AARON HOLIDAY TAKEOVER

Amen with the Tom Chambers tribute dunk in Phoenix

These Reed passes are elite

Salute to #Rockets legend Austin Rivers

Don’t ever underestimate the heart of a Josh Okogie revenge game

30-year sports radio guy, 100,000 followers has this reaction to KD missing multiple games due to a family situation. No wonder media is in the toilet.

If you're the Chiefs, would you have the guts to just fall down on 1st down so that you could score the go-ahead TD with almost no time left? That would be amazing to watch and probably the smart play, too

First off, hopefully KD’s family is okay. Second, Reed Sheppard has a window here. I suspect he starts these two games for scoring and playmaking reasons, with Amen sliding over to a wing role. And if it goes well, Houston’s next five games: Utah (twice), Sacramento, Phoenix, and Dallas.

Man, “All Her Fault” is a truly wild watch

Beau Pribula getting paid over a million dollars to play worse than some people in the stands would is America at its finest

A blind man could’ve seen that QB draw coming. Please hire Eli Drinkwitz, someone

Total garbage

Yeah I think that’s smart, and good on Tate for agreeing to it. When he’s played, he’s just looked out of sync and is way too foul happy. IMO, he’s rusty after not playing real games for a long while, and he needs game action to shake it off

Just play Matt Zollers. No point in playing the veteran QB if he can’t make basic reads

Better get Dick

Punting on 4th and short from midfield, down double digits in the second half, is pure comedy. So cowardly

Not attempting a single pass on three plays inside the 10, if you’re committed to kicking on 4th and goal, is just coaching malpractice by Kirby Moore and Eli Drinkwitz

3rd and 10 for a bad offense, game on the line, and they didn’t have a spy to keep a mediocre QB from running for it. LSU/Florida/Auburn will turn on Drinkwitz in a heartbeat

Identical to the Vanderbilt game. Mizzou dominates most drives, can’t finish due to bad QB play and kicking, and then one busted play undoes an entire game’s worth of work

I don’t know if they’ll outright win, but it shouldn’t surprise anyone if Mizzou-OU is close. If you pay attention, Mizzou is elite on the lines. The only reason MU isn’t a CFP team is mid QB play, but OU isn’t a team that puts up a ton of points. Barring bad turnovers, should be very competitive

Ahmad Hardy is a grown man

To win this game and inevitably make me mad that the Vandy game (where Mizzou was clearly the better tram) ends up keeping us out of the CFP

Beyond this particular matchup, I think that’s largely true for Houston’s contention formula, period. For 2025-26, KD is at just above 48% overall shooting and 36% on 3s. Assists slightly down. It’s still good, but they need him to be a great offensive player to truly have a chance at a ring.

They're great, but Amen has such a tendency to over help. I'd much rather take my chances with letting Jokic take a contested shot over Steven Adams than give Murray this (particularly in a huge momentum spot, when you had just hit two big 3s)

The #Rockets are now 0-3 in games not broadcast by Space City Home Network and 10-1 in those that are

Anyway, Rockets will be fine, KD/Sengun both had unsustainably bad nights, and they were still right there versus a great team. Just frustrating because it ended their NBA Cup chances and will likely be costly in the eventual West standings race. Kinda offsets Sunday, but you'd rather win this one

Let's be clear, KD was every bit as underwhelming as Sengun

Yeah, you're not going to be able to count on Kevin Durant and Alperen Sengun being utter dogshit in most games

They scored on the offensive rebound/flop sequence

To foul there with 10 seconds left is unconscionably stupid

Man, Jabari needs to hit that

That 5th foul on Jokic changed the game. Allowed him to foul with impunity and also led to the 3 fouls on Sengun in quick succession, including a bucket taken away and two FTs on a bump 90 feet from the basket

Fix is in

Officials taking over. Amazing game, such a shame to end on this

Jabari drawing the foul on Jokic. Goddamn Jabari you have been amazing.

Jabari Smith Jr. is a foxhole guy. He is far from perfect, but his mentality is everything you want from a high-level role player

No matter how he's shooting, he wants the ball for impact shots. That matters

That JV-Sengun no call is just insanely awful officiating Either it's an offensive foul or it's a flopping technical. It literally can't be nothing.

That grift attempt (which thankfully they didn't call) against Reed was shameless. As a forever Harden stan, the double standards that NBA fans have drive me insane

Death, taxes, Tim Hardaway Jr. in Houston

I am fine with starting Reed, but you also need a plan to optimize him, if you do. The first 6 minutes, he basically stood in the corner while Sengun or KD initiated every set Those are elite players, I'm not saying it's indefensible, but you might be better off with Reed as 6th man if you do that

Literally kicked the ball forward to start that fast break, and they called nothing

“Can the Rockets survive the non-Sheppard minutes?” Is a totally legit question

Showing A LOT of signs of that

REED SHEPPARD IS HAPPENING Y'ALL

Alperen Sengun screens for Kevin Durant and you see what it opens up for Houston. Denver at the level, Sengun gets it on the short roll. Help comes and ball movement gets Reed Sheppard a three.

Sengun turning defense into offense with the clever pass to Reed Sheppard 👀 www.nba.com/how-to-watch...

9 points for Reed in under 8 minutes. They needed every one of those, offense dead in the water otherwise