Absolutely shouldn't have been a turnover. Reed literally grabs him and should have fouled out on this play and refs decided it was the Rockets so we can't get that call.
This! Sengun has had his worse games on the second half of back to backs. You got to try to preserve his as much as possible.
I’m with you, and I hope we are almost out of the woods, but you have to admit that Alperen has been super frustrating to watch this year. Special, special, talent, but he has been all up in his own head for the majority of the year. (Injury related?) Alperen being a dawg going forward is how he is going to win Udoka over again. I am convinced that Udoka wants to make Alperen a real star, and that means defense and nastiness to go with his flamingos and natural passing ability. I think Udoka being hard on Alperen is calculated. He is trying to drag out his best version, which is a sort of Bird/Moses hybrid. Foundational player.
If Alperen goes off tonight, we gotta credit Ime for keeping Al fresh. I bet you anything Udoka is holding this over Alperen’s head tonight. “Bruh you only played 20 minutes yesterday. Suck it up…”
This season I finally got the empathy why some people don't like him that much. But still, the best player Houston got by a mile.
Only Wemby and Holmgren really stand out. Alpi 3rd best, not worse than any of the other big men, including Davis, Jokic, Mobley.
Clearly the best player on the court again. He’s on a roll and he’s not even playing heavy minutes to get those numbers
Getting your best player the ball in crunch time. What a great idea. Can’t believe it took this long to figure that out.
