Do the Rockets pass the eye test?
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Guten Morgen. Welcome to the NBA Daily presented by Amazon Prime. I'm Dave DeFore here with Espera Henne. Coming up, the NBA's in Berlin. Our man Joe Varden was there. We talked to him about the Magic-Grizzly game. The Thunder win another statement game over the Rockets. We got to talk about them. And the Bucs got embarrassed again by Wemby and the Spurs. Good morning, everybody. How's it going, S?
Guten Morgen, Dave. I tried. I was going to jump the gun and do it ahead of you, but you got me, man.
You got me. I mean, listen, this is, again, why I get the medium bucks around here. Sure, sure. Listen, it was a pretty fun game in Berlin. The Magic wind up winning that game. I want to just talk about the Anthony Black dunk with you. We talked about this with Joe Varden, but... S, this is one of the best dunks I've ever seen.
What were the highlights of the Thunder vs Rockets game?
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...
that was what helped the magic win the game it was all tied and he had a dunk in a clutch moment it's always a little bit extra when that clutch when that dunk happens at a big moment like that you know basketball is a momentum sport uh you know it's it has the wild swings for that reason you know this is why i hated when when the grizzlies were hot early on the magic switch into the zone i thought that was a mistake they were too hot you have to actually pressure them and get them to not shoot um anyway we we went deep on that game with joe after the break but Hey, look, the Thunder and Rockets met up last night. This is back-to-back big games for the Thunder. And once again, they step up and they show how dominant they can be.
They win this game 111-91. Shea gives us Alexander, another 20-point game. Where are we at now? How many points? Games is that in a row? 112 or 113 from what the broadcast was saying. So he's like that range. Yeah, he's a little over like he's in double digits, I guess, like 12 or 13 away from the record. So obviously we'll be keeping an eye on that. But as I actually don't want to focus on the Thunder because the truth is the Thunder, they won playing Thunder basketball. I want to focus on the Rockets because you've been telling me for the last few weeks that the Rockets are elite. All right. They're top 10 in offense, top 10 in defense. We know how good the rebounding is. But every time I watch the Rockets, which is pretty much, you know, I watch a lot of their games, I'll say like, you know, four out of five of their games.
I am astounded by the rebounding. It's incredible.
How did Anthony Black's dunk impact the Magic's win?
But I am also astounded by the fact that they took 24 threes in the game last night. And all of their good offense seems predicated on getting an offensive rebound first. That's it. There are no plays being run. There's no easy buckets. There's no system buckets. It's go be the system. Please, Kevin Durant, get a shot. Amend Thompson, make something happen. What am I missing? What's the eye test missing from this team?
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.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:08–1:02
2
What were the highlights of the Thunder vs Rockets game?
1:02–2:46
3
How did Anthony Black's dunk impact the Magic's win?
2:46–6:21
4
What challenges are the Rockets facing this season?
6:21–8:43
5
What is the significance of the Rockets' rebounding strategy?
8:43–10:22
6
Why are the Rockets struggling to create easy scoring opportunities?
10:22–26:23