The Rockets offense has a remarkable ability to execute plays without seeing them drawn out or having them sent from the bench and is one of the definitive aspects of their style.

"I think it's just the comfort level you get," Rick Adelman said. "We're a little shorter rotation. It's a little easier for those guys to know this is what we're going to run. I just like playing that way because I think it's harder for the other team. They don't know what's coming.

"If we run certain plays, we know what we're going to run, who is going to be involved, and what we're doing it for. Kyle (Lowry), I think, has really picked that up."

Lowry has played the best basketball of his career over the past few weeks and enjoys the level of confidence Adelman has in him.

"It's the ultimate," Lowry said. "It's given me the confidence to go out there and just play basketball, do the things I've been able to do this season. "