Ben DuBose

But in the grand scheme,

It's a good time to be a fan, you know, since that road trip where they went 0-3 and it felt like the bottom was falling out.

They've won five of seven since, four in one homestand.

And now, you know, this stretch of three games and four nights, Spurs, Sixers, Pistons, two on the road.

If you had told people a few days ago that the Rockets would go 2-1, anybody who would have turned that down is an idiot.

They could have gone 3-0.

It would be wonderful.

But to get two wins out of three in this gauntlet of a stretch is really difficult, especially earlier this year.

They had the issues with second night of back-to-backs.

They seem to have figured that out.

They're playing with more intensity.

So cautiously optimistic.

You know, the last homestand, they did a good job of taking care of business against teams like the Bulls, the Pelicans, the Timberwolves without Ant, you know, the teams that they should beat on paper.

And so hopefully the Grizzlies are a continuation of that.

And one more comment before we close out.

I see a comment in the chat referring, I think, to our previous comments, team defense or one-on-one defense.

Both.

Because these days, one-on-one defense and team defense are one in the same.

I think that's, or there's a lot of overlap.

I think that's what we're trying to get to.