There’s no sugar-coating it for the Houston Rockets — on Thursday night, in a nationally televised game, they gave an utterly embarrassing performance. A determined Utah Jazz team took it to James Harden‘s squad from the opening tip-off and, in short order, the Rockets folded like a cheap suit.
All the while, a determined Courtney Kirkland was taking it to Jazz center Rudy Gobert. And he, too, was on-task from the jump.
It felt like a mob hit on behalf of his fellow referees, and Kirkland was the executioner. It was as embarrassing as anything Harden and company did or didn’t do during the game.