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Game 8: The New Orleans Hornets vs. The Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets saw a lot of the Hornets during the preseason. Despite some injuries to their best players, the Hornets have been pretty good so far this year. Anthony Davis had 23 points, 11 rebounds in five blocks last Friday in the big easy.

Chris Graythen

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November 14th, 2012
Toyota Center - Houston, TX
7:00 PM CST
CSNH
Starting Lineups
Greivis Vasquez PG Jeremy Lin
Austin Rivers SG James Harden
Al-Farouq Aminu SF Chandler Parsons
Anthony Davis PF Patrick Patterson
Robin Lopez C Omer Asik
2012/13 Advanced Stats
89.1 (30th of 30) Pace 93.7 (9th of 30)
99.0 (24th of 30) ORtg 101.7 (21st of 30)
99.4 (8th of 30) DRtg 101.3 (13th of 30)
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Questions to Consider:

Anthony Davis is every bit as good as we thought he'd be. The lanky big man out Kentucky can and will change the game on both ends of the floor if you let him. How will the Rockets plan on minimizing Anthony Davis' impact? Who guards him?

If the Rockets play anything like they did against the Heat, this game won't be close. Will Houston be able to replicate the defensive effort they exhibited on Monday against Miami?

During the second preseason game against the Hornets, former college teammates Anthony Davis and Terrence Jones went head to head and Jones came out on top. Will temporary head coach Kelvin Sampson give Terrence Jones another chance to prove who is the best Wildcat?

Finally, will Royce White ever stop tweeting?