Houston Rockets DEMOLISH Nets In Season’s First Win | Kevin Durant’s EARLY OFFENSE Setting The Tone
Houston Rockets DEMOLISH Nets In Season’s First Win | Kevin Durant’s EARLY OFFENSE Setting The Tone
Houston Rockets secure first win of the season against Brooklyn Nets. Is this the turning point for their offensive strategy?
Host Jackson Gatlin (@JTGatlin) breaks down the Rockets’ blowout victory, highlighting Kevin Durant’s integration, Josh Okogie’s defensive impact, and standout performances from Tari Eason and Reed Sheppard. The analysis covers the team’s improved ball movement, reduced turnovers, and Alperen Sengun’s efficient scoring. Key topics include the Rockets’ evolving gameplay, bench contributions, and potential lineup adjustments with Dorian Finney-Smith’s impending return.
Discover how the Rockets’ new offensive approach and defensive tenacity could reshape their season outlook. Will this win spark a successful run for Houston?
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27 Comments
The Rockets have 4 players who must be on the court every game: Adams, Sengun, KD, and Amen. The 5th player and reserves are also clear: Okagie, DFS, Capela, Jabari, Davison, and Jeff Green. Beyond these 10 players, the rest are garbage that do more harm than good.
There's no point in talking about double-big lineup or anything else; the Rockets' small players are horribly bad and completely incapable of defense; that's the whole point!
Reed, Tari, Holiday, and Tate, are horribly bad and completely incompetent at one-on-one defense or in the zone. Furthermore, the Rockets can't even grab an offensive or defensive rebound when these players are on the floor! These players are the main reason the Rockets give up over 100 points every game, and that's unacceptable! There's no arguing about that!
I doubt any team in the NBA would take the Rockets' bait and take any of them, but hopefully, some teams will be that foolish! Still, let's keep our fingers crossed.
Great to see you still hete. Looking for last games show๐๐๐
Itโs crazy work the deal the Nets offered Thomas and he is literally the #1 option and gets triple teamed every time down the court. Coaches even let MPJ do his thing. The game plan is to stop Thomas ONLY and they only offered a mid level type deal lol no one can say heโs not at least worth a Monk type deal
Dang I was worried about you bruv. A simple tweet can put us at ease. ๐
Durant will perform significantly better when Sengun understands KD's rhythm. We need a little bit more time.
How come Sengun's imoroved his shooting from average to elite level in one summer? This guy is amazing.
What will he improve next?
Reed is a killer, but a timid one.
Didnโt hear from you last game.
Regarding the first two games: Yes this team is a better team on the paper, but the Rockets this season plays with a starting line up where three players have been replaced with others. That's not a small change. Adjustment will take time and a few hiccups.
KD is still finding his way into our system, problem is our system is not conventional so he seems like he is forcing too much. I think we should only use double big when KD is resting and having our last year crew on the court. Reed should be coming off bench leading 2nd units and be a microwave scorer that torch opponents bench units
We gonna be 3 pointer team next season with full armed
I knew Josh Okogie would be a terrific signing from the beginning. No disrespect to Brad and Will but they said he would have no impact on this team. Even with DFS come back, we should still keep him in the rotation.
Welcome back Jackson. I hope all is well you!
The Rockets do not seem like they will be contenders.. The offense looks bad.. There is no ball movement, cutting, no flow.. The only offense they seem to have is giving the ball to KD or Alp and just watch if they will do something.. The absence of FVV is also felt significantly.. He used to feed Alp and they had a nice pick & roll game.. You can not use a player like Alp by just giving him the ball around the 3 point line and watch him trying to do something.. Especially after how he played in the Eurobasket..
The only offense the Rockets seem to have now is iso ball and pulling up 3 point shots.. Overall, it looks slow and boring.. Even the defense seems to have regressed considering the amount of easy shots they allow to the opposing teams so far.. You claim to have size and length but you can't rebound and give 3-4 chances on a row to the opponent.. You can not win anything like this in western conference in the long term.. I also think having a player such as KD in your roster is kind of toxic for team play in general and improvement of other players etc..
I'm worried about the rockets honestly they are always right there knocking at the door to win a championship but never do when will we breakthrough
I like Reed I believe he can be a future PG but I would like to see him as a spot 3pt shooter right now. I think that's how he fits best at this moment.
Yay, we blew them out! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐
Yeah it has annoyed me them playing zone for most of the games. they canโt get into their defensive game that way. They strive when they are playing on their man and cause turnovers. Especially Amen. I havenโt seen Amen play his defense role past couple of games .
Udoka needs to match the minutes of Reed Sheppard and Clint Capella. Also, we have watched a whole EuroBasket where the team around Sengun didn't stand and watched him go to work. There were plays drawn the create space and opportunity when he has the ball in the post. I have been shouting for two years now. OFF BALL MOVEMENT. Thank God Amen has a great motor.
๐๐ 1st WIN OF MANY!
That's what I'm talking about!
*Let's go TeamRockets!
*YES, focus & BBIQ…
#However, my next commitments are more important, (see ๐ฏ).
#The-BALL-doesn't-LIE!
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๐ฏ I'm BURNING on this!
*Here's my expected COMMENTS until the playoffs…
*The true FAN can recognize real and/or fake basketball!
*The truth be told, most games are simply hard to watch!
*It's simply pathetic and a crying shame when a player can stay on the court and can't defend his own shadow!ย
*WHY, teams ignore the obvious?
*Explain to me, why teams allow them (poor defenders) OFF THE HOOK?
*Every team should ALWAYS take advantage of a team's poor defender, (especially multiple).
I say, If teams allow a known poor defender to score 40 points, somebody is expected to score 41 points against him!
*Example: All scouting reports against the Lakers should read, target and exploit (L.James, L.Donฤiฤ, A.Reeves) and force them to the bench via foul trouble or sheer embarrassment!!
*It's just insane that teams ignore the obvious andย fail to target, exploit and dominate the likes of a LeBron James the self proclaimed King/GOAT aka Father-time.
*Note, Something is WRONG with that picture?!
*So, if a team is over .500 and loses to them (the Lakers) or any team that's similar, SHAME on THEM!
*Moreover, why no-one is talking about what has happened to the importance of respect, honor, integrity, authenticity, history, legacy and the sheer competition of the game…?
*The aforementioned foundation is what made the NBA GREAT!
#"Let's make the NBA GREAT again!"
#The-BALL-doesn't-LIE!
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I would really like the Rockets to call Philly for Jared McCain. They have maxey,edgecombe & McCain. they would likely trade one of them and I think they would prefer moving McCain
It's funny cause I thought you didn't shoot new episodes because you got really pissed off by the 2 straight losses.
The shot was falling but i felt that Tari's process looked night and day different. Exactly how he can get his bag
Okogie was great! He is less chaotic than Tari which fits the starting lineup better. Once DFS comes back, he is the 5th starter with others swapping based upon matchups.
Reed needs the zone to not be exposed. He looked better yesterday. The shot looked as promised.
Capela looked great too! Like his old self.
Can someone tell Coach Udoka that we're no longer in 1995. You can't play this much zone defense in 2025. The purpose of a zone defense is either because the opponent can't shoot threes well, or because you're a physically weak team and you're trying to compensate. If neither of these are present, there's no point in using it every game. You can use this for shock value in some games. You have excellent perimeter defenders. There's no need for that.
Okogie for president