The Houston Rockets earned plenty of praise from Nick Nurse on Wednesday.
have faced some of the NBA’s top squads. In the eyes of Sixers head coach Nick Nurse, there might not be a team better than the Houston Rockets.The struggling Sixers would take Houston to overtime hours later
At 3-13, the Sixers took the Rockets down to the wire, forming a comeback from a 13-point deficit and forcing overtime. Unfortunately for the home team, they couldn’t close out the extra period on the right side of the scoreboard. While those are the two guys Nurse singled out, he didn’t stop there with the praise for Wednesday’s opponent.“They just start bringing athlete after athlete after athlete. They got speed, length, size, and then when those check out they bring in three more, right? They got some depth at the center. Very well coached. They're on the glass. They're defensive, pressuring, creating turnovers. They're amazing in the fastbreak, turning defense into offense.
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