Intro:

The Houston Rockets and Indiana Pacers trained in Manila on Wednesday (October 9th), ahead of their NBA exhibition game

Script:

SOUNDBITE:(English), Houston Rockets head coach Kevin McHale (on the Rockets new players finding their spot in the squad during the preseason):

"They just got to figure out how they're going to help this team, what we need them to do, and how it fits with everybody else so it's a long process. It surely takes more than a week."

SOUNDBITE (English), James Harden, Houston Rockets shooting guard (on the team bonding during its trip to Asia):

"It's ridden to another level as far as us hanging out outside of basketball, whether it's dinner, whether just going to the mall, or just small things like that. That's kind of building our chemistry. Those are stepping stones to playing better on the court."

SOUNDBITE (English), Dwight Howard, Houston Rockets centre (on the team bonding during its trip to Asia):

"To get away from everything... to just be with each other, and that's great... The bus rides, the little things that we do, dinner, stuff like that... just gives an opportunity to be with each other."

SOUNDBITE (English), Jeremy Lin, Houston Rockets point guard:

"I went to the Mall of Asia which was cool. Got to check out the mall."

SOUNDBITE (English), Chandler Parsons, Houston Rockets forward (on his opinion of the Philippines and Filipina women after having dinner with actress KC Concepcion):

"They're beautiful. There's some beautiful women here. Everybody's so nice. Everyone's so sweet and generous and the hospitality here has been unbelievable."