Written by Benjamin Sieck at Bloguin
The Houston Rockets began this season as a trendy NBA Finals pick. However, after rough 4-7 start, the team fired Head Coach Kevin McHale and named 36-year-old assistant J.B. Bickerstaff as interim head coach.
In an effort to get the team back on track, Bickerstaff held a “mini training camp” between the Rockets loss to the Knicks on Sunday and tonight’s game against Memphis.
In addition to refocusing the team’s attitude towards a more disciplined, structured approach, Bickerstaff even brought in a Navy Seal to help motivate the team.
Houston guard Jason Terry told the Houston Chronicle these practices had a different feel than before.
“It was a hard practice,” Terry said. “It was attention to detail. There were consequences for not paying attention to detail. Just getting back to our roots, that’s defense first, executing on offense and making the extra pass. We got to put the work in if we want to get the results. Though we thought we were doing that before, we weren’t doing that enough, obviously. It was good to see. It felt great. Today was a day, mentally we got better.”
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