Yes, and if they play Portland in the playoffs again, he may well be the best player on the court again. The Rockets are not the Trailblazers. They rosters and style of play are vastly different. I would like to know how Jokic will be doing when he is sitting on the bench because he cannot guard the Rocket's 4's, his rebounding is largely marginalized because of a fast pace, and his slow ass is trying to get back in the paint with Westbrook or Harden raid the lane after trying to guard Tucker or Covington at the 3 point line. There is a reason the Lakers stopped playing Howard, it wasn't working...... he was a -3 in only 4 minutes. Yes, yes..... the pace always slows down in the post season and you need a 7'0" unathletic white man with a back to the basket at center and a short passer at point guard. The Rockets are better defensively than they were a week ago. Lou Williams was a poor defender and that was years ago. He doesn't really have anything to do with the current Rockets. You haven't won anything and you still won't shut up.... maybe follow your own advice @Bobbythegreat . "You guys!" "It's all you guys fault" No one said the Rockets are the favorites. The favorites are up in the great northwest and are just rolling teams..... what HAS changed is the Rockets now have a better chance of winning the title than a week ago. That is more than I can say about the Lakers, who will be rolled by the Clippers. The Rockets ........... would get points in transition? Go to the foul line? Win playing defense?.......... the Rockets are better at all those things than a week ago.[/QUOTE]
