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Alex Speers

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The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

Which, you know, for the season 11th, if you look at their offensive rating by month, 9th, 21st, 13th, 8th, 24th and then 7th. But what I think is really interesting and is my stat of the season is that against teams with a top 10 point differential, the best teams in the league. The Rockets are fifth overall in offensive efficiency. Wow.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

So when they've played the best teams in the league, their offense has stepped up and they've been one of these teams that has absolutely like played up to their competition. You know, sometimes when you see a team like this who goes on a nice run and kind of has a surprise. Oh, my gosh, it's a surprise to seed.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

So when they've played the best teams in the league, their offense has stepped up and they've been one of these teams that has absolutely like played up to their competition. You know, sometimes when you see a team like this who goes on a nice run and kind of has a surprise. Oh, my gosh, it's a surprise to seed.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

So when they've played the best teams in the league, their offense has stepped up and they've been one of these teams that has absolutely like played up to their competition. You know, sometimes when you see a team like this who goes on a nice run and kind of has a surprise. Oh, my gosh, it's a surprise to seed.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

Oftentimes it can be because they're just beating up on all the bad teams and they're just OK against the good teams. That's not really the case with Houston. They've actually been very good against the good teams in the league. In fact, they have the second best record in the West against teams that are 500 or better.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

Oftentimes it can be because they're just beating up on all the bad teams and they're just OK against the good teams. That's not really the case with Houston. They've actually been very good against the good teams in the league. In fact, they have the second best record in the West against teams that are 500 or better.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

Oftentimes it can be because they're just beating up on all the bad teams and they're just OK against the good teams. That's not really the case with Houston. They've actually been very good against the good teams in the league. In fact, they have the second best record in the West against teams that are 500 or better.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

So I think it's at least, you know, as we as we get these matchups, at least worth considering, are we underrating the Rockets a little bit, at least in maybe these first two rounds? So that is my stat of the season award. Even just round one. Yeah, just round one.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

So I think it's at least, you know, as we as we get these matchups, at least worth considering, are we underrating the Rockets a little bit, at least in maybe these first two rounds? So that is my stat of the season award. Even just round one. Yeah, just round one.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

So I think it's at least, you know, as we as we get these matchups, at least worth considering, are we underrating the Rockets a little bit, at least in maybe these first two rounds? So that is my stat of the season award. Even just round one. Yeah, just round one.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

A free bonus stat, Andrew, because it's one I found this week that I thought was funny. We talked about how, you know, games that were decided by three points or less. OKC's only had five of those games this entire season. So I went back and I expanded it to five points. Just a game that ended within five points. Yeah, they've had six of those games. So you have one more game.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

A free bonus stat, Andrew, because it's one I found this week that I thought was funny. We talked about how, you know, games that were decided by three points or less. OKC's only had five of those games this entire season. So I went back and I expanded it to five points. Just a game that ended within five points. Yeah, they've had six of those games. So you have one more game.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

A free bonus stat, Andrew, because it's one I found this week that I thought was funny. We talked about how, you know, games that were decided by three points or less. OKC's only had five of those games this entire season. So I went back and I expanded it to five points. Just a game that ended within five points. Yeah, they've had six of those games. So you have one more game.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

It's crazy how dominant they've been at the end of some of these games where some of these games have been close, you know, five minutes left. And then by the end of the game, you know, it's a 10 point game. Yeah, I went back and looked.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

It's crazy how dominant they've been at the end of some of these games where some of these games have been close, you know, five minutes left. And then by the end of the game, you know, it's a 10 point game. Yeah, I went back and looked.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

It's crazy how dominant they've been at the end of some of these games where some of these games have been close, you know, five minutes left. And then by the end of the game, you know, it's a 10 point game. Yeah, I went back and looked.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

So that brings us to our second award, the quote of the year award. This award goes to our favorite quote of the season. And my quote of the year award, it's a very recent quote. It's a quote from this week because I thought it perfectly summed up what was the biggest story of the year.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

So that brings us to our second award, the quote of the year award. This award goes to our favorite quote of the season. And my quote of the year award, it's a very recent quote. It's a quote from this week because I thought it perfectly summed up what was the biggest story of the year.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

So that brings us to our second award, the quote of the year award. This award goes to our favorite quote of the season. And my quote of the year award, it's a very recent quote. It's a quote from this week because I thought it perfectly summed up what was the biggest story of the year.

The Athletic NBA Daily
NBA Awards "The Slammies" + The Blazers Future | Slam N Jam

When Jason Kidd was asked to address Mavs fans who feel hopeless post-Luka trade, Kidd said, quote, this is a business. It happens, right? Trades happen. This won't be the last trade. Someone compared it to Babe Ruth, which is kind of cool. Every single opportunity post-trade, anyone who has spoken for the Mavs organization has somehow been able to conjure up the most out-of-touch response.