Dave Hardisty

And so when he's not up there and the ball's not functioning through him in the high post or in the low block,

then guys aren't as clear in their roles.

And there were a lot of just miscommunications where it felt like guys weren't sure if they wanted to cut, if they were supposed to create, where Kevin wanted the ball.

It just felt like a lot of indecision, a lot of guys being tentative.

And I think that that comes down to

without Shingun the offense isn't as simplified as it typically is there's a lot more unpredictability and the Suns I thought they overplayed the passing lanes they sort of made it a little more chaotic they sped the Rockets up and that's where I think the Rockets can adjust when they when they view it on on film I suspect those guys are just going to you know have their head in their hands a lot looking at some of those turnovers to me that's what the Rockets really need to fix I think what happened in the fourth quarter was just a fatigued team that went on a

you know, a big run to flip the game by 20 points in about a quarter and then was just on fumes getting to the finish line.

I thought a couple of other things I wanted to note from the final minute since, you know, really that's all people want to talk about tonight.

Besides KD just being one of those dudes, it didn't even matter that he was one of 11.

You want Kevin Durant taking that shot.

Of course, of course.

It feels so good to have one of those guys.

It doesn't even matter if he's hot or he's not.

It's KD.

Give him the ball.

And I feel like everybody in Toyota Center, when that ball left his hands, felt like it was going to go in.

A couple of interesting things from Imei Ujoka.

I really liked that they had Jabari Smith inbounding the ball to KD.

Because we've seen a couple of times this year, it's been either Shingun or Amin.

And this is not a shot at Shingun or Amin.