Ime Udoka after Valanciunas, Pelicans bullied Houston Rockets

Ime Udoka after Valanciunas, Pelicans bullied Houston Rockets

Why was it so difficult to score early in the fourth quarter that first part I think guys missed shots early and kind of hung their head um some guys had tough nights there and didn’t play with energy and so um it’s tough when a lot of guys aren’t playing well overall

And until Fred hit that shot that open shot I think got some decent looks they dare to shoot threes tonight and we didn’t make them but um you know even in the first quarter a few guys struggled and carried over to the game the rest of

The game can’t have that the other night you kind of lamented a lot of herob ball it was offensively did you think shot selection or things like that were an issue tonight or were you happy with the looks that you guys got I mean like I

Said they forced us to shoot a ton of Threes pack the paint there and so we got some really good looks early especially in the first half but those Miss shots um combined with um some guys struggling individually you know had some carry over there and affected every

Other part of the game so didn’t feel as much you know oneon-one her ball tonight but you know we got out transition played well had opportunities um 17 fast break points we could have probably had 30 and we’re terrible in transition as far as that five for our 13

Opportunities we had so um you know it’s tough when we’re so up and down and inconsistent sorry you mentioned getting in transition on a night the shots aren’t falling like that and they’re going to make you shoot threes do you have to get stops and get in the open

Court more than you were able to tonight yeah I mean you’d like to I think we you had nine steals at halftime so we were getting out and getting um had some opportunities uh didn’t capitalize on them but you know main thing you like some carryover from game to game and

We’re so inconsistent as far as that you don’t know which team is going to show up on a night toight basis and as good as we were against the Lakers playing fast um you know we we got out but didn’t capitalize an opportunities tonight so um that was tough but we do

Have our opportunities our chances early especially in the first half what went into some of the miscommunication on the defensive end just lack of talking and same same things we’ve been dealing with for majority of the time we got some different guys out there different

Lineups and um you know you know who the key in on who they’re running ATL’s for and didn’t talk him out so got some easy baskets there but with all that being said we had you know was five-point game and half or going into the fourth and 15

Run obviously put it away but um we didn’t look like we had any life even with the five-point game was as poor as we play so um that’s not a good sign thank you thank you

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Ime Udoka talks to reporters after the Houston Rockets lost at home to the New Orleans Pelicans on 1/31/2024. Jalen Green led the way for Houston with 31 points, but Jonas Valanciunas had his way inside to the tune of 25 points on 10-15 field goals and 14 boards. Alperen Sengun and Jabari Smith Jr. both struggled for the Rockets.