was gassed, gassed, gassed! Says Mick!
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DJ, you nailed it — Bron wasn’t just tired, he was running on fumes. You could see it from the opening tip. Every drive looked like he was dragging a piano behind him. And when your leader is that gassed, the whole team feels it.
But the bigger issue is the collective no‑show. This wasn’t just fatigue — this was a team that looked like it had left its focus in the locker room. No urgency, no physicality, no pride in the details. Turnovers everywhere, slow rotations, zero resistance at the rim. Houston didn’t even have to work for half their buckets.
And yeah, people will call it a schedule loss, but let’s be real: there’s a difference between losing and not competing. Last night was the latter. If you’re trying to build playoff habits, you can’t have games where you mentally check out before halftime.
The good news? Losses like this are loud. They get attention. They force accountability. And if this team has any real aspirations, this is the kind of embarrassment that should light a fire under everybody.
Because the Rockets didn’t beat the Lakers, the Lakers beat themselves by not showing up.
Yep! This game was where we needed 3’s draining from the others.