OAKLAND – The message became encouraging to hear when DeMarcus Cousins became frustrated with his tedious rehab. The message became humbling to hear anytime Cousins believed he made a break-through with healing his left Achilles tendon.
Dr. Rick Celebrini, the Warriors’ director of sports medicine and performance, told something to Cousins that essentially became the soundtrack of his rehab from training camp to mid January.
“There’s going to be good days and a lot of bad days,” Cousins said verbatim. “Obviously I’m in the bad days right now.”
Is he ever. In the Warriors’ 118-112 loss to the Houston Rockets on Saturday at Oracle Arena, Cousins overshadowed his fourth double double (14 points, 14 rebounds) with a poor shooting night (4-of-12), foul trouble (four) and a team-worst plus minus (-17).