J.D. Skeets

He's so good with making the easy play.

They get so many more easy shots when Shepard is on the court just because he swings the ball from side to side.

Or if somebody comes and helps, he's able to dish it off to the corner.

Also spaces the floor, but the 14 assists I thought was huge.

So there will be times in the playoffs when he can't play just because...

his matchup will be a scorer.

That wasn't the case with the Heat.

And when that's the case for the Rockets, they got to get him involved as much as possible.

And I believe the Rockets are 10-2 when Reed Shepard starts.

So maybe my Rockets to the finals run has a chance.

Ndoka has figured it out.

Reed has to start.

Van Vliet's not coming back.

Let's go with this guy and we'll try and hide him defensively because we're a better offensive team.

It's a hell of a stat.

Yeah.

Yeah, and you can see Mayudoka puts him in for a few minutes, then he subs him out real quick.

Like, they've got rotations going, and he takes advantage of those rotations.

He can take advantage of the other side of the heat.

Don't have Norman Powell or Andrew Wiggins in this game to really take advantage of him.