Ben DuBose

Rockets get a huge win.

New Mr. Clutch in Clutch City with Kevin Durant hitting a game-winning three with 1.1 seconds left to give the Rockets a 197 win at home against the Suns.

We will be back as the Rockets hit the road to take on the Blazers.

Ben, appreciate it.

Thank all of you, and we will see you then.

Yeah, and I want to start with Kevin Durant.

Well, Kevin Durant and Ime Udoka, but I think inherently the player is a little more important because, look, there's some potentially bigger-picture takeaways with regards to how the Rockets should run their offense and their defense, and this was their first big-boy win against a true top-tier team this season.

There had been a lot made of the fact that they were 0-5 against the Thunder, the Nuggets, the Spurs, the Pistons, so...

Yeah, it could have some implications for down the road when we talk about playoff basketball.

But before we talk about April, we've got to talk about December.

We've got to talk about where we are right now.

And this was the first patch of adversity that the Rockets had really hit this season.

These last two games were the first time the Rockets had lost consecutive games since their 0-2 start to the year.

And the way they lost in New Orleans, as frustrating as it was to blow a 25-point lead in the second half,

They were upset postgame.

You could look at Kevin Durant's postgame interview, and the tension was palpable.

He was angry.

And I don't think it's all necessarily his teammates.

Some of it he's angry at himself.

He's frustrated by the situation.