The loss, the Rockets’ second in a row, stung even more because the Rockets had just...
to finish, but much less time than that to know that the Rockets did not stand a chance of winning.
Disappointing is certainly an apt descriptor, even for a Rockets team that entered Monday with the NBA’s third-worst defensive rating and sixth-worst 3-point percentage defense. The Rockets let the Kings make 21 3-pointers, two shy of their season high, and shoot 51.2 percent from behind the arc — just the second game this season the Kings have shot better than 50 percent there.
So “disappointing” was probably Silas’ way of putting it mildly. The tone of his voice implied other adjectives that could have fit: despicable, inexcusable, abominable, and a few others too colorful to print. The Kings have boasted the league’s top-rated, or second best-rated, offense for most of the season. They hung 139 points and 135 points on the Rockets in two games played in Sacramento last month. Murray, a 40-percent career 3-point shooter, made four in the first game. Monk made four of five in the other. Reserve forward Trey Lyles averaged 16.5 points on 70.6 percent shooting in two games against Houston.“I mean, they can score,” Silas said. “They're right at the top of the league.
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