That's a bad percentage. But our big guys came in and were ready to play. That's what really won the game for us. We played more together than we have for a while. I think we're all starting to fall into our roles.
Guys are willing to sacrifice points, rebounds and minutes just to win.
Francis and Mobley did not necessarily sacrifice points for the common good. But they no longer seemed as irreplaceable. A night after Celtics coach Jim O'Brien declared Francis and Mobley the league's best backcourt, Minnesota coach Flip Saunders refused to allow them to beat his team. But Taylor attacked Garnett in the paint, even showing off a few power moves that normally are surrendered to a barrage of jump shots. More telling for the Rockets, someone other than Mobley or Francis led them in scoring in consecutive games for the first time since Dec. 19 and 21.