Ben DuBose

So no, I'm not trying to say Jabari's been great defensively.

No, the Rockets have been extremely elite this month when Jabari sits on defense and middle of the pack when he plays.

There could be some small sample size theater to that, but...

No, I'm not trying to praise Jabari's defense.

It needs to be better.

It was tonight.

Hopefully that continues.

By the way, one other point on Shingun that I want to make.

I do think that not having double big, you know, Clint Capella played very well in his minutes tonight.

But Ime Udoka said earlier this week that they don't like the double big with Shingun and Capella.

nearly as much as they do with Shingun and Steven Adams.

And the data has shown that they haven't been very good.

And I think it was a 96-minute sample so far this year.

I want to say the Rockets were like minus seven.

So they haven't tried it.

And the responsibilities for Shingun are a little bit different when he's the primary center as opposed to when he's playing with Steven.

And Steven's typically dropping back and Alpi's playing a little bit more in space.

Now, it's not as if...

Alpi and Steven were playing together every minute of every game until Steven got hurt a week ago.

So I'm certainly not saying it's an excuse for everything.