Houston Rockets explode in 3rd on Detroit Pistons #Rockets Coach Ime Udoka press conference #Pistons
And a Washington Michigan matx UP was there anything that led to albeat sort of just taking over in the third quarter after he had kind of a rough start in the first quarter what what changed so much for him I I mean I specifically told him to
Keep it simple and stop searching for fouls and just play I mean he was that’s me what I said to him but I think he was just a little sloppy in the first half honestly um you know sometimes he I think he Durant had a foul in the first
Quarter he started searching for that instead of just playing and so um missed a lot of easy things in the third quarter I mean the first half and then third quarter settled down and got extra aggressive but W to just play in instead of worrying about the other things is
That a measure of progress for he and Jaylen to where they can have a game like this without it necessarily being a hot start and an easy roll all along to be able to turn it around yeah especially when you see um you know some easy things that you missed in the first
Half and you kind of reassess at halftime and um I think tago was talking to him quite a bit too but um we felt we had favorable matchups and like I said he got caught up in some of the other stuff instead of just worrying about
Playing so good to see him bounce back in that quarter um obviously 47 Point quarter for us is where we pulled away so we did on both ends guarding at 25 and he was a big piece of the 47 will you consider that third quarter quarter the best quarter you guys played all
Season yeah I would say from the scoring standpoint of course um defensively you know we’ve held teams into the teams obviously but when you’re scoring that much it kind of gets up and down until a little bit of a rat race and we still managed to you know win by 22 in that
Quarter so yeah it was it was wasn’t the best feeling going in halftime up four when we felt we played well enough to be up double digits gave a few leads up but um came out with the right mindset and focused and had a big quarter and kind
Of put it away there this is Al sixth game in a row with 20 or more points are you starting to see that consistency from him yeah I mean he’s been that you know all year and I think uh you can see that progress coming over the last few
Years but um even being a more dominant force and understanding what he can do on a nightly basis regardless who it is and very efficient tonight like I said other than some of the three-point shots you know he was he was really good and so yeah he’s been there for us
Especially lately and we kind of revolve around what he does and the guards pick their spots but he’s always someone we can kind of center around and and you know we can get quality offense ran through you talk about what you’re seeing from Jaylen if this is the kind
Of growth and progress you’ve been looking for yeah it’s it’s the to your guys point you know slow start and you know other guys had it go and he came out and obviously had a great second half as well and so um continue to play through you know made the Miss shots
Continue to impact the game other ways make the right reads and uh I think he was working extremely hard defensively um rebounding and some of those things and if the shots don’t fall you know you got to keep keep grinding in way and I
Think he did that and got to go in the second half so good on him and Alie was your message at halftime keep it simple to the team as a whole or just shingun yeah everybody I think um you know we we got up 12 we got up 11 got up
10 and then we would make three you know kind of bonehead plays in a row whether it was sloppy defensively or turning the ball over and let him back in it get it back to four or six and so um when we did get the lead in the third we were
Like this just you know kind of hunker down and be solid and you know consistency and solid that’s the message and um like I said didn’t feel great at halftime only being up for and um credit to the guys they took it to heart and came out play dominant in the third
Quarter thanks coach thank you thank you
“It wasn’t the best feeling going in at halftime up four when we felt like we played well enough to be up double digits,” Houston coach Ime Udoka said. “Gave a few leads up, but came out with the right mindset, focused and had a big quarter. (We) kind of put it away there.”
