Accessing Texans' biggest challenges and opportunities in free agency, trade market
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12 February
Should the Texans gamble on Stefon Diggs again? Composite Getty Image.
With free agency right around the corner and not a lot of cap room to work with, which position should the Texans make their top priority?
Offensive line or wide receiver? Clearly they need both, but based on the amount of hits Stroud took this season, and how the Super Bowl played out, it appears the o-line needs to be at the top of the list.
But what if the Texans could address receiver through a trade. Should they have any interest in acquiring Deebo Samuel or Cooper Kupp? And if so, what would be a fair asking price?
Or, would the team be better off bringing back Stefon Diggs?
ESPN Houston's John Granato and Lance Zierlien share their thoughts on Houston's top offseason priorities, and much more in the video above!
Jalen Green had 25 points and Alperen Sengun added 23 to lead the Houston Rockets to a 100-97 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night in a game where Amen Thompson was ejected for a hard foul on Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The game was tied at 95-all when Sengun made 1 of 2 free throws to put Houston on top. He made two more free throws with 30 seconds left to make it 98-95.
Brook Lopez missed a 3-pointer, but a turnover by Sengun gave the Bucks the ball back and a dunk by Antetokounmpo cut the lead to one with 8.1 seconds to go.
Green added two free throws to make it 100-97 and Damian Lillard was fouled and missed the first free throw before a double lane violation on the second one triggered a jump ball.
Lillard came away with the ball and his 3-point attempt bounced off the rim.
The Bucks were down by 2 with about 4 1/2 minutes left when Thompson pulled Antetokounmpo down from behind by the head and neck as he went up for a shot in the lane. The play was reviewed and determined to be a flagrant foul 2 and Thompson was ejected.
Antetokounmpo had 27 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Bucks, who had a four-game winning streak snapped.
Takeaways
Bucks: Milwaukee needs to work on offensive consistency after failing to score in the fourth quarter until Lillard made two free throws with about six minutes to go.
Rockets: Houston needs to do a better job of capitalizing on offense when its defense shuts teams down. They only scored seven points in the first six minutes of the fourth when they held Milwaukee scoreless.
Key moment
Sengun’s free throws that put the Rockets up for good.
Key stat
Milwaukee scored 12 points in the fourth quarter.
Up next
The Rockets host San Antonio on Wednesday night and the Bucks host Denver on Thursday night.
