Ben DuBose

And Kevin Durant was plus five in his 37 minutes.

And most of those minutes overlap.

So that tells you how bad they were in the Shingun minutes without KD.

And you also look at Clint Capella off the bench was a neutral in the plus minus.

So all the advantages that the Heat had on the glass and in terms of bullying the Rockets, they came against Alper and Shingun.

And specifically when Shingun didn't have the KD stimulus factor offensively, just insane shot making to get the Rockets going.

And so, yeah, you shouldn't judge him just by this game.

And I agree this was a rough matchup, especially without Jabari.

But it's concerning.

And that's why I think the Steven Adams injury was so much bigger than a lot of people gave it credit for.

Because as you said plenty of times, Dave, offensive rebounding and rebounding overall is this team's superpower.

And for the Rockets to have this happen to them against any team, this was not on a back to back to be able.

I know overall, I think they won the rebounding battle very slightly.

Right.

But if you watch the game, it felt like the Heat were by far the more physical team.

Yeah, and so it's disconcerting when you have an all-star center and that happens to you.

It speaks to the importance of Steven Adams.

Now, maybe they target a guy like a Kevon Looney on the buyout market the next few days.

We'll have to wait and see.

The deadline is actually tomorrow for players to get released.