Ben DuBose

That's what this team does at its best.

That's what Ime Udoka has become known for over his time in the NBA.

Fix the defense, and then let's hope that as the weeks progress, maybe they get Fred Van Fleet back in some capacity before you get to April.

Let's hope that the offense, as the season moves along, can...

can start to put this together.

It's got to start with defense.

And on that side, I think it's looked better in recent games.

They haven't had the lapses against bad opponents that they did in December.

And I thought tonight specifically, that's something that the Rockets can hang their hat on.

They seem to really respond.

This team needed a win and it started with defense.

And really from the outset, this is one of the better efforts in a while.

Yeah, let's talk about Clint because I don't think he played in the second half against the Spurs.

Is that right?

If he did, it was like token minute.

And so I think this is something that with Stephen Adams out for the year, which has a few implications, and we'll talk about that in a few minutes when we talk about the trade deadline implications.

Trade deadline is one week from today.

But Clint tonight, 10.7 boards, two assists, two blocks in 18 minutes.

Rockets plus 17.

They were plus 17 with Capella, plus five with Shingun.