The final score looks a lot more respectable than the game was for the vast majority of the night, as our Houston Rockets mostly no-showed in another big moment, falling behind by as many as 23 before a late-fourth-quarter comeback made the final score a non-embarrassing 110-100.
There are two ways to respond to adversity, and unfortunately for these Rockets, the usual end result is that they crumble, and that sadly happened again here tonight.
With the Danuel House drama lingering in the background, Houston could have been galvanized by a potential us-against-the-world moment, but they instead came out listless, with none of the defensive energy they’d shown in the bubble to this point, and a passive offense that’s never going to get it done at this level.