{"id":68476,"date":"2025-11-28T14:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/68476\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T14:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:31:07","slug":"three-things-houston-rockets-fans-should-be-thankful-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/68476\/","title":{"rendered":"Three things Houston Rockets fans should be thankful for"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s that time of the year! A day for family, food, fun, and most importantly, taking time to remember what to be thankful for. This Thanksgiving season, Rockets fans have plenty to be thankful for.<\/p>\n

After a rough first game of his season, Reed Shepard\u2019s play these past games have been nothing short of spectacular.. Reed is not only shooting exceptionally well from three, but his defense has improved as well. Last game against the Warriors with Kevin Durant out, Alperen Sengun and Amen Thompson didn\u2019t have it going, and Houston needing a go-to scorer, Reed delivered, scoring 31 points and hitting the game-clinching free throws. After his play lately, it\u2019s only a matter of time before Reed finds himself a permanent member of the starting lineup.<\/p>\n

Okogie was a late addition to the roster this summer, as he was the last player to get added to the roster. It\u2019s no secret that teams weren\u2019t lining up to sign him after he was released from Charlotte this July. I was excited for Okogie, but like many fans, I kept my expectations low. I expected Okogie to be a good third option and a member of the stay-ready crew<\/p>\n

It\u2019s safe to say Okogie has exceeded his expectations by a mile, starting ten games. Okogie is a career 30.5% three-point shooter for his career, but is shooting 42.9%<\/a> on career high attempts per game.
Okogie plays his role perfectly; he does the dirty work, defends exceptionally well, and doesn\u2019t hesitate to shoot to three when he\u2019s open. Houston fans should be beyond thankful for having him on this team, especially on his bargain of a contract.<\/p>\n

Last but certainly not least, Rockets fans should be thankful for a Kevin Durant. It was clear last season that the Rockets lacked a closer, someone to go to late in the game when they needed a bucket. The sometimes-you, sometimes-me offense could only get the team so far. This summer, Houston was able to acquire Kevin Durant, who not only gave the Rockets a closer but is one of the best players the NBA has ever seen. A closer isn\u2019t all Durant has given Houston; however. Houston also gained a veteran player with championship experience and a great mentor for Jabari Smith Jr.<\/p>\n

I hope those who celebrate had a great day full of family and fun, and are ready to watch the Rockets in action on Sunday, Utah vs the Jazz at 2:00 central on Space City Home Network or NBA League Pass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s that time of the year! A day for family, food, fun, and most importantly, taking time to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,35181,35182],"class_list":{"0":"post-68476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-headlines","10":"tag-houston-news","11":"tag-random-commentary","12":"tag-rockets-analysis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}