Ben DuBose

And so, you know, that's not to say that everything's fine, everything's great.

I mean, maybe things aren't great.

I haven't personally gotten any indication that there's any, you know, chemistry issues, so to speak.

But if there are, then fine.

We can cross that bridge when we come to it.

No, not at all.

Right now, that stuff is just making a mountain out of a molehill.

Did you see the comment in the chat?

Rockets had great defense on Bam, keeping him 50 under his season high.

And that's, that's a hundred big, a hundred percent.

And to close the loop on the chemistry comments, I see someone in the chat pointing out that, you know, it is an issue in the longterm.

Yeah, it absolutely can be.

What I'm saying is that you're not going to be able to tell the chemistry from a five to ten second clip when it's the last 60 seconds of a game that you're clearly going to lose, that got away from you, that you knew going in was massive for you.

And, you know, you see Kevin or Alfie or whoever it is, you know, just slumped shoulders and looking frustrated or having a snipe.

an offhand remark or two, like you can't use that as a referendum on chemistry.

Chemistry absolutely can be and is a big deal.

What I'm saying is that you need, you know, much more of a long-term indicator than a few seconds of frustration.

That's what I'll say about that.

Yeah, I'm nervous because for the season overall, Rockets are now 25-10 at home, which is like an almost 60-win pace, but they are 18-17 on the road, barely better than 500.

And if we're talking about Amin and Reid as the variables, as we saw tonight, guys 23 and 21 years old, those are the types of guys that historically, in the biggest games, tend to play better at home.