Shootaround Report | Rose Impacting In More Ways Than One

In Monday night’s win, we saw the Houston Rockets attempt to take Derrick Rose out of the game.

That’s a weird thing for a team to focus on considering Rose is a bench player, but Rose isn’t your average bench player.

Rose is averaging 18.4 points, 4.4 assists and 3.1 rebounds per game while shooting 49.8 percent from the field and 48.7 percent from the 3-point line.

On paper, it looked like Houston indeed did take Rose out of the game. Rose finished no points and shot 0-for-4 from the field. But if you watched the game, you know Rose had a huge part in its outcome. Rose was a +12 and had five assists. The Rockets would blitz or double Rose constantly, he’d just move the ball accordingly,…