ESPN.com · Dec 11, 2024
How Ime Udoka built the Houston Rockets' new identity
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AMEN THOMPSON TROTS back in transition defense a half-step too slow when LA Clippers guard Norman Powell catches a pass on the right wing and attacks during an early possession in the Houston Rockets' road win Sunday. Powell takes a couple of dribbles with Thompson on his hip, bumps him and gets Thompson to bite on a pump fake.
After Thompson watches Powell's floater go through the net, he glances toward the Rockets' bench.
It doesn't happen often, but when the man Thompson is guarding gets a bucket on him, he tends to look toward the sideline to see how his head coach reacts. There isn't much mystery.