On the bench sits a man that is seldom used. When he does come into the game, something changes. The intensity picks up, the speed picks up, and the game seems to flow a little better.
Who just might be that seldom-used player? It's K.J. McDaniels! In the five games leading up to this weekend, McDaniels averaged just about three minutes a game and Rockets won one of those games. The four games before that, the second-year player had a much bigger role playing about 12 minutes a game. The Rockets managed to win three of those games.