1. That we are capable of really good defense. A lot of it was Spurs missing shots in the first half but dang, the defense really picked up in the 4th quarter. Now that the Rockets have shown this attention and hustle on defense, we should expect no less of them from now on. They have no excuses now that they have shown that they can be a great defensive team. 2. I love Ariza! Dude was everywhere, chasing and deny Leonard the ball. He always does what is asked of him, no questions. Love his heart and tenacity out there. 3. Lawson is getting there. 1st half he was really good and I don't know why JB didn't go back to him when the Spurs where limiting Harden and the Rockets were stalling offensively. If he can take positive steps every game, no trade will be necessary. 4. Brewer is trash. I was skeptical of him when we gave him the contract but never thought it would be this bad. He has been atrocious, especially tonight. I was cringing and crying for mercy every time he was on the floor. 5. JB's rotations are pretty bad. Already touched on Lawson, but little Dmo, no Thornton? Terry worked out very well but Dmo should have been in when they were hacking Capela and Thornton should have been gifted Brewer's minutes for Christmas. 6. This is a great win, probably the best of the season. This team is slowly coming together and showing its true potential. I hope this is the true turning point for this season. No more poor efforts and dumb plays. This is my Christmas wish.
7. Harden can be a leader. He never gave up tonight. Also agree on Ariza, I don't think he's been too flash this season but tonight he was excellent on Leonard.
Great thread. I thought dmo should have seen more mints not sure if he still out of shape or not but he only got like 7 mnts. Lawson should have seen more mints also it's like he gives more mints when he's doing pretty bad, weird
tonight proved the demise of the rockets wont be the contenders, but the lottery teams. got swept by the fkn nets and nuggets, thats 5 losses there. could've won 3 of them, have a 19-12 record
Tomorrow night is where the proof will be learned.....have they turned a corner or do they just get up for the challenging games? DD
No tonight proved Spurs had an off night. Rockets got the win as predicted but that amazing D we played won't be there for the next games to come so get ready for the upsets
I'm thinking DMo has to be having problems with his back. I accept that JBB is a bad coach who sucks at rotations, but DMo has only had one shift that happens in the 2nd quarter in the last 2 games, no way JBB is THAT inept.
Good D like how the rockets played tonight will make any team have a off night. I hate how people say good teams have a off night when our defense is very capable of making teams do that. What about the other night when we played good D against the clippers? They had like 30% fg that game.
