Pablo Prigioni: Plays 19 minutes in return from injury

Prigioni had sat out the previous two games with a left shoulder sprain, but was given some run Friday while the Rockets rested numerous key rotation players in the preseason finale. With Patrick Beverley expected to miss about three weeks after requiring a left knee scope, Prigioni will presumably move up to the second spot on the depth chart. However, Prigioni doesn’t figure to see many minutes behind starter James Harden, who routinely sees one of the league’s largest workloads.