"With a timeout late in the first half, Rockets coach Rick Adelman stopped to give Kevin Martin a few words and many pats on the back.

Martin had followed his 3-of-16 first game with the Rockets with a 1-of-6 first half. Adelman wanted one adjustment.

"He just needs to relax," Adelman said. "I feel he's really rushing everything. In the first half, when he made his move, everything was in a hurry. When he got his shot, it wasn't a natural shot. And I thought he could have gotten about three or four calls in the game.

"He just has to play through it. I thought he relaxed as the game went on. He's going to be OK. When you come into a new team, two games over the weekend, I think the nerves showed a little bit."

He missed two more shots before going 4-for-4 for 10 points in the fourth quarter.

"Adelman told me I was rushing a little bit and to just relax," Martin said. "That's what I did in the second half, just let it come to me in the fourth quarter. I think I just needed a fourth quarter like that to get things moving.""