The Houston Rockets are coming into the season with high expectations after signing Dwight Howard in free agency and now the team will start the season with a game at the Toyota Center against the Charlotte Bobcats starting up at 8 pm.

The Rockets are pulling into the season with Patrick Beverley starting I've Jeremy Lin and coach Kevin McHale said both players are expected to play solid minutes and Howard looked good in the preseason playing with both players. Howard has the chance to make a championship run with the Rockets and the team has some very good talent with Chandler Parsons, James Harden and Omer Asik.

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The Rockets play in the toughest division the the west with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs and this season they could end up winning it after ending up as the eighth seed in the playoffs last season.

The team lost to the OKC Thunder in six games and now they should be one of the top seeds in the west, although they will have plenty of other teams to deal with, as the conference is much deeper than the east is. The Rockets have all the teams in their division with the Thunder, Grizzlies and Spurs and they also have to deal with the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers as well as the Golden State Warriors, who could be one of the best teams in the NBA after having a great run last season defeating the Denver Nuggets in the playoffs and taking the Spurs to six games before losing.