As Alperen u015eengün missed a stream of shots in the lane and Jalen Green seemingly disappeared from the actio in Sunday's Game 7 elimination loss to the Golden State Warriors, a recurring truth emerged about the current version of the Houston Rockets: Ime Udoka’s team isn’t quite ready for prime time.
Houston went toe-to-toe with Steph Curry and Golden State in their 4–3 first-round elimination. A double-digit home loss in Game 1 was followed by perhaps the best game of Jalen Green’s young career, a 38-point eruption that evened this renewed rivalry before heading to the Bay.