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Guten Morgen, Dave.

I tried.

I was going to jump the gun and do it ahead of you, but you got me, man.

Yeah, it really is.

It dunked on four guys.

It doesn't even make sense, man.

It really doesn't make sense that he dunked that ball.

Like, it should not have been possible, you know?

We watched something that just was not supposed to be possible happen.

And the crazy thing is, I think...

Well, look, I think the offensive rebounding is crucial, but it's worth noting that it's the defense on the other side of the ball that also keeps them in games, like very much so in a different way to the Oklahoma City Thunder defense.

The Rockets are going to rely on the defense keeping them in the game, their offensive rebounding to match whatever the other team is doing on the offensive end so that they can kind of game the math battle.

It's a little bit gimmicky.

I won't deny that it's a little gimmicky.

But what the Rockets thrive at is, hey, we are going to take more shots than you on any given night.

Tonight they took 15 more shots than the Thunder.

They ended up still losing because to your point, they got destroyed in a three-point battle.

Yeah, the volume is just not 16 to 7 in terms of made threes, 41 to 24 in terms of attempts.

Jabari Smith Jr.

tonight made half of the Rockets total threes.