Houston Rockets coach Ime Udoka spoke with Mark Medina about his team’s start to the regular season -six wins in 11 games after last night’s loss to the Lakers-.
“You want to be well balanced on the offensive end and not really be reliant on one or two guys only, but the whole team,” Udoka said. “Whether it’s with on-ball or off-ball pick-and-rolls and isos, we feel we have a lot of those bases covered. Defensively, we just continue to improve and turn some of our non-defenders into better defenders. And obviously, guys that we have in those spots, they continue to guide our team”.
Houston currently has the league’s fourth best defense with 107.8 points allowed per 100 possessions.
The 21-year-old Turkish center Alperen Sengun is the team’s top scorer with 20.1 points (59% FG, 63% FT) per game, as well as 8.4 points and 5.7 assists, but Udoka is most enthusiastic about his improvements on defense.
“We knew what he was offensively in a lot of ways and how he impacts the game for us. He can control things there. But defensively, he has taken a huge step. He’s bought in and has improved on that side of the ball.”
Post your comment
Visualizza commenti