Confidence of Rockets rookie Jabari Smith Jr. is growing by the game
Rockets fans were eager to slap hands with rookie Jabari Smith Jr. after Monday night's two-point victory over the Celtics at Toyota Center.With the Rockets leading the Celtics by one and just 8.7 seconds left, Jabari Smith Jr. wanted the ball.
From the same rise in Jabari's confidence comes the aggressiveness to step up in game-deciding moments, to seek the most difficult defensive assignments and, most of all, to want the responsibility and role that come with his place as the third player taken in the NBA draft and one of the core pieces of the Rockets' rebuild.
“He’s going crazy right now,” Green said. “He’s in that mode. I’m happy for him because we know the real Jabari, and he’s showing it right now to everybody — everyone who doubted him, the haters, everyone.” Smith has a six-game streak of double-figure scoring, his first since the first six games of the season. After making one of 16 3s in a four-game stretch, Smith has made 58.6 percent of his shots and 53.6 percent of his 3s in the past six games.
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