he will keep this team playing well defensively in the playoffs. Steve Nash was a talented player, and he will be in the Hall of Fame one day, but he wasn’t exactly known for his defense under D’Antoni. The Rockets are on a nice run right now mostly thanks to Paul and Harden; however, let’s see if they keep up their effort on defense before we crown them champs.