UTA played a frustrating game against the Rockettes.
They made a lot of careless, bad passes. But also 2 or 3 where the catcher just took his eye off the ball, or the zip on the pass was a little too much. mnay of these occurred 3Q when they were trying to keep close.
Also, Harden picked up his 4th foul with 7:19 left in the 3Q.
And UTA never tried to take advantage.
Once Gobert posted Harden, got the ball, and HOU was called for a defensive 3 secs. [Don Mitchell missed the Tech FT]. A few minutes later Gobert with the ball in the post v. Harden and merely passed out. <sigh>
I thought they should have spent effort exploiting Harden.
Either draw a 5th foul on him and make him sit, or he plays cautious D and thy score. Harden so integral to HOU's whole effort. Plus making Harden work on D isn't a bad way to try to slow down his O. It was a 7 point HOU lead when Harden got his 4th foul. 7:19 left in 3Q. Harden stays in for another 5:20 and it's a 12 point lead when he exits with 1:55 left.
Quinn the Mighty Coach didn't try that.
Maybe it wouldn't have mattered, as HOU's bench ups the lead to 17 v. UTA's bench before harden returns 4Q.
But the 3Q was an opp that UTA blew. Should have tried to tag a 5th foul on Harden to change the outlook.
Otherwise Jingles needs to be more aggressive. While Rubio spotting up in the corner doesn't scare anyone.
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