Despite conjecture to the contrary, Rockets forward Ryan Anderson is not colorblind and is capable of distinguishing the orange rim from the red Toyota Center seats behind it.

He presumably is equally proficient at taking 3-pointers when he hears his name shouted with the Rockets starters as when he does not.

His struggle to shoot as well on his home court as he has when on the road is too inexplicable for coach Mike D'Antoni to think that bringing him off the bench Saturday solved anything, so he won't. He might weigh changing his lineups, even with the Rockets' 15-4 record.

P.J. Tucker started with Anderson coming off the bench Saturday because Anderson did not have a good workout for a week while out sick and the Rockets defended so well against Denver without him.

He seemed fully recovered, making six of 11 shots, including four of seven 3s, to shoot the Rockets out of their first-half funk Saturday. But after Anderson returns to the starting lineup Monday against Brooklyn, D'Antoni might change his lineup from game to game based on matchups, "just (to) look at it and see if that is something that makes sense or not."

He was toying with the idea of starting Tucker against teams the Rockets will want to use extensive switching with the starting lineup and Anderson when he wants more length defensively in the frontcourt than with the 6-6 Tucker.

"You could have more of a perimeter guy and we could easily switch one, two, three and four (with Tucker starting,)" D'Antoni said. "Or you could have a bigger, stronger guy, although P.J. matches up well, Ryan would also match up well. If you have a guy that lives on the perimeter, running around and they have other guys we need to switch a lot, it (starting Tucker) could be easier."

Neither player minds

Rockets power forwards weighed these considerations and the potential of changing lineups and concluded they don't care. This is partly because it is easy to accept roles while on a roll. The Rockets have won 10 of their past 11 games. But they also knew that either way there will be enough playing time to share.

"The lineups don't matter," Tucker said. "The minutes don't matter because it all evens out, falls into place. We have nine guys who are going to play whatever minutes. For us, it's just the mindset of us going out and doing the job every single night."

Anderson has spent most of his career coming off the bench, starting 43 percent of his games, though Saturday's was his first in which he did not start with the Rockets. But Anderson also considered changing the starting lineup on occasion to be an indication of the team's strength, rather than any sign of weakness of his.

More Information Scouting report: vs. Brooklyn When/where: 7 p.m. today; Toyota Center. TV/radio: ATTSW; 790 AM, 850 AM (Spanish). Rockets (15-4) update: They are 10-1 in November, averaging 120.3 points per game. They averaged 104.3 points in the first eight games of the season. … The Rockets average 15.9 3-pointers per game - 3.3 more than second-place Golden State - and have made at least 15 3-pointers in 12 games, winning them all. … James Harden has scored at least 20 points in every game this season, becoming the 13th player since the 1963-64 season to score 20 in each of his first 19 games and just the fourth since 1990-91. … In his last 10 games, Luc Mbah a Moute has averaged 8.8 points on 55.2 percent shooting. … Clint Capela blocked three shots Saturday, giving him more games with at least three blocked shots (seven) than in all of last season (six). … Nene (strained right shoulder) is out. Nets (7-12) update: They are 1-2 in the second half of back-to-backs, beating Cleveland at home last month. … Going into Sunday's 99-88 win at Memphis, the Nets had made at least half their shots in three of their previous four games. … Spencer Dinwiddie, starting with Jeremy Lin out for the season and D'Angelo Russell out, is one of six players - with James Harden, LeBron James, Ben Simmons, John Wall and Russell Westbrook - averaging 16 points, three rebounds and seven assists as a starter. Statistically speaking: 18 -3-pointers by the Rockets in each of their last four games. Previously, no NBA team had made 18 3s in more than consecutive games.

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"I've done it all through my career, so not much of an adjustment," Anderson said. "Obviously, coach is trying to figure out (the rotation.) We have a good problem on our hands. We have so many guys that can play and we're all going to play around the same amount of minutes, so it doesn't really matter who's starting.

"We're trying to figure out the best way with our lineups and the best way to play with Chris (Paul) and James (Harden) and who should play around each of them in certain segments. I know we'll have a constant conversation with coach about that. Starting, not starting, I'll be ready to go."

Home not so sweet

He also believed he would make shots at home. Before Saturday's first experience with the Rockets off the bench, Anderson had made 28.9 percent of his 3s in Toyota Center, averaging 7.3 points. He has averaged 15.4 points on 43.5 percent 3-point shooting on the road.

This is not just an early-season statistical fluke. Last season, he made 33.2 percent of his 3s at home; 46.7 percent on the road, shooting so well away from Toyota Center that his road shooting percentage on 3s would have led the league if he matched it on his home court.

"This summer, it kept me up all night. 'Man, that Toyota Center red …' " Anderson said facetiously, before revealing he does not "think about it at all.

"Somebody wrote an article about me being colorblind, and the color red really sticks out. But I'm not colorblind. I'm just going to keep shooting my attempts. I shot 40 percent (on 3s) last year. I think that's pretty good. Just want to keep doing that."

Whether he does that as a starter or off the bench is to be determined.