<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/rockets-news-jalen-green-honest-houston-take-thunder');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jalen Green issues honest Rockets take before Thunder game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jalen-Green-issues-honest-Houston-take-before-Thunder-game.jpg"></figure><h1>Jalen Green issues honest Rockets take before Thunder game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-13T17:34:24-08:00">December 13th, 5:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-13T17:34:24-08:00">December 13th, 5:34pm</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Houston Rockets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Houston Rockets have been one of the biggest surprises of the 2024-25 NBA season so far, jumping out to a 17-8 record which is tied for the second best mark in the Western Conference. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rockets-news-alperen-sengun-drops-eye-opening-claim-about-nba-cup-win-vs-warriors">Rockets have also been very impressive in NBA Cup play</a> and will play in Saturday’s semifinals against the Oklahoma City Thunder.</p><p>The Rockets picked up a very impressive, but controversial, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-steve-kerr-ruthlessly-blasts-officials-after-controversial-nba-cup-loss-vs-rockets">win over the Golden State Warriors</a> on Wednesday night in the quarterfinals to earn a trip to Las Vegas over the weekend. The semifinal matchup against the Thunder will pit the two best teams in the Western Conference so far this season against each other.</p><p>Before the Rockets and Thunder face off, Rockets guard Jalen Green spoke about what makes this Houston team special and different from some of the less successful ones that he has played on <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1867718950760665578" rel="noopener">during his young career</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"It's more so family not a group… The way we communicate on the court is very different from when I was first here."</p><p>Jalen Green on the Rockets' growth since he was drafted  🙌</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBA</a>)<a href="https://t.co/yTaJxhCs6m">pic.twitter.com/yTaJxhCs6m</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1867718950760665578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I would say how we all interact with each other,” Green said. “It’s more so a family, not a group. The way we handle losses, the way we handle wins, the way we communicate on the court is very different from when I was first here. Not discrediting those people, but it’s a different level of winning basketball.”</p><p>Green has struggled with consistency this season, but he still leads the Rockets in scoring at 19.2 points per game.</p><h2><b>Rockets have the team to take down Thunder in NBA Cup</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Rockets-celebration.jpg"><figcaption>Troy Taormina-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Thunder enter the final four at the NBA Cup as pretty heavy favorites to take home the trophy, and they have backed up that notion time and time again this season. Even after Chet Holmgren went down with a serious hip injury, Oklahoma City has been nearly unstoppable.</p><p>They were boosted even more when backup center Isaiah Hartenstein returned from injury to give the Thunder at least one quality big man while Holmgren is out. They answered the bell in Tuesday night’s NBA Cup quarterfinal against the Dallas Mavericks, handily defeating Luka Doncic and company 118-104.</p><p>Despite all of that, the underdog <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-news-mark-daigneault-addresses-previous-shortcomings-rockets">Rockets have the type of team that can bother the Thunder</a> and maybe pick up a big upset on Saturday night. The Rockets have one of the best defenses in the league and can match the Thunder with a number of big, long bodies out on the wing. Dillon Brooks, Tari Eason, Jabari Smith Jr., Amen Thompson and others are all problems defensively and they give the Rockets multiple bodies to throw at Shai Gelgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-stephen-curry-blame-glaring-issue-nba-cup-loss-rockets">Just ask the Warriors about the Rockets’ defense</a> after Houston held Golden state to just 90 points and forced them into one of the most physical, difficult games of the season on the offensive end. Oklahoma City has more pop than the Warriors offensively and can put the ball in the basket in a variety of different ways, but the Rockets have the bodies to slow them down. If they can, Houston could find itself in the NBA Cup Championship Game on Tuesday night.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jalen Green issues honest Rockets take before Thunder game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/rockets-news-dillon-brooks-savage-message-warriors-jalen-green-presser');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rockets veteran Dillon Brooks’ savage message to Warriors during Jalen Green presser');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Rockets-news-Dillon-Brooks-savage-message-to-Warriors-overheard-during-Jalen-Green-presser.jpg"></figure><h1>Rockets veteran Dillon Brooks’ savage message to Warriors during Jalen Green presser</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-12T08:09:05-08:00">December 12th, 8:09am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-12T08:55:54-08:00">December 12th, 8:55am</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Whether intentional or not, Houston Rockets veteran Dillon Brooks crashed Jalen Green’s postgame interview after they beat the Golden State Warriors 91-90 in the NBA Cup’s quarter-finals. After eliminating the Warriors on Wednesday, head coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rockets-news-ime-udoka-expertly-breaks-down-key-reason-behind-warriors-stunner">Ime Udoka pointed to the Rockets’ relentlessness</a> as a catalyst to edging out Golden State. At the same time, Brooks was eager to send them home.</p><p>His voice <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1867212052886155372" rel="noopener">can be heard</a> in the background during Green’s postgame interview, per Locked on Rockets’s Jackson Gatlin.</p><p>“Send they a** back to Golden State,”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Send they a*s back to Golden State."</p><p>Dillon Brooks in the background while Jalen Green was speaking with the media following the Rockets' NBA Cup win over the Warriors 😅</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/JTGatlin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JTGatlin</a>)<br> <a href="https://t.co/Miaz4AqvQC">pic.twitter.com/Miaz4AqvQC</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1867212052886155372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>After the Warriors’ Stephen Curry missed a three that would have given his team the lead, the Rockets regained possession on a loose ball foul toward the end of the fourth quarter, sealing the one-point win. After the victory, Udoka <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1867093539915698207" rel="noopener">said his team’s</a> never-give-up attitude made all the difference.</p><p>“We’re gonna continue to fight and not give up. Got stops when we needed to, hit big shots when we needed to. Got on the floor, loose balls, created that foul. Great job switching on the last possession to kind of bottle that up. But as I’ve said before, you can always rely on your defense when the shots aren’t falling,” Udoka said in his postgame presser via the official ClutchPoints account on X (formerly Twitter).</p><p>“A lot of good things. Eight 24-second [shot clock] violations. 30 points off their 22 turnovers. Only put them on the free-throw line nine times. That’s a recipe for success on the defensive end, for sure,” Udoka concluded.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“That’s a recipe for success on the defensive end.”</p><p>Ime Udoka holds the Rockets to high praise after securing a tough comeback win over the Warriors 🗣️</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBA</a>)<a href="https://t.co/OUYo1gzCti">pic.twitter.com/OUYo1gzCti</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1867093539915698207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Alperen Sengun’s double-double (26 points, 11 rebounds) led the Rockets. Jabari Smith finished with 15 points, and Green added 12 points and three steals. Jonathan Kuminga’s 20 points and seven rebounds led the Warriors. Curry scored 19 points, and Buddy Hield finished with 15 points.</p><h2><b>Alperen Sengun’s shocking claim for Rockets’ win over Warriors</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Rockets-center-Alperen-Sengun.jpg"><figcaption>Troy Taormina-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Before Wednesday’s win, Houston Rockets center <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rockets-news-alperen-sengun-drops-eye-opening-claim-about-nba-cup-win-vs-warriors">Alperen Sengun had never seen his teammates so focused</a>. Perhaps that’s why Rockets veteran Dillon Brooks was so hyped up during Jalen Green’s presser. The one-point win proved how hungry they were against the Golden State Warriors, and they are now heading to Las Vegas for the NBA Cup’s semifinals.</p><p>Sengun <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1867086948801888650" rel="noopener">spoke to</a> TNT’s Stephanie Ready after the win.</p><p>“I’ve never seen my team this thirsty. We knew it was gonna be hard. They play aggressive. We play aggressive. I’m proud of my teammates, everyone,” Sengun said. “We worked hard. We came ready for this game so hard. So I’m happy [we won]. This is big time.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I've never seen my team this thirsty… We knew it was gonna be hard. They play aggressive. We play aggressive."</p><p>Alperen Sengun on the Rockets' tough win over the Warriors to qualify for the NBA Cup Semifinals 🗣️</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBAonTNT</a>)<a href="https://t.co/FqJk44nhXY">pic.twitter.com/FqJk44nhXY</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1867086948801888650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Rockets will face the Thunder in the semifinals on Saturday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rockets veteran Dillon Brooks’ savage message to Warriors during Jalen Green presser

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/clippers-news-rockets-jalen-green-dillon-brooks-hilarious-reactions-to-1st-game-at-intuit-dome');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rockets’ Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks hilarious reactions to 1st game at Intuit Dome');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Dillon-Brooks-Jalen-Green-Los-angeles-Clippers-Houston-Rockets-Intuit-Dome.jpg"></figure><h1>Rockets’ Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks hilarious reactions to 1st game at Intuit Dome</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-09T20:49:25-08:00">December 9th, 8:49pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-09T20:49:43-08:00">December 9th, 8:49pm</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a>Tomer Azarly is in his ninth season as the LA Clippers beat writer and NBA reporter for ClutchPoints. From the Lob City era to the Kawhi Leonard-Paul George era, he brings you everything you need to know about the Clippers as well as coast-to-coast coverage of the NBA.In his off time, Tomer likes to play basketball, video games, and draw.You can follow his Twitter for all Clippers content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Houston Rockets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>LOS ANGELES, CA — Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, and the Houston Rockets played their first game at the LA Clippers’ all <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/timberwolves-news-rudy-gobert-hilarious-reaction-first-game-clippers-intuit-dome">new Intuit Dome</a>, with many folks coming away impressed.</p><p>Despite the losing their third game of the season against the Rockets, the Clippers drew praise from their players postgame.</p><h2><b>Rockets guards Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks react to Clippers’ Intuit Dome</b></h2><p>The Rockets defeated the Clippers, 117-106, on Sunday night. Jalen Green led the way with 31 points and four rebounds on 9-of-20 shooting from the field with five three-pointers. Amen Thompson dropped 22 points, eight rebounds, and four assists in the spot start for the injured Fred Van Vleet. Dillon Brooks was an all-around force, finishing with 19 points, seven rebounds, five assists, and two blocked shots.</p><p>After the contest, the Rockets expressed admiration for the new Stadium.</p><p>“I think it’s fire,” Rockets guard <a href="https://x.com/TomerAzarly/status/1866026138507808772">Jalen Green said</a> of the Clippers’ Intuit Dome. “It’s super futuristic. I was watching the, what’s it called, the intros. The intro for the Clippers. It was crazy, the whole wrap around of the [Halo board]. It was fire. It looked like a 2K game or something.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Jalen Green about playing in the Clippers’ Intuit Dome for the first time:</p><p>“I think it’s fire. It’s super futuristic. I was watching the intro for the Clippers. It was crazy, the whole [Halo board] wrap around. It was fire. It looked like a 2K game or something.” <a href="https://t.co/7yIPGCYKf5">pic.twitter.com/7yIPGCYKf5</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1866026138507808772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I think it’s nice,” Amen Thompson added. “It’s crazy. I like the little Halo thing. It’s fire. I didn’t even notice the Wall. Guys we were 100 percent from free throws today with The Wall. Nah, I’m playing. I did notice it.”</p><p>Even the ever-serious Dillon Brooks <a href="http://So%20far%20this%20season,%20opponents%20are%20shooting%20just%2072.8%20percent%20from%20the%20free%20throw%20line%20against%20the%20LA%20Clippers%20inside%20Intuit%20Dome.%20That's%20the%20worst%20opponent's%20free%20throw%20percentage%20of%20any%20opponent%20in%20the%20NBA.">took time after the victory</a> to praise Steve Ballmer and the Clippers for the Intuit Dome.</p><p>“It’s amazing,” Brooks said. “The locker room is great. They’ve got a lot of stuff for like cold tub, recovery, the way it’s shaped, it looks great. It’s like the newest, state of the art. I feel like it’s a great place to play.”</p><p>Brooks even admitted he caught himself watching the Halo Board throughout out the game.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/The-Wall-during-the-Clippers-Rockets-game-at-Intuit-Dome.jpg"><figcaption>Jason Parkhurst-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>“Yeah, for sure. That’s a great idea to have everybody be able to see the Megatron or whatever it’s called, the Halo Board. It’s real good for the crowd, the fans, so shoutout to [Steve] Ballmer for figuring that out and being about the people.”</p><p>The Wall, however, is something Brooks said wasn’t anything new to him, although he did appreciate the effort.</p><p>“No, I’m used to that. In college, they’ve got that same thing in Arizona. It’s a great idea. I guess you’ve got to see the stats and see if they’ve got the lowest opponent free throw percentage and see if it actually works.”</p><p>We did look it up.</p><p>So far this season, opponents are shooting just 72.8 percent from the free throw line against the LA Clippers inside Intuit Dome. That’s the worst opponent’s free throw percentage of any opposing road team in the NBA. The next closest team are the opposing teams at the Houston Rockets’ Toyota Center, which shoot 74 percent from the free throw line.</p><p>It’s tough to say whether the Wall is directly impacting opposing team’s free throw shooting given teams switch sides at halftime. Still, it’s notable that teams are shooting their worst from the line when they visit the Intuit Dome and LA Clippers.</p><p>The Clippers have played 17 home games thus far, so there will be many more opportunities to see how real the Wall’s impact is.</p><p>Their next home game will be on January 16th against the Utah Jazz.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rockets’ Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks hilarious reactions to 1st game at Intuit Dome

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/rockets-news-ime-udoka-reveals-advice-that-sparked-jalen-greens-41-point-outburst');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rockets’ Ime Udoka reveals advice that sparked Jalen Green’s 41-point outburst');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Rockets-news-Ime-Udoka-reveals-advice-that-sparked-Jalen-Greens-41-point-outburst.jpg"></figure><h1>Rockets’ Ime Udoka reveals advice that sparked Jalen Green’s 41-point outburst</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-27T20:48:50-08:00">November 27th, 8:48pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-27T20:48:50-08:00">November 27th, 8:48pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Houston Rockets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jalen Green may have received a three-year, $105 million extension from the Houston Rockets this offseason, but his long-term staying power on the team remains up in the air. Over the past few games, head coach Ime Udoka has opted to bench Green in favor of Amen Thompson amid the fourth-year guard’s struggles in shooting the basketball. But on Wednesday night, Green forced Udoka and the Rockets’ hand by putting up a season-best performance in their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-biggest-76ers-takeaways-vs-rockets-overtime">122-115 overtime win over the Philadelphia 76ers</a>.</p><p>Green, from the tip-off, looked like a man with a chip on his shoulder. He put up <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/jalen-green-stats-1st-quarter-today" rel="noopener">18 points in the first quarter alone</a>, finishing with 41 points on 12-20 shooting from the field, 4-6 from deep, and 13-14 from the foul line — elite efficiency from the Rockets guard. And this stellar outing may have come as a result of Udoka’s specific instruction for the 22-year-old highflyer.</p><p>According to Bradeaux of The Bradeaux and Will Show, Rockets head coach Ime Udoka told Green to <a href="https://x.com/BradeauxNBA/status/1861969592253329910" rel="noopener">be more aggressive</a> in getting to the basket and getting “downhill” so that he “wouldn’t be as reliant on his jumpshot”. Suffice to say, this change worked; Green got to the charity stripe a lot on the night, and it opened up his perimeter game as a result.</p><p>Green has had a tendency of settling for difficult shots; while he is capable of making them, he is at his best when he’s putting pressure on opposing defenses by attacking the basket. He has the quick first step and the vertical to be a nuisance around the rim, and whenever he’s being more proactive in getting to the rim, his entire offensive game becomes easier.</p><p>With Green being on fire for most of Wednesday night, the Rockets decided that it was Jabari Smith Jr.’s time to ride the pine late in a close game.</p><h2><b>Rockets continue rapid ascension</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Rockets-guard-Jalen-Green-4-drives-for-a-dunk.jpg"></figure><p>Not only were the Rockets coming off an overtime win against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday, they also had to travel to Philadelphia for their game against the 76ers less than 24 hours later. This was going to take a physical toll out of anybody, and yet, the Rockets still managed to outlast the 76ers after letting a comfortable lead slip away in the fourth quarter.</p><p>It was the Rockets’ fresh legs that led them across the finish line as the victor; in addition to Jalen Green’s stellar night, Amen Thompson and Tari Eason, dubbed the “Terror Twins”, were once again driving forces in the victory — setting the stage for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rockets-news-alperen-sengun-triple-double-history-not-even-nikola-jokic-achieved">Alperen Sengun to seal the deal</a> after his rough start to the game.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rockets’ Ime Udoka reveals advice that sparked Jalen Green’s 41-point outburst

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-defies-gravity-insane-block-jalen-green');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama defies gravity with insane block vs. Jalen Green');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Victor-Wembanyama-defies-gravity-with-insane-block-vs.-Jalen-Green.jpg"></figure><h1>Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama defies gravity with insane block vs. Jalen Green</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-06T17:58:01-08:00">November 6th, 5:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-06T18:59:39-08:00">November 6th, 6:59pm</time><address><a>Joshua Valdez</a>Joshua Valdez started his journalism career as the Sports Editor for the Rutgers University newspaper before becoming an associate editor and Washington Wizards/Mystics reporter for ClutchPoints. He is a diehard Yankees, Jets, Knicks, Rutgers, and Tottenham Hotspur fan. When Joshua is not either watching a game or writing about one, you can find him in an art-house movie theater or working on a screenplay.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Houston Rockets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>San Antonio <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/timberwolves-news-rudy-gobert-unique-victor-wembanyama-admission">Spurs big man Victor Wembanyama</a> may not be from Earth. The French international made yet another dazzling play on Wednesday night, showing off his vertical with a<a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1854334506796298310" rel="noopener"> two-hand block</a> against Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Wemby with the REJECTION on Jalen Green 🤯<a href="https://t.co/xusSyKb3o6">pic.twitter.com/xusSyKb3o6</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1854334506796298310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-reveals-new-difficulties-in-year-2">Wembanyama hasn’t had a sophomore slump</a> after a dominant Rookie of the Year campaign. The 7-foot-3, 235-pounder led the NBA with 3.9 blocks per game going into Wednesday’s slate, a year after leading the league with 3.6 blocks per contest. He’s also been impactful offensively and on the boards, averaging 18.9 points on 42.3% shooting with 10.3 rebounds.</p><p>Can “Wemby” be stopped?</p><h2><b>Victor Wembanyama is still ascending with Spurs </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Victor-Wembanyama-flexing-after-a-play.jpg"><figcaption>© Rob Gray-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Wembanyama is not only a unicorn on the court due to his skyscraper-like height, ability to bring the ball up, and defensive dominance, but he also has a tireless work ethic—so much so, in fact, that he’s not impressed with some of his peers in that regard.</p><p>Wembanyama <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu_zs2CBsmg" rel="noopener">shared what he’s observed</a> about other NBA players so far, via Sports Illustrated.</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>“I think both in a good and bad way it’s how truly the best in the game are. How in a good way some of them are really impressive and inspiring in the way they approach the game every night,” the 2024 Olympian said. “But others that I used to like and now I’m just like nah. I’m not sure that they deserve you know… they don’t seem like they put as much work as I thought.”</p><p>“Some of the guys it was kind of, some of the guys I’ve been watching growing up, I’m not disappointed, but I’m like that’s it? But some of them, I’m talking like KD, of course, you know I got to know Rudy Gobert more with the national team, I know their work ethic. I know how they view the game and it’s really inspiring and I want to do the same. I want to do the same.”</p><p>Wembanyama’s comment was spicy, but he’s earned the right to talk some trash given his other-wordly abilities. With the 2023 No. 1 overall pick still developing, he’s an easy bet to win multiple MVP awards as he tries to take San Antonio out of the Western Conference cellar.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
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2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
19.1	4.7	2.6	0.3	1.0

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