""Coaching staff is pissed off, players are pissed off," he said. "We want a better outcome, and it's early, too. So for us to feel that way I like that kind of energy.""
""Just feel like we haven't played a good game yet," guard Amen Thompson said. "It's been two close games. We can't keep saying that all the time. We want to play great games. We have championship-level expectations. So just trying to play our best game every game. Bad games happen, but we are still trying to win those.""
Kevin Durant scored 37 points on 9-of-18 shooting and 16-of-18 from the free-throw line in his Houston home opener. The Houston Rockets lost 115-111 to the Detroit Pistons and fell to 0-2 to begin the season. The loss followed a 125-124 double-overtime defeat to the Oklahoma City Thunder, with both games decided in the final moments. Players and coaching staff expressed frustration but characterized that frustration as constructive energy. The team entered the season after a No. 2 Western Conference seed last year and carried strong title odds, and players emphasized championship-level expectations rather than moral victories.
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