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The Rockets' Shooting Historically Bad At the Worst Time Shows The Big Problem

Houston Rockets On SI·Maanav Gupta·17 days ago
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If you were a Houston Rockets fan, it definitely must have been frustrating to see how the offense was operating at various points this past season. The sheer amount of missed baskets and shots became a tough watch at times. It ultimately was the true reason why the Rockets got eliminated in the first round of the NBA Playoffs again, this time at the hands of an injured Los Angeles Lakers squad in six games. This was a series that the Rockets were expected to win. Even though Kevin Durant didn't play for five out of the six, Houston still supposedly had the advantage. Those advantages, however, don't really exist unless a team is able to do the basic fundamental task in basketball, which is to shoot the ball well. The Rockets dominated plenty of areas throughout most the series, such as defense, rebounding, turnovers, and fast break points. The key problem was shooting. The Rockets offense was never really pretty in the first place, and the style shouldn't matter as long as the ball is going in the basket.…

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