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Coach Ime Udoka pushes Rockets to 'make some real noise' after 2 straight first-round exits
Udoka wants Houston to finish games better and avoid repeating late collapses after the Rockets won 52 regular-season games and lost in the first round again.
- On Tuesday, the Houston Rockets held media day as Coach Ime Udoka set expectations for improvement after consecutive first-round playoff exits in each of the last two years.
- Optimism surrounds the franchise this year as point guard Fred VanVleet returns from an ACL injury, joined by big man Steven Adams, who missed significant time last season due to ankle surgery.
- General manager Rafael Stone added 2021-22 Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart to strengthen the defense alongside Amen Thompson, while Udoka identified late-game execution as a critical focus.
- Kevin Durant, a 16-time All-Star who turns 38 next week, remains committed to playing heavy minutes, while the team opens preseason against the Dallas Mavericks in Macao, China on Oct. 9.
- Stone believes the team has substantial room for improvement after winning 52 regular-season games, with the Rockets chasing their first title since back-to-back championships in 1994-95.
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Independent EspañolCoach Ime Udoka expects much more from the Houston Rockets after they won 52 regular season games before falling into the first round of the playoffs in each of the last two years.
·El Segundo, United States
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Coach Ime Udoka pushes Rockets to 'make some real noise' after 2 straight first-round exits
Coach Ime Udoka is looking for much more from the Houston Rockets after they won 52 regular-season games before losing in the first round of the playoffs in each of the last two years.
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BVM Sports USRockets Notes: Expectations, VanVleet, Durant, Thompson
Rockets coach Ime Udoka isn’t downplaying expectations for the upcoming season. He’s preparing for a lengthy playoff run, according to Kristie Rieken of the Associated Press. “We’re not here to just make the first round, we want to make some real noise,” Udoka said during the team’s media day. “Everybody’s hungrier for that and to […]
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