Stevens said he wasn’t too familiar with McHale outside of the Hall of Famer’s work as a coach, leading the Rockets to the Western Conference finals last season, but noted that McHale and C’s president Danny Ainge are “close friends”, dating back to their time together in Boston during the 1980s.
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He posted a double-double and engineered a breathtaking comeback, leading the Houston Rockets to a 108-103 overtime victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday at Toyota Centre.
The biggest surprise in the National Basketball Association today is the firing of Rockets’ head coach, Kevin McHale and it didn’t take long for another job offer came to his door.
There are high expectations for the team again this season behind James Harden and Dwight Howard, but McHale won’t be around to see where the Rockets end up: Houston fired McHale on Wednesday with the team off to a puzzling 4-7 start.
Considering how the Rockets are reliant on the three point shot, we can see why they’re losing. “You got to stay positive and fight through it. All this stuff will build our character”. We just weren’t playing with any juice, with any rhythm. But Bickerstaff is also an ex-Gopher who spent several seasons as a Wolves assistant.
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said that “it’s a volatile business, and sometimes it doesn’t make sense… like Kevin McHale getting fired”.
“He appreciated me reaching out to him, but I think he’s just going to lay low”. “But we’ve got to still fight for him and try to win this championship”. “We worked hard this week and the last few days to get a win, so I am happy about that”.
Rockets 38-year-old point guard Jason Terry got his first start of the season, replacing struggling guard Ty Lawson, who was acquired from Denver in the offseason.
Brewer drained a three-pointer with less than a second remaining in regulation to send the game to overtime with the score knotted at 99-99. Harden’s play and aloofness have frustrated teammates, and McHale took the brunt of the blame for the team’s play. Adelman’s time with the Wolves ended after the 2013-14 season, and now McHale’s time is done. Harden said he was comfortable with him from the moment they met, adding: “I felt like I was talking to an actual player”.
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This time James Harden flashed back to last season’s form and went on the attack in the fourth quarter and finished with 45 points, 11 assists, eight rebounds and five steals.
