March 13, 2025 • 10 mins
Jalen Green had 29 points while Alperen Sengun scored 20 to lead the Rockets to a 111-104 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday. Houston extended their winning streak to four games. "We got back to guarding at a pretty high level," head coach Ime Udoka said. With Jabari Smith Jr. and Fred VanVleet returning to the lineup, the Rockets have been given a boost as the conclusion of the regular season approaches in a tightly contested race for spots 2-5 in the Western Conference. "The luck of being totally healthy throughout the season is unrealistic," Udoka said. "That's the blessing that we have with our team is that we have a lot of interchangeable parts." Houston has seen success in rolling out bigger lineups, intermixing Smith, Sengun and Steven Adams. "Double bigs have been really good for us," Udoka said. "It comes down to a war of will with the bigs and smalls out there and who can take advantage of what." Adams and Suns center Mason Plumlee were ejected before halftime of Wednesday's matchup after the pair wrestled each other to the court. Adams' presence under the basket on both ends of the floor is a major factor in the Rockets leading the league in offensive rebounds, averaging 14.7 per game this season. "In order to be a really good offensive rebounder like [Adams] does, you have to have a great sense of where the ball is going to come off the rim. But it starts with his strength and wedging guys under, carving out that space for himself. A lot of times, he's going to get the ball, but also he commands a double, triple team on the glass, and he allows other guys to clean up and get those opportunities as well," Udoka said. The Rockets host the Mavericks on Friday in the first of a back-to-back as the Bulls will be in the Toyota Center the following night.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Rockets with an off day today, back to back
games tomorrow against Dallas on Saturday against the Chicago Bulls.
Rockets have won four consecutive game. To talk about that
and other things, Houston rock Lad it is the head
coach Imo Doka here on the Matt Thomas Show, a
Ross coach.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
It's Matt Ross.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Good afternoon, Congratulations on the four game stretch, and I
brought this up to you yesterday. Is it somewhat nice
in a wall of NBA when you feel like you're
in five cities in ten days and it's been nice
to kind of be home for a little bit to
kind of get in some sort of routine here.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Yeah, I would say it is after the hectic travel
schedule that we had, I think at some point thirteen
to seventeen on the road and come home for a
game and right back out on the road.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
So it's good to be back for a little bit.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
I don't really mind it, but I think the players
like to sit down, settle down and be with their
families and get on a regular schedule. But it's also
nice to be at home for a while and take
care of our home court advantage.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
And we did that lately.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
How tired of you were you of Fred van Bliet
the coach, and how happy were you to have Fred
VanVleet the player back on the floor for you last night.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Well, we'll get tired of him as far as what
he does for our guys, as far as coaching sitting there,
and he does that while he's playing as well, so
we don't get tired of that part.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
But it's great to have him back on the floor, you.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Know, settling things down and just you know, finding his way,
getting his rhythm back, and you know, had a nice
efficient game overall. I think, you know, just to get
the rust off and have him back out there obviously
benefits the team.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
You know what, this is a Phoenix team that scores
a lot of points. It's really strange. In the last
two games you faced two different teams, have played different styles.
But frankly, I love the defense in those last two
games and very good for your squad.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
Yeah, we got back to guarding at a pretty high level. Obviously,
if you score or you hold somebody in the eighties
like we did Orlando, that's a great feat nowadays in NBA.
But even except for their late run by Phoenix, making
some threes late. You know, we held him in the
ninety for the most part, and so especially with Bill
Booker and Duran out there, I think we did a
great job of paying attention to detail, making them work
(02:03):
extremely hard. And you know, obviously, when you can hold
Durant and Booker to nineteen each, you're doing a really
good job.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
Do you coaches have a nickname for the Jabbari Smith,
Steven Adams, Alprin Shingoon lineups?
Speaker 2 (02:18):
No, we don't. I'm sure people are in the media
or if.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
Jump all the package is what I've heard.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
How do you like that making up names for that?
But it sounds good to me.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Double bigs has been really good for us though, and
when you include Jabari at the three. Obviously, with the
men out right now and some guys in and out
them back to backs, we have to go with some
unique lineups, but they've all done a really good job
of adjusting and making taste. Hey, that's it comes down
to war of will with the bigs and smalls out
there and who could take advantage of what? And I
think our bigs have been taken advantage of the smaller
(02:48):
lamps and not getting hurt too bad by them as well.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
Rocket Tech coach Imma Dedoko with us here on Sports
Talk seven ninety. What are your conversations are I guess
offensive philosophies would Dylan Brooks. His scoring has been up.
He's been getting his shot a lot more as well,
and really helping you guys offensively, but not normally one
of the traditional kind of engines of the offense for
you guys.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
You know, the thing that for him is to be
aggressive and take the right shots, which he does. He's
obviously shooting at a really high level from three, and
I always say he finds a way to impact the game,
whether it's getting down transition, relocating off of Alpi and
Jalen and finding his spots. Especially when I don't call
a ton of plays for him, he impacts the game
in a great way.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
And from there it's just make the right place.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
You know, a lot of times the team will have
a lesser defender on him, and we want him to
take advantage of that, whether it's on the offensive glass
or occasional posts up here there just hunting his shots.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Well, guys are helping off of them.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
So he's been doing a great job of that, making
teams pay and need that aggressiveness. Obviously, the focus is
on some of our leading scorers, and he's done a
great job all year being very consistent knocking down those shots.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Steven Adams gave you a double double a couple nights back.
Obviously could not do that last night because he and
Miles wanted to play WWE in the court linelast night.
But he's always been a good offensive rebound and you
know that from all your time watching him over the NBA.
Is it brute strength, is it just pushing guys aside,
or does he just have the innate ability to know
where that ball is going to bounce, especially but does
(04:13):
not come off and down then through the hoop.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Well, it's all the above.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
In order to be a really good offense rebound like
he does, you have to have a great sense of
of where the ball is going to come off the rim.
But starts with the strength and wedging guys under carving
out that space for himself and a lot of times
he's going to get the ball. But also he commands
a double and trible team on the glass and he
allows other guys to clean up and get those opportunities
as well.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
So starts with the strength. Obviously he's a load down there.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
He can kind of wedge guys in, but he has
a really good understanding where the ball is going to
come off, and then the great understanding of where the
shooters and scores are out of that hitting guys going
to the basket, kicking out for threes, or finding those
footbacks for himself, and so all the above. He's a
really smart player and has obviously worked at that for
a long time.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Let's say last night that he and plumbly got after
it like they did and no one came on the court.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
How that I have ended it would ended? It would
have ended with Steven and quickly.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
I'm afraid of him.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
He may.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
I mean, I'm afraid of you, and I'm afraid of him.
You guys, I mean, y'all are some scary mofos. I'm
gonna tell you that right now. He's just not a
he's not a friendly gat But I appreciate what he
brings the table. It's kind of nice to have that
a little bit of moxie on net squad.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
You got quite a few guys that'll do that if
need be. That was good. I mean, he brings the
edge to us. You know, I obviously he's a big
teddy bear off the court.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
He has a great personality, as most guys do, and
sometimes it's just a flip that gets uh the Swiss
that gets flipped on the court, and so uh he
brings that edge, the toughness he's carved out his career
doing one thing. But yeah, we love that about him,
and obviously it's it's important to what we're trying to
do be the number one offensive rebounding team in the league.
We have great wings that do it. But for him
to come in and do it the way he has,
(05:57):
obviously it has been helpful as well. But yeah, and
don't I don't want to take anything away from Plumbley
as my guy. He was with us with USA Basketball,
but great guy as well. But Steven, to your point,
is a very formidable opponent in all those aspects.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Yeah, for sure. You may doka with us here on
the Matt Thomas Show with Ross Coach. Give us an
update on a man.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
What is he doing? I know rest rehab.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
You got a great training staff that's watching him probably
every minute of the day when they can. Where is
he on his progression in his ankle?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
It's been good. Obviously precautionary.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
You know, you get the X rays and all that,
and those are all negative, but you keep him in
a walking food just to limit swelling and all those things.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
And so that's been good.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
He's getting the running in on the alter G treadmill
and wait, non weight bearing treadmill and moving around looking
very normal walking around, and that's a great sign. No
limp and a lot of the swellings getting pushed out.
So get to your point around the clock treatment to
get him back strengthening work, and then obviously he'll build
up little by little till he's on the court and
getting back to who he is.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Yesterday you cam it a little bit in the second quarter.
I know he had not been playing much before him.
Was that just a kind of was that situational? Was that, Hey,
I want to sneak in a few minutes here see
what he can do, because I know he probably hasn't
been overall very pleased with his work, probably since that
game where you started him against Oklahoma City.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Yeah, I mean, well, with the injuries out, we got
to go different lineups. I think we ran Jalen the
entire first quarter. He was on a hot streak there,
which we usually don't do. And then there was situational
with the fouls. Tari and Tari and Dylan both got
two fouls in the first quarter and didn't want to
go to crazy different lineup, and he obviously, Cam is
(07:37):
a really good scorer that can come in and give
us a spark. So when we got jailing out, we
brought Cam in to do that. It was a funky
line up out there, for sure. But that's what it's
gonna look like at times when you have read out
and you have I'm in out obviously, and then you
get in foul trouble and things of that nature. And
so all the guys got to be ready and they
always are for the most part. You see Aaron, Jock,
(07:58):
Jeff Jay, Shawn cams well work, putting in the work,
and when the numbers called, they got to be ready
to go.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
Do you as a coach kind of relish and these
opportunities to where things kind of don't go to plan.
You've got to figure things out.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
You've come up with.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
There's been the zone lineups, there's been the big lineups.
That type of stuff. Does that make the job fun
for you?
Speaker 3 (08:18):
I wouldn't say fun to the fact that the injuries
and you know, unavailability on back to back, so you
understand those things are going to happen throughout the season.
The luck of being totally healthy throughout the season's unrealistic.
And we had good help for them first, you know,
three or four months or whatever it was.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
And now it's been hit.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Obviously with the back to back guys and obviously Fred
being out quite a while. And so I would say
our relationship, but you have to be ready for everything
and be able to be able to adjust on the fly.
And that's the blessing that we have with our team
is that we have a lot of interchangeable parts where
if someone goes out, I'm in could kind of plug
in the hole at every position. Jabbari's doing the same,
(08:58):
playing small ball five or playing three for us, and
then all of our big wings and even our guards
play up as well. For as a tough guard, the
Aaron can play up as well, and so you can
mix and match pretty much a lot of a lot
of different lineups to put guys in spots. But that's
the beauty of the team that they all have to
be ready for everything, and I think we can go
to zone, we can go to double bigs and it
will all work out well for us in the playoffs
(09:19):
going forward.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Lastly, and I told this to the audience earlier today,
you may I am watching the standings too much. It's
a sickness I have. Are you doing that? Or I mean,
I think I know that your answer? But damn, we
keep winning. But everybody else in front of us and
behind us is keep winning. There's not a whole lot
of seismic shifting right now in the Western Conference.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Yes, that time of the year, we all understand how
tight it is. Tight.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
It is basically from two to five Golden State and
Minnesota right behind there. So you have to handle your
business first and foremost, and then from there, you know,
get some luck on your side, always works, but not
have to rely on anybody to win or lose. And
then you know the games we've given away some early
in the season and had that little slump obviously with
the injuries and guys.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
In and out.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
That hurt us some and we'd be in a good
spot without that. But now it's stilling our hands to
you know, us, Denver, Memphis and Lakers based in the
four way tie or one game apart for second to fifth,
and so have to handle our business, take care of
the home stretch, and then go win some games on
the road.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
I like your approach to that. Thank you very much
friend for the time. We'll see you tomorrow night against
the Avericks.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Thank you, you got it.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
That's Team a Doka with us here on the radio program.
It is a Matt Talma show with Ross. Thanks aging
to email for joining us, and he will be with
us again next week on the road as the Rockets
have three more home games before heading to a Florida
trip to Orlando and Miami.
The Rockets with an off day today, back to back
games tomorrow against Dallas on Saturday against the Chicago Bulls.
Rockets have won four consecutive game. To talk about that
and other things, Houston rock Lad it is the head
coach Imo Doka here on the Matt Thomas Show, a
Ross coach.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
It's Matt Ross.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Good afternoon, Congratulations on the four game stretch, and I
brought this up to you yesterday. Is it somewhat nice
in a wall of NBA when you feel like you're
in five cities in ten days and it's been nice
to kind of be home for a little bit to
kind of get in some sort of routine here.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Yeah, I would say it is after the hectic travel
schedule that we had, I think at some point thirteen
to seventeen on the road and come home for a
game and right back out on the road.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
So it's good to be back for a little bit.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
I don't really mind it, but I think the players
like to sit down, settle down and be with their
families and get on a regular schedule. But it's also
nice to be at home for a while and take
care of our home court advantage.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
And we did that lately.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
How tired of you were you of Fred van Bliet
the coach, and how happy were you to have Fred
VanVleet the player back on the floor for you last night.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Well, we'll get tired of him as far as what
he does for our guys, as far as coaching sitting there,
and he does that while he's playing as well, so
we don't get tired of that part.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
But it's great to have him back on the floor, you.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Know, settling things down and just you know, finding his way,
getting his rhythm back, and you know, had a nice
efficient game overall. I think, you know, just to get
the rust off and have him back out there obviously
benefits the team.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
You know what, this is a Phoenix team that scores
a lot of points. It's really strange. In the last
two games you faced two different teams, have played different styles.
But frankly, I love the defense in those last two
games and very good for your squad.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
Yeah, we got back to guarding at a pretty high level. Obviously,
if you score or you hold somebody in the eighties
like we did Orlando, that's a great feat nowadays in NBA.
But even except for their late run by Phoenix, making
some threes late. You know, we held him in the
ninety for the most part, and so especially with Bill
Booker and Duran out there, I think we did a
great job of paying attention to detail, making them work
(02:03):
extremely hard. And you know, obviously, when you can hold
Durant and Booker to nineteen each, you're doing a really
good job.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
Do you coaches have a nickname for the Jabbari Smith,
Steven Adams, Alprin Shingoon lineups?
Speaker 2 (02:18):
No, we don't. I'm sure people are in the media
or if.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
Jump all the package is what I've heard.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
How do you like that making up names for that?
But it sounds good to me.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Double bigs has been really good for us though, and
when you include Jabari at the three. Obviously, with the
men out right now and some guys in and out
them back to backs, we have to go with some
unique lineups, but they've all done a really good job
of adjusting and making taste. Hey, that's it comes down
to war of will with the bigs and smalls out
there and who could take advantage of what? And I
think our bigs have been taken advantage of the smaller
(02:48):
lamps and not getting hurt too bad by them as well.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
Rocket Tech coach Imma Dedoko with us here on Sports
Talk seven ninety. What are your conversations are I guess
offensive philosophies would Dylan Brooks. His scoring has been up.
He's been getting his shot a lot more as well,
and really helping you guys offensively, but not normally one
of the traditional kind of engines of the offense for
you guys.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
You know, the thing that for him is to be
aggressive and take the right shots, which he does. He's
obviously shooting at a really high level from three, and
I always say he finds a way to impact the game,
whether it's getting down transition, relocating off of Alpi and
Jalen and finding his spots. Especially when I don't call
a ton of plays for him, he impacts the game
in a great way.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
And from there it's just make the right place.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
You know, a lot of times the team will have
a lesser defender on him, and we want him to
take advantage of that, whether it's on the offensive glass
or occasional posts up here there just hunting his shots.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Well, guys are helping off of them.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
So he's been doing a great job of that, making
teams pay and need that aggressiveness. Obviously, the focus is
on some of our leading scorers, and he's done a
great job all year being very consistent knocking down those shots.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Steven Adams gave you a double double a couple nights back.
Obviously could not do that last night because he and
Miles wanted to play WWE in the court linelast night.
But he's always been a good offensive rebound and you
know that from all your time watching him over the NBA.
Is it brute strength, is it just pushing guys aside,
or does he just have the innate ability to know
where that ball is going to bounce, especially but does
(04:13):
not come off and down then through the hoop.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Well, it's all the above.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
In order to be a really good offense rebound like
he does, you have to have a great sense of
of where the ball is going to come off the rim.
But starts with the strength and wedging guys under carving
out that space for himself and a lot of times
he's going to get the ball. But also he commands
a double and trible team on the glass and he
allows other guys to clean up and get those opportunities
as well.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
So starts with the strength. Obviously he's a load down there.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
He can kind of wedge guys in, but he has
a really good understanding where the ball is going to
come off, and then the great understanding of where the
shooters and scores are out of that hitting guys going
to the basket, kicking out for threes, or finding those
footbacks for himself, and so all the above. He's a
really smart player and has obviously worked at that for
a long time.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Let's say last night that he and plumbly got after
it like they did and no one came on the court.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
How that I have ended it would ended? It would
have ended with Steven and quickly.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
I'm afraid of him.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
He may.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
I mean, I'm afraid of you, and I'm afraid of him.
You guys, I mean, y'all are some scary mofos. I'm
gonna tell you that right now. He's just not a
he's not a friendly gat But I appreciate what he
brings the table. It's kind of nice to have that
a little bit of moxie on net squad.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
You got quite a few guys that'll do that if
need be. That was good. I mean, he brings the
edge to us. You know, I obviously he's a big
teddy bear off the court.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
He has a great personality, as most guys do, and
sometimes it's just a flip that gets uh the Swiss
that gets flipped on the court, and so uh he
brings that edge, the toughness he's carved out his career
doing one thing. But yeah, we love that about him,
and obviously it's it's important to what we're trying to
do be the number one offensive rebounding team in the league.
We have great wings that do it. But for him
to come in and do it the way he has,
(05:57):
obviously it has been helpful as well. But yeah, and
don't I don't want to take anything away from Plumbley
as my guy. He was with us with USA Basketball,
but great guy as well. But Steven, to your point,
is a very formidable opponent in all those aspects.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Yeah, for sure. You may doka with us here on
the Matt Thomas Show with Ross Coach. Give us an
update on a man.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
What is he doing? I know rest rehab.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
You got a great training staff that's watching him probably
every minute of the day when they can. Where is
he on his progression in his ankle?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
It's been good. Obviously precautionary.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
You know, you get the X rays and all that,
and those are all negative, but you keep him in
a walking food just to limit swelling and all those things.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
And so that's been good.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
He's getting the running in on the alter G treadmill
and wait, non weight bearing treadmill and moving around looking
very normal walking around, and that's a great sign. No
limp and a lot of the swellings getting pushed out.
So get to your point around the clock treatment to
get him back strengthening work, and then obviously he'll build
up little by little till he's on the court and
getting back to who he is.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Yesterday you cam it a little bit in the second quarter.
I know he had not been playing much before him.
Was that just a kind of was that situational? Was that, Hey,
I want to sneak in a few minutes here see
what he can do, because I know he probably hasn't
been overall very pleased with his work, probably since that
game where you started him against Oklahoma City.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Yeah, I mean, well, with the injuries out, we got
to go different lineups. I think we ran Jalen the
entire first quarter. He was on a hot streak there,
which we usually don't do. And then there was situational
with the fouls. Tari and Tari and Dylan both got
two fouls in the first quarter and didn't want to
go to crazy different lineup, and he obviously, Cam is
(07:37):
a really good scorer that can come in and give
us a spark. So when we got jailing out, we
brought Cam in to do that. It was a funky
line up out there, for sure. But that's what it's
gonna look like at times when you have read out
and you have I'm in out obviously, and then you
get in foul trouble and things of that nature. And
so all the guys got to be ready and they
always are for the most part. You see Aaron, Jock,
(07:58):
Jeff Jay, Shawn cams well work, putting in the work,
and when the numbers called, they got to be ready
to go.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
Do you as a coach kind of relish and these
opportunities to where things kind of don't go to plan.
You've got to figure things out.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
You've come up with.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
There's been the zone lineups, there's been the big lineups.
That type of stuff. Does that make the job fun
for you?
Speaker 3 (08:18):
I wouldn't say fun to the fact that the injuries
and you know, unavailability on back to back, so you
understand those things are going to happen throughout the season.
The luck of being totally healthy throughout the season's unrealistic.
And we had good help for them first, you know,
three or four months or whatever it was.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
And now it's been hit.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Obviously with the back to back guys and obviously Fred
being out quite a while. And so I would say
our relationship, but you have to be ready for everything
and be able to be able to adjust on the fly.
And that's the blessing that we have with our team
is that we have a lot of interchangeable parts where
if someone goes out, I'm in could kind of plug
in the hole at every position. Jabbari's doing the same,
(08:58):
playing small ball five or playing three for us, and
then all of our big wings and even our guards
play up as well. For as a tough guard, the
Aaron can play up as well, and so you can
mix and match pretty much a lot of a lot
of different lineups to put guys in spots. But that's
the beauty of the team that they all have to
be ready for everything, and I think we can go
to zone, we can go to double bigs and it
will all work out well for us in the playoffs
(09:19):
going forward.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Lastly, and I told this to the audience earlier today,
you may I am watching the standings too much. It's
a sickness I have. Are you doing that? Or I mean,
I think I know that your answer? But damn, we
keep winning. But everybody else in front of us and
behind us is keep winning. There's not a whole lot
of seismic shifting right now in the Western Conference.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Yes, that time of the year, we all understand how
tight it is. Tight.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
It is basically from two to five Golden State and
Minnesota right behind there. So you have to handle your
business first and foremost, and then from there, you know,
get some luck on your side, always works, but not
have to rely on anybody to win or lose. And
then you know the games we've given away some early
in the season and had that little slump obviously with
the injuries and guys.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
In and out.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
That hurt us some and we'd be in a good
spot without that. But now it's stilling our hands to
you know, us, Denver, Memphis and Lakers based in the
four way tie or one game apart for second to fifth,
and so have to handle our business, take care of
the home stretch, and then go win some games on
the road.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
I like your approach to that. Thank you very much
friend for the time. We'll see you tomorrow night against
the Avericks.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Thank you, you got it.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
That's Team a Doka with us here on the radio program.
It is a Matt Talma show with Ross. Thanks aging
to email for joining us, and he will be with
us again next week on the road as the Rockets
have three more home games before heading to a Florida
trip to Orlando and Miami.
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