Ben DuBose

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So let me phrase it a slightly different way.

Yeah, and what's crazy about this one, Dave, Kevin Durant passed Michael Jordan.

Let's start there.

He's now top five all-time in NBA scoring, which is a remarkable achievement.

And yet, from a Rockets perspective, it feels secondary because in the big picture, what you saw tonight from Amin Thompson and Reed Shepard combining to shoot better than 60% from the field, Reed making five of his eight threes, Reed with 23 and 14, zero turnovers,

A man with 24-18 with the final rebound leading to the game-winning tip-in at the buzzer.

I mean, those two are the future of your franchise.

We're talking about when it comes to the young core, so to speak.

That's where the upside really is.

And to see both of them have those level of games at the same time, starting next to one another, because obviously the Rockets made the change yesterday to send Tariq to the bench and start Reeve.

So now you have Reed and the men starting next to each other to see the synergies that those two have playing off one another, 23 years old or younger, to see both of them playing that way in a big game.

Let's be honest.

The Heat are a pretty good team.

They played very well tonight.

Tyler Hero, Bam Adebayo.