Patrick Patterson surrendered 55 pounds to Jefferson on the block, but he didn’t shy from the defensive challenge. And if McHale didn’t make clear to Dalembert his displeasure with Dalembert being late for the walk-through by starting Patterson in his place, he drove the point home by calling for Smith and not Dalembert nine minutes into the first quarter. Smith was what the Rockets sought defensively. He was a whirling dervish and aggressive to a fault.
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.
