Charlie Pallilo: A.J. Hinch won Sunday's game for the Astros

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Charlie Pallilo: A.J. Hinch won Sunday's game for the Astros
A.J. Hinch was impressive on Sunday. Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images

The Astros had a great weekend and swept the Rangers in Arlington despite some underwhelming pitching performances from Charlie Morton and Dallas Keuchel. Houston's weak schedule all the way to the All-Star break should put the ball club back in first place, and give the team an edge heading into the second half of the season.

Finally, A.J. Hinch won Sunday's game for the Astros after arguing a missed balk call by the umpires. Managers are not even allowed to argue balks, which made this such an impressive move by Hinch.

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The Rockets are coming. Composite Getty Image.

The Houston Rockets are coming off their ninth-straight win and are now officially challenging the Golden State Warriors. Houston is currently only a half game behind the Warriors and could knock them out of the play-in.

In the video above, Stephen A. Smith makes his case that the Rockets are beneficiaries of someone in the Celtics organization that was out to ruin coach Ime Udoka's career.

Also, he discusses how Jalen Green playing with his hair on fire, and the Rockets are executing at an elite level in the month of March. Smith believes this is all because of Udoka and the culture he's building in Houston.

Stephen A. finishes the video with a warning to the league: “The Rockets are coming. And it's because of Ime Udoka. Remember I said that.”

Be sure to watch the short video above for the full discussion.

Editor's note: Stephen A.'s video was recorded before the Rockets won their ninth-straight game on Monday night.

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