Es Baraheni

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.

Yeah, that's just that's not sustainable.

It's called a math problem.

Well, but that's, that's why they need a guard.

I mean, there's so much pressure on reach effort to be that guy for them.

I know there was some hope that a man Thompson could eventually become that guy, but they just need a table setter, an organizer.

And to your point about the, the shock creation, you could see it in the fourth quarter, the,

quality of the shots that OKC was getting versus the quality Houston was getting on every possession.

It was night and day.

And me and you, we've both had our gripes about OKC's half court offense.

So you're not comparing special to bad.