A Good Win

I know, that's redundant, but this one was better than most. The Rockets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Toyota Center 107-90. Big deal, you say. The Wolves are only 17-32. True, but they have shown vast improvement in 2009 by going 11-5 since New Year's Day and are loaded with young, hungry players.

More important than just a win, the Rockets seemed to play well together for the first time in recent memory with five players scoring in double figures. The defensive effort was also back and three players had six assists apiece.

Minnesota's young center Al Jefferson seems to give Yao Ming fits, tonight amassing 36 points and 22 rebounds, but Yao countered with 30 points of his own and the Rockets held the rest of the Timberwolves to only 54 points.

The Rockets accomplished what they needed most: A team win. Next up, they fly to Milwaukee for a Monday game, then enjoy a six-game homestand against a mix of good teams and bad, culminating with a nationally televised game against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday, Feb. 26th.