Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets are 0-2 after following up their double additional time loss to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder on opening night time with a 115-111 residence loss to the Detroit Pistons on Friday.
“Teaching employees is pissed off, gamers are pissed off,” he mentioned. “We would like a greater end result, and it is early, too. So for us to really feel that method I like that form of power.”
“Now we have championship-level expectations, so simply attempting to play our greatest sport each sport,” Amen Thompson mentioned. “You realize, unhealthy video games occur, however we’re nonetheless attempting to win these.”
The Rockets are looking for a method to generate offense whereas balancing the power of their protection with their double-big lineup.
“That’s why coaches receives a commission the massive bucks; they bought to make these powerful choices,” mentioned Durant.
“It’s all the time good having a flexible group, however figuring out when you throw these completely different lineups on the market, it is the hardest job as a coach. So we’ll be affected person and continue to grow and preserve figuring issues out. However defensively, we’re fairly stable,” mentioned Durant.
The Rockets’ beginning lineup of Thompson-Durant-Jabari Smith-Alperen Sengun-Steven Adams has gained its minutes in each video games.
“That is the steadiness now we have (to seek out): when to play quick, when to form of ease up a bit,” Durant mentioned. “And I feel we’re figuring that out. Offensively, the final two video games have not been what we would like it to be, nevertheless it was all the time gonna be a piece in progress, and we’re gonna get higher from it powerful two losses.”
