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Houston Rockets: The ups and downs of watching small ball

Houston Rockets head coach Mike D'Antoni (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

The Houston Rockets were competitive the entire contest against the Blazers last night but small ball ultimately did them in. What are the ups and downs?

The Houston Rockets fell to the Portland Trail Blazers last night in a way that I thought wouldn’t happen. With the incredible yet resilient level of play that had against their previous two opponents — the Dallas Mavericks and the Milwaukee Bucks — one would’ve thought that this impressive level of play would continue.

But just as with anything in life, there are cycles that occur of evolution and last night’s just happened one of those days where they didn’t quite have it to get over the bump.