Steve Covino

Half the team looked gassed at the end of that game.

Now, you could say it's just because they have an older roster.

I think the average age for them is 32.

Average age for the Rockets is like 23 or something like that.

So you got an older roster versus a younger roster.

Well, that's easier to digest because if you think they're just hot-dogging it for most of the game and then turn it on, yeah, that's not what you want.

You do wonder where the intensity is.

If you just acknowledge, like, no, man, they're just playing like that because they're older, then it's easier to understand.

Yeah, but they did – look, I guess Austin chucking up that bad three at the end.

I could see what Shaq's saying maybe about that.

But Austin Reeves was trying to dust that rust off.

DB and I both talked about that yesterday.

He was 4 of 16 yesterday.

That's not going to cut it.

But he's got to get back into the flow of things.

He missed just over four weeks of play.

LeBron had eight assists in the first quarter of game one of this series, and what, he finished with 13 in that game?

And I remember the narrative at that point and in game two, oh, my God, they're swinging the ball around.

This team passes the ball great, and they do.

When you play hero ball, you don't pass well.