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Houston Rockets: 3 takeaways from the preseason

By Gavriel Wilkins

MEMPHIS, TN - OCTOBER 11: Chris Paul #3 of the Houston Rockets looks on during a preseason game against the Memphis Grizzlies on October 11, 2017 at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images)
MEMPHIS, TN - OCTOBER 11: Chris Paul #3 of the Houston Rockets looks on during a preseason game against the Memphis Grizzlies on October 11, 2017 at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images
Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images /

3. The Rockets are more proficient from 3-point land

The Rockets took a league-high 40.3 shots from beyond the arc as a team last season, and while the team’s number of attempts is not expected to change, the percentage of shots that fall from downtown could potentially rise to uncharted levels.

During the preseason, Houston buried over 20 threes or more through their first three exhibition games, with their most notable performance coming against the Oklahoma City Thunder, where Eric Gordon, Trevor Ariza and Ryan Anderson hit 14 out of the Rockets 24 3-pointers to guide them to a 104-97 victory on Oct. 3.

While there is not always a lot to take away from contests such as these, this has to be an encouraging sign for Rockets fans to witness early on, especially when the majority of Houston’s success will depend upon whether or not they are nailing shots such as these at a high clip.

Ariza and Gordon both managed to shoot over 40 percent from 3-point land on the preseason respectively, and should this trend carry over to the regular season, then there just might be a possibility for the Rockets to take down the Warriors in the Western Conference after all.

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