Over a week ago, the Houston Rockets demolished the Golden State Warriors by 31 points, winning 140-109 and tying an NBA record for 23 made three-pointers . The carnage was so bad that, deep into garbage time and with a bevy of Rocket bench players that happened to rely on the three-pointer as the main facet of their arsenal on the court, Warriors coach Mark Jackson watched happily as his team intentionally fouled the Rockets so as to prevent them from setting the record . Rox forward Chandler Parsons took to Twitter to mock Jackson’s ABC catchphrase following, and Warriors center Andrew Bogut took to Twitter to use an ages-old “joke” a junior high kid should be ashamed about . The underlying theme being, “look out, Rockets, we get you again in California in a week.” And the Warriors did welcome Houston, coming off of an embarrassing loss to the Sacramento Kings on Sunday, to the Bay Area on Tuesday — and promptly gave up 116 points on its home court as Houston romped again . Bogut, not so churlish in the aftermath of a second straight loss to the Rockets, fumed afterward, citing his team’s failing defense as the reason behind the team’s 8-12 swoon since Jan. 2. From Tim Kawakami at the San Jose Mercury News : -Q: Can you point to any one thing that has caused the team’s defensive lapse the last five games? -BOGUT: It’s hard to say. I think at the end of the day, you’ve got to stop your man. We have a great shell team defense. But I think at the end of the day, it’s you one-on-one in a battle with the guy you’re guarding, you know?
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