Zach Lowe on the Rockets commitment to small ball: "You get to the Playoffs, you're no longer catching anyone off guard, you're no longer catching anyone on their third game in five nights. They're just going to be dialing in to prepare for you, and I do

Kevin Durant to on the Rockets offensive identity Put two on the ball swing it out of that Try to target our ISOs Go at weak defenders We get our best offense in pick and roll Get two on the ball and Alpi making the decision out of the trap

Iko Kevin Durant at todays Rockets practice Im not here to get into Twitter nonsense My teammates know what it is weve been locked in the whole season

Zach Lowe on the Nuggets It does have the feel of sometimes it just doesn't come together It's on my radar it just might be the year it doesn't happen and I expected it to happen because there is legitimately a great team in here but sometimes you run out of time to find it

The Rockets refuse to guard Jose Alvarado who hits the wide open corner 3

David Adelman reflects on the loss to OKC in overtime It's a good learning lesson we may have to change up who plays whenthe way I'd like to play them isn't available right now

Shaq on the Lakers needing to intentionally miss FTs to force the game into overtime If you have to rely on that you're not going to win and not being a contender I'm used to playing for coaches who wouldn't be happy with that game