Rockets 111, Spurs 106: Reed Sheppard leads valiant comeback
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What were the key moments in the Rockets vs Spurs game?
Welcome into the postgame show. Rockets get a huge win, 111-106 over the San Antonio Spurs, a game that the Rockets were getting run over for much of the game, down by as many as 16 points. Looks like they were dead in the water in this game. There were certainly several heroes in this game, but there's none bigger than Reed Shepard, who... Really, in late third quarter, early fourth quarter, stepped up big. The Spurs went from incredibly hot in the first half from three-point range to ice cold in the second half. And the Rockets escape with a huge win against a team that is ahead of them in the West standings. I'm here with The great Ben DuBose, he's here with me on most nights, but we have a very special guest with us as well.
You know, Adam Clanton on Sports Talk 790, the A-Team with Adam Wexler and Adam Clanton. They go from two to six on Sports Talk 790, and they're also simulcast on Space City Home Network from three to six. Definitely check out Adam. Adam's been, you know, a fixture in Houston sports for years now and a huge friend of the show. Great to have you here, Adam, but I'll kick it to you, Ben, first, and then Adam, you know, chime in as well. This was a huge win when it looked like for sure this was an L by mid third quarter.
Yeah, this was a massive win. And full disclosure, I am not in Houston. If my backdrop looks different, it's because I'm in Las Vegas for a few days, where, by the way, I did place a bet on the Rockets at plus $1,600 to win the NBA title today.
How did Reed Sheppard contribute to the Rockets' comeback?
No, I'm not necessarily expecting it to cash, but I do think plus $1,600 is a little bit of an overcorrection for a team that started the year at plus $900. So... mostly for fun but we'll see where it goes and i am going to take it as a positive omen that the game after i placed that bet the rockets go out and take care of business against the spurs team that entered at at number two in the western conference and one of many reasons i wanted to bring adam in today adam you've had some legendary rants against victor wimbanyama in recent weeks so Before we get into the heroes for the Rockets, most notably Reed Shepard, to a lesser extent Jabari Smith Jr., which some huge plays in that fourth quarter to help the Rockets rally back from 16 down.
How fun was it, Adam, to see the Rockets in Houston storm back against a Wembley-led Spurs team and make the plays when it mattered late?
Well, you owed them one from earlier in the year, obviously. And yeah, all of my anti-Victor Wimbinyama rhetoric aside, I remember way back in the first quarter, you know, when Champagny was hitting every single one of those threes and Reed was not hitting a lot of shots. And I thought to myself, man, I
What impact did the Spurs' shooting performance have on the game?
What's it like to have a guy consistently hit three-point shots? Now, I'm not saying Reed Shepard's going to turn into that, but he and Jabari Smith Jr., what they've done in the last couple of days, bounce-back game from Jabari against the Pelicans, and then, of course, this effort here by Reed Shepard in the fourth quarter tonight. It's always good to beat the Spurs. It's always good to kind of get the latest laugh over Victor Wimbanyama. Look, it's the fist pump heard around the world. When he found out the Rockets got the number four pick, It's fine. This first get blessed with another, you know, number one overall pick. I can deal with that. I don't like that fist pump, man. You didn't have to make it personal.
Now it is for life. So when nights like this happen, I'm absolutely going to be beating my chest. And I think Rockets fans should, too. And it's it's not necessarily because of all that kind of stuff so much as it is. You battle back in this game. You didn't roll over. You were down 16. Nothing was really going your way. and you did two things that I think were really your identity last season that you haven't seen as much this year, and they have nothing to do with the offense. You were physical with Victor Wimbinyama, and you played the type of defense in the second half, particularly in the fourth quarter, that gives you opportunities even when the shots aren't consistently falling.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What were the key moments in the Rockets vs Spurs game?
0:01–1:29
2
How did Reed Sheppard contribute to the Rockets' comeback?
1:29–2:41
3
What impact did the Spurs' shooting performance have on the game?
2:41–9:29
4
How are the Rockets adjusting without Steven Adams?
9:29–17:34
5
What defensive strategies helped contain Victor Wembanyama?
17:34–32:52
Speakers
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