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- Kevin Porter Jr. airballed a three, limped as if he was hurt, then asked for a lob pass (didn't get it), didn't run back in transition, and then looked at Stephen Silas and asked out of the game.
- The Rockets consistently have the best dance cam in the entire league.
- Russell Westbrook on Rudy Gobert guarding him: "I don't have a reaction." As for how to attack bigs like Gobert? "I put it right through his chest and put that shit in the basket. Same thing I do with everybody else. He ain't no different. He just happen to be a little taller."
00:00 - DeMarcus Cousins: "I don't feel betrayed. My interest was playing with John Wall to be perfectly honest."
- James Harden on what he was doing in Atlanta in Vegas during training camp: "I was just training." For what? "The start of the NBA season." Why in Atlanta and Vegas instead of Houston? "My personal trainers."
- The Houston Rockets under Daryl Morey: 55-27 53-29 42-40 43-39 34-32 45-37 54-28 56-26 41-41 55-27 65-17 53-29 44-28 Not one losing season in 13 years. Managed to rebuild after Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming without tanking.
- As a reminder, the Houston Rockets own Brooklyn’s: 2023 first round pick (swap rights) 2024 first round pick 2025 first round pick (swap rights) 2026 first round pick 2027 first round pick (swap rights) The Nets were also kind enough to leave all of them unprotected.
- I feel like James Harden deciding to lead the lead in assists for a season will go forgotten in history because people don't like him.
- James Harden really went into Oracle Arena with Austin Rivers as his second best ball handler and beat a healthy Warriors team.
- *Reed Sheppard attempts back-to-back logo 3s* Broadcast: “You okay with that coach? Ime Udoka, laughing: “Yeah he got that.“
- Christian Wood on if Houston can still be competetive without James Harden: "I do. I'm going to make this team competetive, whether they like it or not. I didn't sign with Houston to lose games."
- Basketball junkies will look back at James Harden’s statistics and career winning percentage in a couple decades and be like “How did this guy not win more awards/individual honors?” And the answer will be pretty simple: “Because people didn’t like him”.
