Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka is renowned for his blunt, direct style in interactions with his players, referees and the media. On Monday night, Udoka didn't hold back in his assessment of his team’s performance after a 124-118 loss at the New York Knicks.

The Brooklyn Nets will be facing the Houston Rockets, this time at home, for the second time in three days and they are more motivated since then.

After Rockets coach Ime Udoka dismissively called the Nets a “lower-level team,” Nets coach Jordi Fernandez made sure his players knew about it. Then those Nets did something about it, stunning the Rockets with a 99-97 victory before 16,