Intro:

Dwight Howard says he is looking for rainbows as the Houston Rockets and Indiana Pacers prepare to play in Manila.

The NBA Eastern Conference Finalists have arrived in the Philippines for the first-ever NBA game to be played there.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English), Frank Vogel, Head Coach of Indiana Pacers.

"There are a lot of moves in the off season that are gonna help us take that step hopefully. With the additions of Luis Scola and Chris Copeland and C.J. Watson, the drafting of Solomon Hill and the addition of Danny Granger going back. I think all of those things opposed to what we were doing last year should make us a stronger team."

SOUNDBITE: (English), Danny Granger, forward position.

"I'm still in the final phases of my rehab. I'm just happy to be playing again. I tried last year but it was unsuccessful but thankfully we have some good doctors in Indiana and I had a good surgeon so I'm doing well."

SOUNDBITE (English), Jeremy Lin, point guard.

"You know there's always challenges and there's definitely some difficulty and hurdles but I think that's part of the natural progression."

SOUNDBITE (English), Dwight Howard, center.

"In order to be great you gotta go through something, you gotta sacrifice, there's gonna be times when you have pain and stuff like that. It's a test; it's a big test. I think I passed that test. I always tell myself there's a rainbow after every storm so I had that period of bad weather and I'm looking forward to the rainbow."