{"id":268763,"date":"2025-11-03T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/268763\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T12:00:09","slug":"%e2%ad%90%ef%b8%8f-the-rockets-are-playing-bullyball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/268763\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2b50\ufe0f The Rockets are playing BullyBall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!0V3Y!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9130429f-1daa-4d8a-a3fc-240a259f32d8_1024x683.jpeg\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/9130429f-1daa-4d8a-a3fc-240a259f32d8_1024.jpeg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/9130429f-1daa-4d8a-a3fc-240a259f32d8_1024x683.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:683,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:152507,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.tomthefinder.com\/i\/177795917?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9130429f-1daa-4d8a-a3fc-240a259f32d8_1024x683.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a>(Photo by Kenneth Richmond\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The Houston Rockets lost their starting point guard for the season. They currently have the best offensive efficiency in the NBA. How are the hell are they doing it?<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to another edition of Tom\u2019s Title Tiers! A reminder: This is my subjective list based largely on objective data. This is not a pure, analytical ranking. You\u2019re here because you want to know what I think, to get inside my brain a little bit. Consider this a weekly report of what I see on film; what I glean from the numbers; what I hear on the phone; what I read in the news; what I feel.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s featured squad: Houston Rockets.<\/p>\n<p>A reminder that teams are listed within each tier in alphabetical order, not in order of strength. Here\u2019s a quick rundown of each tier:<\/p>\n<p>\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f This is a complete team, no notes.\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f Just missing that one thing.\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f One move away from being one move away.\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f So much has to break right.\u2b50\ufe0f Sooo you\u2019re saying there\u2019s a chance.<\/p>\n<p>Which top contender took a slide this week? Where do I put the Spurs after their baffling loss to Phoenix? And should Chicago be on here? <\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s get to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Photo by Kenneth Richmond\/Getty Images) The Houston Rockets lost their starting point guard for the season. They currently&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-268763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-nba","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}