Houston Rockets 122-121 Golden State Warriors: 5 talking points

#4 Houston's Bench stepped up

Houston Rockets v Golden State Warriors — P.J. Tucker (#4) was a key member of the Rockets' bench that spurred a comeback.

While today was supposed to be about how well Chris Paul and James Harden can play together, there was another story to look at. The Rockets had given up some of their key rotational pieces in the trade that brought Paul to Houston. The bench had been a big part of their success last season and they stepped up again today.

The Rockets bench scored 58 points as Eric Gordon went off for 24. PJ Tucker was huge down the stretch hitting some big 3's and playing solid defense. Luc Mbah a Moute chipped in with 14 as well.

While the three of them were impressive, the problem is they were the only three to come off the bench. The Rockets cannot hope to compete with the Warriors in the playoffs if they don't get more productive players off the bench as these three won't chip in with these numbers every game. While Nene who didn't play tonight should help, they clearly need more players contributing off the bench.