How Fred VanVleet & Dillon Brooks Set Tone As Houston Rockets Defense Smothers New Orleans Pelicans

How Fred VanVleet & Dillon Brooks Set Tone As Houston Rockets Defense Smothers New Orleans Pelicans

Host Jackson Gatlin (@JTGatlin) reacts to and discusses the Houston Rockets 120-87 preseason blowout win against the New Orleans Pelicans and how the team won with their new DEFENSIVE identity despite struggling to shoot the ball for most of the night. Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks elite team defense setting the tone early forcing tons of turnovers, Jabari Smith Jr. scoring from all over the floor, Rockets assist rate through the roof, Alperen Sengun looking like a plus defensive big against Jonas Valanciunas, Brook's unselfish play in his first "full" Rockets game, Amen Thompson's impact off the bench and more.

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