The growing pains the Rockets have gone through this season have been both painful and...
There are bright days ahead for the Rockets and promising young stars Alperen Sengun and Jalen Green.The goal all along was to improve. Development would be their purpose, the priority for the season. Success would be measured not on the scoreboards or in the standings but on how much the Rockets grew.game winning 3-pointer
The signs of improvement, especially individually, had been there before there was proof. But they were obscured by the losing streaks, by the maddening, inexplicable defeats. The execution on a series of plays down the stretch on Friday offered a clear sign of growth, even during the first four games of the homestand. But nothing could be more conspicuous signs of improvement than winning with Smith draining the game-winning 3 and Alperen Sengun stepping up defensively.
It is not the first time, even this season. The Rockets had similarly thought they had turned a corner in December, as former Rockets guard Eric Gordon put it at the time, weeks before he grumbled weeks later that there had been “no improvement.” After the Rockets win was complete on Friday, Gordon tweeted “That’s growth!!!!!”
“The maturity we showed when they were up 16, the fight from our bench, the energy in our huddles, there was no bickering or arguing,” Smith said. “We were all together. We’re all coming together. We’re all figuring it out. I definitely feel like we’re improving. Earlier in the season, we don’t come back and win that game. We’re taking steps in the right direction.”
“If execute and run a good play and get a good shot and miss it, oh well. We did what we were supposed to do. But us going out there and messing up the plays and not getting up a good shot, those kind of linger.”
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