Former Houston Rockets coach and Hall of Famer Rudy Tomjanovich once told reporters that he would tell the team’s very best shooters, if they ever felt like they were in a shooting slump, to just keep shooting.
“Rudy T” could have passed that advice on when he met with second-year Rockets coach Stephen Silas last month, hours before a celebratory ceremony at Toyota Center to honor his Hall of Fame induction. In turn, Silas may have whispered it to guard Garrison Mathews at some point in the last few days to help him with his recent shooting woes.
Mathews, 25, had a terrible three-game stretch from Jan. 10 through Jan. 14 where he averaged 1.6 points and shot 1-for-11 from 3-point range, with that one make coming in the first game versus Philadelphia. Mathews was held scoreless for the first time all season in his next game at San Antonio, and he followed that performance up with another scoreless night in the first game of two in Sacramento.
