Ben DuBose

He probably needed a break.

And the Rockets had two timeouts go unused.

And I think, well, I know inside the building it was noticed and I would be surprised to make the same mistake again.

I understand keeping one timeout because you need the ability to advance the ball in the final 10 seconds.

It's important just in case.

But they should have called a timeout earlier last night in the fourth quarter to get a man back in because they needed his defense at the point of attack on Tyrese Maxey.

They also need another ball handler on offense on a night that Katie was very turnover prone.

And I don't think it's a coincidence that, you know, they were so close to winning last night as well.

And the game sort of unraveled in that period of the fourth quarter when a man was on the bench.

He is so impactful on both ends of the floor.

And.

He didn't say it.

I don't think he was actually interviewed last night, but I'm sure that sort of rubbed him the wrong way that he was at the scorer's table when that game got away from the Rockets.

And it looked like he played with a purpose tonight as well, to quote someone in the chat.

Yeah, and someone in the chat mentioned that he may heard the backlash and decided to play read more minutes.

I mean, that'd be a fun narrative.

But I think in reality, you didn't have Tari Eason and Dorian Finney-Smith tonight because of the back-to-back.

And so I think that really limited his options.

Nonetheless, I think the play he made to close out the game, that drive, that Hezzy, no one else on the Rockets can make that play, especially without Fred Benfleet.

That type of handle, shot making in tight spaces is...