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Houston Rockets guard Reed Sheppard refused to make excuses for his critical turnover and role in meltdown even when a reporter tried to offer him one based on his playoff inexperience. "No, I played basketball long enough," Sheppard says. "Dribbling up the court with 30 seconds left is dribbling up the court with 30 seconds left.View quoted post on X
"There's never an excuse - he hasn't been in a playoff game, he hasn't been in that environment. It doesn't matter. It's just simple basketball.
"I should have made the right play and not turned it over. That was the one thing that could beat us - was a turnover and a three in that situation. So no."