34. "I think it was more a bad matchup than anything" In response to In response to 24
In terms of true inside players, it was Capela vs. Davis and Randle.
N.O. had the advantage in the paint, they thumped them on the boards and in the paint like they were supposed to(AND Miroric went off), and Houston didn’t play well enough offensively to overcome the mismatch up front. We know going in that Houston is not built to defend a team like NO and that they’ve gotta outscore them. Utah is going to give them problems too IMO. But a lot of other teams are built as a poor man’s Houston. They’ll be fine.