Reed Sheppard Breakout Game As Houston Rockets Reserves Put Up A Strong Fight Against OKC Thunder
Reed Sheppard Breakout Game As Houston Rockets Reserves Put Up A Strong Fight Against OKC Thunder
Reed Sheppard shines in a breakout performance for the Houston Rockets, showcasing his potential in the NBA. Can the Rockets leverage this momentum to climb the Western Conference standings?
Host Jackson Gatlin (@JTGatlin) discusses the moral victories inside the Houston Rockets 137-128 loss to the OKC Thunder, including Reed Sheppard’s breakout game with a career-high 25 points, Cam Whitmore’s defense, N’Faly Dante’s impact rebounding and around the rim, as well as whether or not Ime Udoka “gave up” too soon in this game and more.
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41 Comments
Play Cam and Reed more!!! Been saying it all season !!!
A few takeaways from this game:
– Jalen is a BALLER
– Reed has a nice touch!
– Cam's 1 on 1 defense is amazing
– Holiday killed us with turnovers
– Dante is the rim running/athletic type of big we need as a back up
The Rockets have so many Diamonds.If I’m Rafael stone, I’m dealing Landale for picks & I’m converting N’faly Dante to a cheap standard contract.He’s big,physical,athletic provides rim protection & lob threat. In 19 mins:10pts,9 rebounds,2blks,1 asst & good at free throws. even Adams can’t give u that.
I enjoyed watching this game ngl. Rockets roster is deep and strong which will be useful in playoffs
I feel like I have so much to say about this game lol. I think Jalen should've played at the end & checked in for Nate Williams. Cam was playing great 1 on 1 defense on Shai, so he could've used that energy towards defense while Jalen and Reed punish on offense. Dante, Jabari, Cam, Jalen, & Reed should've closed out
Sha put 51 and ppl sayin cam … reed… where is the defense ????
Raphael stone took the year off
Go Rockets!!!
Damn good game though, Landale didn’t want to play he didn’t care how close we were getting 😂 Dante is solid , I’d definitely give him reps over Landale
Reed looked good. Minus the few turnovers. He should drive more hit that middy. I like that shot for him, not just pulling for 3's. Looks comfy with that shot. That drive on Caruso was $ with the up and under. Cam you could tell was out there to prove a point. Shot well, hustled. Defended really well against SGA at times. Now Dante… hmm damn this kid has upside. I liked what i saw.
They punted this game and I was upset a bit because despite us resting our guys we really had a chance to win this game and that’s with SGA cooking on offense and Jalen Green was playing well.
We better win tonight against the Pacers or else we rested our guys for nothing.
Reed had his coming out party he showed that if he gets huge minutes and he in a rhythm this is what he can do. I just don’t understand why people called him a bust when he only 20 and it sometimes it takes young guards to get use to the NBA.
It’s unfortunate with Reed he really got drafted at the wrong time with us because we are trying to win instead of focusing on development.
If he would have started or at least play 20 plus minutes where he can learn from his mistakes where he could get into a rhythm we would probably see similar performance like this or at least he would be averaging 14 PPG.
Cam is a bucket we know that he really can be a star man but he just needs to clean up the other stuff with his game.
After this road trip we have six game homestand we need to have a good homestand because your right Jackson we can still get home court.
Right now this is about seeding and getting home court.
Also about Dante I like what I saw he deserves more minutes and if he plays like that he makes either Landale or Adams expendable. If the suns pick lands at 5-10 I hope Patrick Queen is available him Sengun and Dante is a nice center trio for next year.
Great video as always Jackson
Good minutes from cam reed and Dante. Jalen adding to his iron man streak. One more back to back go.
It's gonna be tough going back to watching our slow motion offense that we run through Sengun after this😂
Reed is rookie of the year if he got consistent time
GO ROCKETS!!!!!!!
Jack mc veigh is a shooter we need but ime don't want to use him like reed ime only trust defensive player common coach ime your not exploring enough on players that can help this team no.1 problem is shooting why not play him for at least 3 to 4 minutes so we had a shooter out there playing together with jalen and reed then if they shoot 3s the lane will be open for jalen who we know is one nba best penetrator in the lane and a lot of opponent broadcaster of other team praise jalen playing style and think highly of him
Dante honestly should be our rim protecting big man off the bench for us next season take Steven adams and jock landale out he is much cheaper younger and has a lot of untapped potential and is actually a solid free throw shooter for a big which we need only thing he needs to improve more is his footwork when defending he had moments where he got beat because he was a times uncoordinated but if that is the only thing that he needs to improve on that is such a big sign of amazing potential for this kid
SGA is amazing, but Jokic is the best offensive player in the league – and maybe ever.
Cam and Reed play well together
Am happy the rocket didn’t make any harsh moves we have a good young core i never give up on reed something about him i think he will be great
This is the only loss this season I enjoyed watching. The off the bench guys looked really good. Still have aways to go but upside looks good. Maybe we don’t need Devin Booker!
Even fvv can’t give you 25! reed is an excellent defender,Dante is nasty,Jalen going crazy this year, cam needs minutes, Jabari is that guy his presence is felt on defense, Nate is a good defender and can hit shots, add tari, amen, Şengün, brooks should come off the bench, package adams fvv Tate and holiday with the suns picks and get bol bol
I hate punting
So happy with Reed and Surprise with Dante. I did not like Mate Williams decision marking
I kinda feel like Ime wanted them to lose this game so the young guys could see how much they have to learn and how much they still need the veterans. It almost backfired on him lol
I wasn't really thinking US winning this Im just happy with Reed Production
G league squad killers daunte, Reed and that 5,7 guard need to have time played
Man when this game started. I said to myself I can’t wait to see what Jackson says tomorrow! I loved this game shows depth and guys ready for some minutes! I also have so much faith in whitmore I really hope he stays in Houston!
This was one of my favorite games of the season. Watching reed and cam step up the way that they did was very exciting. This gives me hope they they can provide huge minutes off the bench for us in the near future, something we will need if we want to make a serious playoff run
Go Rockets!
Go HOUnds!
Been saying Reed should've been starting after Fred went out
Gostei muito do jogo ontem , gostei muito de ver Sheepard com agressividade e controlando a bola , principalmente quando nao tinha JG , ficou claro que esse menino tem muito potencial e só precisa de minutos para se consolidar .
Cam e Reed nao podem jamais ficar atrás de Holiday e Jae Sean Tate na rotação, Udoka tem que rever isso !!! 🚀🇧🇷
GIVE DANTE A LEGIT CONTRACT. HE CAN HELP BEING BACKUP 5 AND HE ACTUALLY A ROOKIE SAME AS REED LET'S GO. Cam play good ngl. Reed bout to make me think his potential.
Reed, Amen, Cam, Jabari, and Dante.
I am beginning to wonder if the HC is the right coach for this team. I feel ike he is wasting Cam and Reed for the sake of Brooks and others. I get that minutes are tough to come by and we are not in the development phase anymore but I everytime I turn around Udoka is making questionable line up choices and his offensive game plan is subpar.
They still have decisions to make this off-season and yhey need to see certain guy's in situations
Rookies take a while to get comfortable, Reed finally was given ENOUGH minutes, again for a ROOKIE, to get to that comfort zone for the first time, mind you Alpi and Jalen got those minutes right off the bat in their rockieyear
Ime definitely punted too soon. Jalen was hoopin and we were only down by 6 with 5 minutes left. Nate Williams and Aaron Holiday sold hard in this game, both players have a hero ball mentality and mess up any flow to the offense. Dante was really impressive. Reed needs all of Holiday's minutes moving forward.
Reed and Cam absolutely need to be in our rotation, even if it's as like the ninth and tenth men! Shouldn't be games where neither play any! Even if it's just one of them getting five minutes. There have been games where we could not buy a hoop that I think you give Cam a look. For me, Reed has looked good all year handling the ball. He still makes stupid rookie turnovers occasionally but so does Jalen in year four, lol! He's very active on defense kind of like Fred but more energy to make up for times his size makes him a liability.
Great show and Go Rockets!!