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Terrence Jones was positively beastly today

Terrence Jones was positively beastly en route to pouring in 24 points and corralling a game-high 12 rebounds.

Terrence Jones - photo from NBA.com

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What a difference a year makes.  Last July, the Rockets' summer league roster figured to look a heck of a lot like the regular season roster they'd be sporting come the fall. The team was in the process of undergoing a massive transformation and, at the time anyway, it didn't seem farfetched to assume that many of the same faces hitting the floor in Vegas were also going to figure prominently in Houston when the real games began. Of course, that was before the arrival of Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik. Carlos Delfino, too. And oh yeah, that bearded fellow who went on to become an All-Star. In other words, four of the Rockets five most impactful players during the 2012-13 season weren't even on the team yet when summer league began (Chandler Parsons being the lone exception, of course).

Fast-forward to the present day and the team doesn't just look dramatically different, it's also changed up its summer hoops locale. The Rockets traded desert dwelling for Disney this year while making their initial foray into Orlando summer league basketball. Some things, however, do actually stay the same. Houston's annual summer league domination tour continued Sunday morning when the Rockets raced out to a 19-point first half lead before ultimately recording an 88-80 triumph over the Philadelphia 76ers – a win that improves Houston's summer league record to a ridiculous 30-6 since 2005.

Terrence Jones was positively beastly en route to pouring in 24 points and corralling a game-high 12 rebounds. Patrick Beverley looked as composed and in control as one would expect after seeing the way he performed down the stretch and during the playoffs last season. And “veterans” Greg Smith and James Anderson provided positive contributions as well.

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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 28, 1992, in what many called the “best NCAA Tournament game ever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Duke into overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regional finals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by Christian Laettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks the hearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’s last game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On March 28, 1998, against Stanford, Kentucky rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, then grabbed a 5-point overtime lead, before fending off the Cardinals to advance to the title game for the third straight season. Jeff Sheppard canned three long-range three-pointers - two in the final three minutes and one in overtime - en route to a career-high 27 points.

 

On March 28, 2014, unranked Kentucky beat No. 5 Louisville 74-69, in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.  Aaron Harrison buried a three-pointer from the left corner with 39 seconds left that put UK ahead to stay before 41,072 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

 

On March 28, 2015, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 68-66, in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.  With its 37-0 record on the line, Kentucky trailed Notre Dame 59-53 with 6:14 left. UK rallied in front of 19,464 fans in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena and preserved its perfect season thanks to a crucial blocked shot by Willie Cauley-Stein and two game-deciding free throws from Andrew Harrison in the final seconds.

 

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