December 16, 2025 • 12 mins
Turning to basketball for a moment and taking a look at the Rockets, Houston has placed itself in the conversation among the top competitors to emerge out of the Western Conference this season. Taking on the Denver Nuggets in a phenomenal battle last night, the Rockets fell short in OT with a final score of 128-125. With a bit of help from the officials following a late foul called on Amen Thompson to send both teams into overtime, the Nuggets secured the win with a loss looking almost inevitable for them seconds prior. Evaluating last night's frustrating loss, Dan and Cole take a moment to circle the possibility of whether or not the NBA colludes at times in favor of the league's favorites.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Cole.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
Aren't you glad that we stayed up and watched the
end of that one?
Speaker 3 (00:03):
No? No, and I'm gonna I'm gonna push back on you.
The Rockets did not lose one twenty eight to one
twenty five. They were chastised and they were belittled and
robbed of a victory during the regular time because of
a egregiously horrendous, pathetic excuse of a call against Tim
Hardaway on a foul that even the folks in Denver
(00:26):
could see. Nope, Tim Hardaway did not get touched. Welcome
to the world of the NBA in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Damn mad so I said it last night when or Demiko,
when emy Udoka got the technical foul and it was
a double technical because I think on that one that
was when trying to remember Shingoon got the tech in
the second quarter and then that's exactly when it was.
That's when Udoka got the technical. Ho he was screaming
(00:53):
to open your bleeping eyes. Yeah yeah, so, I mean
he he had that going. But look, I may when
he wants to get run, he may will do everything
he can to get run. And in that moment he
was like, you guys, are awful, And I don't even
know if I want to stick around and watch this
without bad you're being the night because as we said
(01:14):
on Twitter in the show tweet today at Sports Talk
seven ninety that it was five verses eight and you
don't want to do the blaming the officials part of it,
but it was a huge part of last night's game.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
No, you don't want to do the blaming the officials
when it comes down to one call, but when it's
one critical call with less than five seconds on the
clock and you're up by one, knowing that he is
going to get to the line of scrimmage and all
he has to do.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Is make two for him to win the game.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Yeah, it does feel like it's a little bit of
five vague because I can't even talk about what we
saw last night from Katie dropping twenty five. I can't
talk about the good performance of alput Chingoon dropping thirty three,
the way the defense was able to kind of play
against a guy who is quite literally a superstar and
almost impossible to.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Guard in Nikola Jokic.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I can't talk about the way the team shot forty
eight from downtown, fifty one from the field. They kind
of struggled when it came to when it came to
the free throw percentage line. They out rebound the out turnover,
they outstole, they out blocked that Denver.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Because the only thing that matters is.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
That with one moment left in the game, you leave
it up to the incompetent Zebras to find a way
to show their true colors and say, well, Denver's prettier
against Oklahoma City. We're gonna give them the no intent.
We got to make sure the MVP gets his stop
on the way to have a home field home court
advantage after losing four.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
In a row in Denver.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Well, that's not bury the lead on it either, because
after the game, I mean, as I told you, Ema
Udoka doesn't get cheated on the postgame press conference, he.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Did exactly that. He didn't get cheated.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
Tiki Tech went along with the game tonight, so not
surprised why the crew we had out there. Just in general,
I think it's poortably officiated game. I've seen a long
time to have no business being out there, and the
crew chief of a second star stroke so you're seeing
all kinds of inconsistent calls, and I'm.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Sure you should have got a few more ticks.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
So the away from the ball foul that was called
again on a Men Thompson on Tim Hardaway, what if
I told you that wasn't even.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
The worst one.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
The worst was The worst one was the one that
put them up by three late where it was I
don't even know if it was an inbound but it
was and men Thompson trying to go for a steal
and they called him for just a simple hand check
or it had been a physical game and you've got
two physical teams and clearly one side was allowed to
be more physical than the other. And in that case
(03:37):
right there, that was one of the deciding calls in
the game. Where, yeah, the one on Hardaway was bad,
it didn't really necessarily hurt you because they made the
free throw to tie it up, of course, because you
know you get the free you know, nobody on the
line free throw kind of eel. And then you had
the the missed, you know, game winner by Jokic to
(03:59):
say it to ot there, but that was the one
that that was the most egregious, devolable.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Yeah. But like the thing is is that I want
to talk so highly about what the Rockets were able
to do. And I don't want to take away from
who a team like Denver is. I mean Denver, I
think you would agree with me, and I think seven
p one three or two one, two, five, seven ninety
most people would the next team up behind Oklahoma City,
who's in their own stratosphere at this point is either
Houston or Denver. Those are the next two competitors and
(04:26):
contenders in this way in the Western Conference. And I
would say in the NBA to even go dance with
the devil that is Oklahoma City.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Get this point.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
And so right now, I can't talk about alprin Ching
Gooon having a double double. I can't talk about, you know,
Jabari Smith giving you sixteen and shooting six to eleven
for the field.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
I can't talk about the way.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
That Josha Koge started off really strong and dropped sixteen points.
I can't talk about the way that you were able
to slow down a Nikola jokicch who at this point
you always gonna get a.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Triple double if you allow him to. And by the way,
allowing him to.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Is a nice way of putting he's gonna get.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
It ninety nine point nine percent of the time.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
I can't talk about the way that you were able
to really shut down everybody other than Jamal Murray, who
dropped thirty five and is playing like an MVP and
certainly an All start this year. Because the only thing
that I'm focused in on are the blatantly neglected, careless
penalties by people who are so incompetent on being on
a court that they constantly are allowing their fandom to
(05:21):
get in the way. And that's what we saw last
night was Denver need a win. They had dropped four
at home. The NBA doesn't like the fact that they're
not playing up to a certain standard and the Rockets
are just a shill. So they're like, oh, that's fine,
it'll be okay, because we got to make sure that
the MVP against his accolades against top tier teams.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Yeah, Denver shot thirty three free throws compared to the
Rockets twenty six, And I know one of the players
that was kind of a point of contention for the
Rockets was Jamal Murray shooting fifteen of those thirty three.
So again, like I said, I mean, you know, you
hear the saying all the time rules for thee and
not for me. In that case right there, it was
(05:56):
rules for everybody else and not formal Murray or Nikola Jokich,
who Jokic shot eleven two. The only rocket that shot
near as much like it's somewhat in the neighborhood was
Kevin Durant with eight.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
I mean, Albert ching Goon was four fourteen to twenty
seven from the field. What I thought was really interesting
is that you know, we're gonna look at the score
and I'll say won twenty one hundred and twenty eight
points allowed. I thought that Houston did a good job
playing pesky defense against Jokich.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
The problem was that the dude is just a lade everywhere.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
I mean, he was three for five from I mean
when five and nine from downtown. So there were moments
he were watching last night where they were playing up
on him and they were making sure that they were
in his face and kind of taking away any avenue
for him to kind of get.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
Into a tour in the back basket.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
So what does he do.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
He doesn't turn around and just drains the three during
the middle of the third quarter to keep momentum on
the side of the Nuggets. So, I mean, like the
things that you really want to pescer on, you can't
because of Denver just did what it usually is accustomed
to doing. And unfortunately this leads to what you played
such a great game. You were able to shut them down,
you were able to gain a lead with eleven seconds left.
(07:03):
Everyone is kind of deciphering on how they're supposed to
be able to perform going into that last drive, and
then you get a blatantly fake call.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
You know, you know it's bad.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Dan when the national broadcasters, when the Nuggets broadcasters, and
when the Rockets broadcasters all look and go, I don't
know if he touched, if shouldn't touch before that he
decided to start start tripping at this.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Point, Yeah, and I mean you know you touched on it.
Nikola Jokic thirty nine out of him, I mean just
some of those three balls that he made. You're just like,
come on, man, like like seriously, like like how But
I mean the Rockets offensively last night, not terrible. I
mean just over fifty percent from the field as a whole,
forty eight percent overall from three hadn't seen a ton
(07:45):
of forty eight percent. I mean, it's been much improved,
but it hasn't been that good. For many of the
games this season, so it's unfortunate. I mean, you feel
like you should have gotten out there with a win
last night's and some veryle calls are what to keep
you from being able to get out of there with
the win last night, And well, the Rockets have to
(08:07):
sit on it until Thursday and then hopefully take it
out on the New Orleans Pelicans, which I think they
probably will.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Let me ask you, do you feel like that as
soon as that call was made, do you should have
just made the two free throws and then knock on overtime? Because,
in my opinion, seeing how blatantly obvious it was that
the refs were doing everything possible to help out Denver
to get a win, that was the ultimate sign if
you weren't winning an overtime sorry, they were going to
have the momentum on their side. You know, the Zebras
were going to be siding with them. You knew that
(08:33):
everybody inside the court was going to be pulling for
Nikola Jokics to finish his triple double. I just would
have rather at that point Tim Hardaway made two shots and.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Call to night Well, I mean, I guess it would
have saved you a little bit of trouble if you
believed that that was how it was going to end
last night. But the Rockets means still trying to give
themselves every opportunity. I mean, you start off the overtime
with being down seven early because of a seven to
nothing run by Denver, but credit to the Rockets for
(09:01):
coming back and being able to finally get on the
board and only getting outscored by three there in that ot,
but still not enough. One twenty eight, one twenty five
the final last night there in Denver, and as I mentioned,
a lot of the next couple of nights off, and
then you get I mean, think about this for travel
for the Rockets on the six game road trip, because
(09:22):
I can't remember Phils last night or if it's Saturday's
game is going to be because I think it was
last night was the one that was added because they
didn't make it to Vegas right for the NBA Cups.
So you get two out of the next three in Denver,
where I don't know where the scheduling geniuses came up
with this one. I means that's one of those where
(09:44):
I don't know, I guess seeding in the NBA Cup
had something to do with it. I'm not even sure
how it all works out with that, and I'm sure
somebody could probably tell me.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
I don't really care about that.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
What I care more so about is this going to
fester with you as you face off against New Orleans
and you need to take out all that pentup aggression
against a world who comes into this matchup at five
and twenty two. They're gonna have another game before they
face off against the Rockets.
Speaker 4 (10:05):
But for me, you got to get.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
All of your absolute anger out on this game because
I'm gonna tell you right now, it feels like and
it's gonna feel this way until you actually finally can
vanquish the foe. As long as Denver has Nikolay Jokic
out on the court, and as long as this game
is on primetime television like it was last night, they're
gonna do everything possible to guarantee Yokic your win. I
know that it's not fair. I know that you're thinking
(10:28):
that I'm working in a conspiracy theory. Dan of like, oh,
the NBA is rigged and they're only giving it to
the superstars. But Kevin Durant's a superstar. He's at the two,
he's not the three time Ragning MVP. He's not, in
my opinion, the best player in basketball right now. If
any opportunity with the team that has been struggling at
home can get a shot to get a win, guess
who's gonna.
Speaker 4 (10:45):
Get the not Hey.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Look, I learned a long time ago the conspiracy theorists
are just people who ask questions. And if you don't
like the answers that you have to give to those questions,
well then that's on you.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
It's not on a conspiracy theory.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
So then let me ask you a question.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
Dude, you think for one second that was even close
to being a foul by Tim Hardaway, No, not even close, So.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
It's even a conspiracy.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Here's the thing, too, is because you know the foul
that was called on the yokch on Reed Shepherd. So
of course I mean Adalman for for Denver challenges as
he should have. I think the Rockets bench would have
absolutely rioted if they had overturned that, they would have rioted.
I think, So I will say, like they might have
(11:26):
just walked off the floor and just said, you know what,
just go ahead and call the game like this, this
isn't even worth playing at this point.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
I will say the one carryover that I will have
in favor of the Nuggets to where it did feel
like this is where they come took control. Their bench
played better than the Rockets bench last night. I mean,
you lost Peyton Watson early in the game. I think
you only played like eight or nine minutes, and then
he left with the law body injury. His job was
to shut down Kevin Durant. But they were able to
make up with it with Valan Schunis, with Tim Hardaway,
(11:52):
with Bruce Brown playing at least playing anywhere between fourteen
to forty minutes. They all were able to at least
make one field goal. Your events really were allowed a
lot heavily on reach Shepherd coming on in and going
five to seventeen for the field.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Yeah, he was still good, fourteen points out of him,
But you're right, I mean the rest of the bench
not quite as much. You get three and three out
of both of your bigs, Adams and Capella, and then
you only get a handful of minutes out of Aaron Holidays.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
He only played ten last night.
Cole.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
Aren't you glad that we stayed up and watched the
end of that one?
Speaker 3 (00:03):
No? No, and I'm gonna I'm gonna push back on you.
The Rockets did not lose one twenty eight to one
twenty five. They were chastised and they were belittled and
robbed of a victory during the regular time because of
a egregiously horrendous, pathetic excuse of a call against Tim
Hardaway on a foul that even the folks in Denver
(00:26):
could see. Nope, Tim Hardaway did not get touched. Welcome
to the world of the NBA in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Damn mad so I said it last night when or Demiko,
when emy Udoka got the technical foul and it was
a double technical because I think on that one that
was when trying to remember Shingoon got the tech in
the second quarter and then that's exactly when it was.
That's when Udoka got the technical. Ho he was screaming
(00:53):
to open your bleeping eyes. Yeah yeah, so, I mean
he he had that going. But look, I may when
he wants to get run, he may will do everything
he can to get run. And in that moment he
was like, you guys, are awful, And I don't even
know if I want to stick around and watch this
without bad you're being the night because as we said
(01:14):
on Twitter in the show tweet today at Sports Talk
seven ninety that it was five verses eight and you
don't want to do the blaming the officials part of it,
but it was a huge part of last night's game.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
No, you don't want to do the blaming the officials
when it comes down to one call, but when it's
one critical call with less than five seconds on the
clock and you're up by one, knowing that he is
going to get to the line of scrimmage and all
he has to do.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Is make two for him to win the game.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Yeah, it does feel like it's a little bit of
five vague because I can't even talk about what we
saw last night from Katie dropping twenty five. I can't
talk about the good performance of alput Chingoon dropping thirty three,
the way the defense was able to kind of play
against a guy who is quite literally a superstar and
almost impossible to.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Guard in Nikola Jokic.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I can't talk about the way the team shot forty
eight from downtown, fifty one from the field. They kind
of struggled when it came to when it came to
the free throw percentage line. They out rebound the out turnover,
they outstole, they out blocked that Denver.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Because the only thing that matters is.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
That with one moment left in the game, you leave
it up to the incompetent Zebras to find a way
to show their true colors and say, well, Denver's prettier
against Oklahoma City. We're gonna give them the no intent.
We got to make sure the MVP gets his stop
on the way to have a home field home court
advantage after losing four.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
In a row in Denver.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Well, that's not bury the lead on it either, because
after the game, I mean, as I told you, Ema
Udoka doesn't get cheated on the postgame press conference, he.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Did exactly that. He didn't get cheated.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
Tiki Tech went along with the game tonight, so not
surprised why the crew we had out there. Just in general,
I think it's poortably officiated game. I've seen a long
time to have no business being out there, and the
crew chief of a second star stroke so you're seeing
all kinds of inconsistent calls, and I'm.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Sure you should have got a few more ticks.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
So the away from the ball foul that was called
again on a Men Thompson on Tim Hardaway, what if
I told you that wasn't even.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
The worst one.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
The worst was The worst one was the one that
put them up by three late where it was I
don't even know if it was an inbound but it
was and men Thompson trying to go for a steal
and they called him for just a simple hand check
or it had been a physical game and you've got
two physical teams and clearly one side was allowed to
be more physical than the other. And in that case
(03:37):
right there, that was one of the deciding calls in
the game. Where, yeah, the one on Hardaway was bad,
it didn't really necessarily hurt you because they made the
free throw to tie it up, of course, because you
know you get the free you know, nobody on the
line free throw kind of eel. And then you had
the the missed, you know, game winner by Jokic to
(03:59):
say it to ot there, but that was the one
that that was the most egregious, devolable.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Yeah. But like the thing is is that I want
to talk so highly about what the Rockets were able
to do. And I don't want to take away from
who a team like Denver is. I mean Denver, I
think you would agree with me, and I think seven
p one three or two one, two, five, seven ninety
most people would the next team up behind Oklahoma City,
who's in their own stratosphere at this point is either
Houston or Denver. Those are the next two competitors and
(04:26):
contenders in this way in the Western Conference. And I
would say in the NBA to even go dance with
the devil that is Oklahoma City.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Get this point.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
And so right now, I can't talk about alprin Ching
Gooon having a double double. I can't talk about, you know,
Jabari Smith giving you sixteen and shooting six to eleven
for the field.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
I can't talk about the way.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
That Josha Koge started off really strong and dropped sixteen points.
I can't talk about the way that you were able
to slow down a Nikola jokicch who at this point
you always gonna get a.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Triple double if you allow him to. And by the way,
allowing him to.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Is a nice way of putting he's gonna get.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
It ninety nine point nine percent of the time.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
I can't talk about the way that you were able
to really shut down everybody other than Jamal Murray, who
dropped thirty five and is playing like an MVP and
certainly an All start this year. Because the only thing
that I'm focused in on are the blatantly neglected, careless
penalties by people who are so incompetent on being on
a court that they constantly are allowing their fandom to
(05:21):
get in the way. And that's what we saw last
night was Denver need a win. They had dropped four
at home. The NBA doesn't like the fact that they're
not playing up to a certain standard and the Rockets
are just a shill. So they're like, oh, that's fine,
it'll be okay, because we got to make sure that
the MVP against his accolades against top tier teams.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Yeah, Denver shot thirty three free throws compared to the
Rockets twenty six, And I know one of the players
that was kind of a point of contention for the
Rockets was Jamal Murray shooting fifteen of those thirty three.
So again, like I said, I mean, you know, you
hear the saying all the time rules for thee and
not for me. In that case right there, it was
(05:56):
rules for everybody else and not formal Murray or Nikola Jokich,
who Jokic shot eleven two. The only rocket that shot
near as much like it's somewhat in the neighborhood was
Kevin Durant with eight.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
I mean, Albert ching Goon was four fourteen to twenty
seven from the field. What I thought was really interesting
is that you know, we're gonna look at the score
and I'll say won twenty one hundred and twenty eight
points allowed. I thought that Houston did a good job
playing pesky defense against Jokich.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
The problem was that the dude is just a lade everywhere.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
I mean, he was three for five from I mean
when five and nine from downtown. So there were moments
he were watching last night where they were playing up
on him and they were making sure that they were
in his face and kind of taking away any avenue
for him to kind of get.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
Into a tour in the back basket.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
So what does he do.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
He doesn't turn around and just drains the three during
the middle of the third quarter to keep momentum on
the side of the Nuggets. So, I mean, like the
things that you really want to pescer on, you can't
because of Denver just did what it usually is accustomed
to doing. And unfortunately this leads to what you played
such a great game. You were able to shut them down,
you were able to gain a lead with eleven seconds left.
(07:03):
Everyone is kind of deciphering on how they're supposed to
be able to perform going into that last drive, and
then you get a blatantly fake call.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
You know, you know it's bad.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Dan when the national broadcasters, when the Nuggets broadcasters, and
when the Rockets broadcasters all look and go, I don't
know if he touched, if shouldn't touch before that he
decided to start start tripping at this.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Point, Yeah, and I mean you know you touched on it.
Nikola Jokic thirty nine out of him, I mean just
some of those three balls that he made. You're just like,
come on, man, like like seriously, like like how But
I mean the Rockets offensively last night, not terrible. I
mean just over fifty percent from the field as a whole,
forty eight percent overall from three hadn't seen a ton
(07:45):
of forty eight percent. I mean, it's been much improved,
but it hasn't been that good. For many of the
games this season, so it's unfortunate. I mean, you feel
like you should have gotten out there with a win
last night's and some veryle calls are what to keep
you from being able to get out of there with
the win last night, And well, the Rockets have to
(08:07):
sit on it until Thursday and then hopefully take it
out on the New Orleans Pelicans, which I think they
probably will.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Let me ask you, do you feel like that as
soon as that call was made, do you should have
just made the two free throws and then knock on overtime? Because,
in my opinion, seeing how blatantly obvious it was that
the refs were doing everything possible to help out Denver
to get a win, that was the ultimate sign if
you weren't winning an overtime sorry, they were going to
have the momentum on their side. You know, the Zebras
were going to be siding with them. You knew that
(08:33):
everybody inside the court was going to be pulling for
Nikola Jokics to finish his triple double. I just would
have rather at that point Tim Hardaway made two shots and.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Call to night Well, I mean, I guess it would
have saved you a little bit of trouble if you
believed that that was how it was going to end
last night. But the Rockets means still trying to give
themselves every opportunity. I mean, you start off the overtime
with being down seven early because of a seven to
nothing run by Denver, but credit to the Rockets for
(09:01):
coming back and being able to finally get on the
board and only getting outscored by three there in that ot,
but still not enough. One twenty eight, one twenty five
the final last night there in Denver, and as I mentioned,
a lot of the next couple of nights off, and
then you get I mean, think about this for travel
for the Rockets on the six game road trip, because
(09:22):
I can't remember Phils last night or if it's Saturday's
game is going to be because I think it was
last night was the one that was added because they
didn't make it to Vegas right for the NBA Cups.
So you get two out of the next three in Denver,
where I don't know where the scheduling geniuses came up
with this one. I means that's one of those where
(09:44):
I don't know, I guess seeding in the NBA Cup
had something to do with it. I'm not even sure
how it all works out with that, and I'm sure
somebody could probably tell me.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
I don't really care about that.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
What I care more so about is this going to
fester with you as you face off against New Orleans
and you need to take out all that pentup aggression
against a world who comes into this matchup at five
and twenty two. They're gonna have another game before they
face off against the Rockets.
Speaker 4 (10:05):
But for me, you got to get.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
All of your absolute anger out on this game because
I'm gonna tell you right now, it feels like and
it's gonna feel this way until you actually finally can
vanquish the foe. As long as Denver has Nikolay Jokic
out on the court, and as long as this game
is on primetime television like it was last night, they're
gonna do everything possible to guarantee Yokic your win. I
know that it's not fair. I know that you're thinking
(10:28):
that I'm working in a conspiracy theory. Dan of like, oh,
the NBA is rigged and they're only giving it to
the superstars. But Kevin Durant's a superstar. He's at the two,
he's not the three time Ragning MVP. He's not, in
my opinion, the best player in basketball right now. If
any opportunity with the team that has been struggling at
home can get a shot to get a win, guess
who's gonna.
Speaker 4 (10:45):
Get the not Hey.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Look, I learned a long time ago the conspiracy theorists
are just people who ask questions. And if you don't
like the answers that you have to give to those questions,
well then that's on you.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
It's not on a conspiracy theory.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
So then let me ask you a question.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
Dude, you think for one second that was even close
to being a foul by Tim Hardaway, No, not even close, So.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
It's even a conspiracy.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Here's the thing, too, is because you know the foul
that was called on the yokch on Reed Shepherd. So
of course I mean Adalman for for Denver challenges as
he should have. I think the Rockets bench would have
absolutely rioted if they had overturned that, they would have rioted.
I think, So I will say, like they might have
(11:26):
just walked off the floor and just said, you know what,
just go ahead and call the game like this, this
isn't even worth playing at this point.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
I will say the one carryover that I will have
in favor of the Nuggets to where it did feel
like this is where they come took control. Their bench
played better than the Rockets bench last night. I mean,
you lost Peyton Watson early in the game. I think
you only played like eight or nine minutes, and then
he left with the law body injury. His job was
to shut down Kevin Durant. But they were able to
make up with it with Valan Schunis, with Tim Hardaway,
(11:52):
with Bruce Brown playing at least playing anywhere between fourteen
to forty minutes. They all were able to at least
make one field goal. Your events really were allowed a
lot heavily on reach Shepherd coming on in and going
five to seventeen for the field.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Yeah, he was still good, fourteen points out of him,
But you're right, I mean the rest of the bench
not quite as much. You get three and three out
of both of your bigs, Adams and Capella, and then
you only get a handful of minutes out of Aaron Holidays.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
He only played ten last night.
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