Ime Udoka after Timberwolves rough up Rockets

Ime Udoka after Timberwolves rough up Rockets

Tough as they are to score against inside was there a reaction to their Rim protection that also led to a lot of misses and other things or was a lack of reaction was not making the easy play making the Easy Pass to a teammate and driving into a crowd or trying to play

Through double teams and um four-point game and a half U we talked about was all the open shots that we left on the table by driving into the crowd number one team defensively overall but top five and packing the paint protecting the paint but they give up other things

And so um when you’re down forward half and you feel good about where you could be if you do the right thing and you come out and do the opposite exact opposite which is shoot more in the crowd um try to beat double teams obviously um you know that’s what you

Get a 32 to 20 point quarter I it could be very different if you keep it simple um cam had another night where he was able to make a big impact in a short amount of time what do you see from him I saw some especially in the first

Half I saw some um shots that you need to make the extra pass to teammates um you know he you got to go on a little bit late kind of when it was out of hand but um the message is do the right thing from the start and you know you’re not

At the deficit at halftime so um I think it’s just at some point we have to make a decision we’re going to be on on a nightly basis um you know play great defense One Night play unselfish basketball one night and then revert back to things that don’t bring us

Success and so um there’s got to be a light bulb moment at some point where we we do something consistently or else it’s going to be this back and forth all year making about 31 32% of your threes on the road it what makes such a difference home and road with this team

And how tough is it to overcome 31% shooting on threes yeah I mean I don’t I can’t tell you for each guy you know if it’s something to do with home or road but um the quality of a look it doesn’t matter if it’s Home Road not making the

Extra pass and know getting your teammates a wide open look versus contested three num is always going to drop there and so you know we showed in fil halftime with a bunch of extra passes you know good to great that would have led to wide open ones instead of

Contested ones and sometimes it’s as simple as that um make the extra pass and guys will get the open looks and probably percentages will go up confidence will go up and it kind of becomes contagious to make the extra pass but when you don’t um Everybody

Kind of kind of starts snowball as far as that taking shots in the crowd not making extra pass good good thank you thank you

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Ime Udoka talks to reporters after the Houston Rockets lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves on 1/4/2024. All the Rockets struggled tonight — Alperen Sengun, Jalen Green, Cam Whitmore, Jabari Smith Jr.