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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
So your thoughts.
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
Yeah, and I, you know, we'll definitely talk about Jabari for sure.
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
To add to context to what you were saying, Ime was asked by Kelly Eco, shout out to Kelly for the question, about, okay, if you are going to be without Stephen Adams for a stretch, what are you looking at?
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
Are you looking at playing Clint more?
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
Are you looking at
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you know, going, going small.
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
And he said, you know, it's going to be dependent on the matchup.
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
We got Clint for, for sort of this purpose, but he said specifically, I like that, that lineup that we had at the end.
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
And that was Jabari at the five and, you know, playing some, some of that, some more, you know,
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
If I think about losing Steven Adams, I think it's a significant loss for the Houston Rockets.
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
Significant.
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
But another part of that superpower is a man Thompson.
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
Like as far as who is elite at applying that kind of rebounding pressure at his position.
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
Now, he's not going to he's not going to fill the void of Steven Adams.
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
I'm not saying that at all.
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
I'm just saying those are the two elite, you know, sort of rebounders for their position that give the Rockets such an edge and create so many possessions.
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
Tonight, they did win the possession battle.
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
I don't think the rebounding advantage grew at all when Adams went out.
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
I think the Rockets did win the boards tonight by, I think, 12, but it was about that gap when he went out.
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Jabari Smith Jr. steps up, Steven Adams goes down as Rockets clip Pelicans
Really, the difference tonight was Jabari.