As good as the performance was against Phoenix the night before, this one was as bad.
The Los Angeles Clippers used the Rockets for target practice tonight. They thoroughly outplayed them in every phase of the game. Inside game, outside shooting, half court offense, half court defense, rebounding, ball security, passing, transition offense or defense, you name it, the Clippers were better at all of it. That’s the eye test.
There’s literally not a statistical category in the Rockets favor tonight. The Rockets managed eight steals? The Clippers had 12. The Rockets shot a presentable 35% from three?