The Houston Rockets spent much of the past nine months leaning into their double-big lineup , only to make history once they went in a different direction.

Houston opened the season 0-2 with Steven Adams in the starting lineup, fielding the tallest starting five in NBA history. Then head coach Ime Udoka swapped out Adams for the more athletic Josh Okogie, as the Rockets promptly set another kind of record.

With Okogie in the lineup, Houston has gone 2-0, scoring 137+ points in each game – something they hadn't done since 1973. Still, Udoka isn't ready to make the change permanent.

Now it hasn't been all Okogie, as the double-big lineup was on the floor when the Rockets pulled away from the Raptors in the final six minutes of Wednesday's win.

“It worked out perfectly,” Udoka said

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