Corey Brewer will start again Friday versus the Thunder, Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Brewer will start again Friday versus the Thunder, Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Analysis:

This will be the fifth consecutive game started for Brewer. With Dwight Howard and Clint Capela active, Houston could have started both. However, Trevor Ariza has been playing really well at the power forward slot, so Houston has opted to go with a small-ball lineup again. It appears that this is the direction the Rockets what to go with their lineups in the foreseeable future, but the situation will need to continue being monitored.