Late Game Execution Costs Houston Rockets In Loss To Grizzlies + Alperen Sengun Becomes An All-Star
Late Game Execution Costs Houston Rockets In Loss To Grizzlies + Alperen Sengun Becomes An All-Star
Can the Houston Rockets bounce back after a nail-biting loss to the Memphis Grizzlies? With Alperen Sengun’s All-Star selection, the Rockets are making headlines in the NBA.
Host Jackson Gatlin (@JTGatlin) breaks down the Rockets 120-119 loss to the Grizzlies, spotlighting late-game execution issues and key players like Jalen Green and Fred VanVleet, Ime Udoka’s strategic choices, including Dillon Brooks’ defensive role against Jaren Jackson Jr. Sengun’s All-Star nod is celebrated, marking him as the first homegrown Rockets All-Star since Yao Ming.
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41 Comments
Alpi injured…Rocket was lost😇
They played well. The chips won’t always fall on our side in those close moments with a great team. No Alpi. Jalen x Amen pick and roll preferred to FVV at the end of game is all I’d change.
I want Jalen or Amen taking last shot not FVV
Grizzlies 72-50 in the paint, says it all!
Rockets have to upgrade FVV ASAP…Fox, Booker, or maybe Curry🙏…And backup big players is not enough to win playoffs games when Alpi tired or injured..
Good pod Jackson. FVV had a turnover and 2 missed 3's in our last 3 posessions. THAT'S WHY WE LOST
You don't seem to be in a good mood today. Hope everything is okay.
Amen, Cam, Tari, Jalen, Bari, Alpi …no trade pls…just upgrade veterans players…
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Thank you, Houston! its players, coach, general manager, media, and fans. Your contribution to Alperen becoming an All-Star is just as significant as his own performance.
Just like the Cavs are represented with three players, Houston has already reserved three spots for next year’s All-Star roster. Hopefully, no injuries occur, this team will bring even more pride, I’m sure!
What a tremendous pride! Hey Houston fans , we are so happy 🎉🎉🎉
Houston played perfectly except last 3 minutes without Al-P. Also where is the Reed Sheppard, the future.
I ain't gon lie I'm probably not going to able to finish this episode because it's tough to listen to this side of Jackson. He knows his stuff but sometimes i think he lets the diluted fan side of him get out. Look….we lost a close game to a great team. It is not a fun feeling but we shouldn't let it have us go off the deep end, nor should we forget THIS IS STILL A VERY YOUNG TEAM!!! Yes!! We are much better than last year and years prior but they are still a YOUNG TEAM!!! They are ahead of schedule so sometimes we might forget that as a fan base. These are growing pains that honestly you want to go through right now instead of later. Plus give this team the credit they deserve for how they have played against elite competition the past week and some change!!!! They have raised they're level of play. You CANNOT win them all but we should be proud of how much better it is. Much love Jackson you do your thing on a consistent basis bro but just be a lil more reasonable when the the Rockets have these type of games…….. because they will definitely have another. Nonetheless we will see they're growth flourish soon enough as a whole team!!!! 💯👏🏾🚀🚀⬆️⬆️
Jalen Green can't handle the ball, the lost the ball on drives 2-3 times in crunch time. DB had a terrible pass to Amen that would have sealed it
Go Rockets
Fred need to that Jalen is the man you are a roll player or bye
Man, if the media has taught us anything, is when a sports team loses a game, lets find out who is at fault and toast the hell out of them. The Grizzlies were the better team. They beat the Rockets and the refs too. Congrats to the Grizzlies.
It is pretty simple. The Rockets played for the highlight reel and not the win. By this I mean they tried to make low percentage plays that looked good, instead of the boring, higher percentage play. Here are some examples.
The lob to Amen that Amen failed to dunk when a simple bounce pass to the cutting Amen would have resulted in a boring layup.
Leading or trailing by one, the Rockets only needed two points to win the game. FVV missed TWO 3 point shots.
Sure the plays would have looked cool on ESPN highlights, but sound fundamental basket says to keep the pressure on the other team by taking the easy baskets.
This was a game we should have won but poor offensive execution in the fourth costed us the game.
That fourth showed why Alpi was important on certain situations because he can be a calming influence on offense and we could go down to him on the post and have him make a play or use his passing to find the open man.
Learning experience from the guys though Jalen needs to be better and not rush everything and Fred can’t take anymore crazy shots because Alpi can’t bail us out everytime especially if he somehow fouls out or he injured again.
Sucks that we loss but we are facing a terrible Nets team at home so we should be good great video Jackson
Missed ALP late game passing decisions this game
Something needs to be done about Fred. He's the vet out there making 40mil. It's his job to make sure the rockets don't go through these scoring droughts that we've been seeing all year.
I want Amen driving to the basket & if need be kicking it out to Jalen Green for the last shot.
I NEVER WANT Jalen or Freddy V going iso … never. Jalen is low IQ & Fred is too slow & too small… either catch & shoot… fine. But dear lord… NOT ISO
Memphis needed this game, Houston wanted this game. The road trip was a spectacular success. Rockets played well. Respect to the Grizzlies. We'll see them in the second round of the playoffs, and then it will really counts. Go Rockets!
FVV shot the team out of the game. When he's not on, he can take bad shots with the best of 'em.
The Rockets just gave the Grizzlies the game. I thought the Rockets are disciplined now. Why would Vanvleet shoot a 3 when he could just pass to the open guy(s)? It really sucked.
Maybe ime intentionally wants clutch games and not closing them so young folks will grow quicker. Trade FVV ITS clutch time jihad .
Wow! I'm reading the comments here. I would swear the Rockets are 15-32 not 32-15. You people are ridiculous. they didn't lose to the Wizards. They lost the THIRD BEST team in the west, with the 6th BEST DEFENSE and who are at HOME and treating this game like a MUST WIN… and they only lost by ONE point. This is the same panic I heard when they lost a pre-season game to OKC.
PLEASE STOP!
This has been a problem all season long, for the most part we have been able to survive these meltdowns, but come playoff time this will be an issue.
JG costly turnovers in the fourth qt. were huge. Overall it was a good game..i wasn't mad that they lost bc them boyz battled..but those costly turnovers cost them the game.
We need Jimmy Butler!!! Launch the Trade Today
team loss schedule loss call it w/e. asking Amen to create there was in hindsight not the best action. We're young and nicked and had a chance. that griz rookie is paying off on D and ours is under developed, coulda used a shooter there instead of Tate, but we never worked him in.
Its just how the game goes. We can’t win every single game. 😂
It was dumb to play the last ball through FVV. He's not a clutch player. He ended up with a wishful 3 which was a RIP moment. Jalen or Amen could've penetrate for a layup to score or to draw a foul. Houston did not need a 3-pointer for the win. If this was Ime's play set, then he really lacks creating offensive game plays.
should have let JG have the ball last cuz he is quick, clutch, why the hecl Vleet had the ball last?
For the right price…there’s a 4Q bucket getter in Sac.
The Rockets missed Alpi in the closing minutes.
dont forget Rockets have won many close games too, this happened in sport, no matter how good you are, all teams have fair share of losses in close game and won in close games, no one to blame, we did fight to the last minute,
Dillon brooks reminds me of like jr smith. When he is on he an All-Star on defense and offense but when he off he’s unplayable. Hopefully we the good version in the playoffs
Dillion sometimes does not care about their mates' instructions or warnings. I saw him many times during the games snubbing Alpi's directions.
Alpi deserved it. I am so glad he made it this year. I am waiting for a couple of his 'ridiculous' passes in the all-star game.
Go Rockets!!
Alpi makes paint his home.sorry he missed this game.. I can see how important he is..