Lets stat it up! NBA.com player stats to date (04/03/14)
Looking at all players who PPG are 15.0 or more.
Houston
Code:
PLAYER TEAM GP MPG PTS
James Harden, SG HOU 66 38 25.1
Dwight Howard, C HOU 68 34 18.5
Chandler Parsons, SF HOU 68 37.7 16.3
Blazers
Code:
PLAYER TEAM GP MPG PTS
LaMarcus Aldridge, PF POR 64 36.2 23.3
Damian Lillard, PG POR 76 35.9 21.1
Wesley Matthews, SG POR 76 34.1 16.3
That's like a 1 point margin (go Blazers) between the 3 'consistent' scorers for both teams. We figure Dwight might not be there at 100% so that helps our cause...but assume he is. If these 6 'wash' each other out, its rotation time.
Lin is about the only offensive 'concern' off the bench for Houston. Mo could try to match but I don't think he has too. If T-rob, Will, and D W can get some production I think they can match anything that Houston can bring from the bench and then some. Likely these games get decided on the production from the rest of the starters.
Batman & Robin (production) vs Jones (guess we could call him Indy...) I don't see Garcia, Hamilton or Canaan doing much...