Ime Udoka blasts Rockets after 'horrendous mistakes' led to Game 3 collapse vs. Lakers: 'Grow up'

"Grow up," Udoka said when asked about his message to the team. "You're not that young anymore. You've been to the playoffs once, and we watched every situation just now."

Houston's meltdown wasn't all on the young players, as 30-year-old Jae'Sean Tate committed what Udoka described as a "terrible" foul that sent Marcus Smart to the line for three shots.

Udoka also accuses his team of freestyling on its final possession of regulation, which resulted in a miss by Sengun.

"The final play -- for the last shot -- we don't run what was drawn up," Udoka said.

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Asked about his team's inability to close out games, Udoka said it's been a pattern that the Rockets keep repeating.

"It's obviously a weakness of ours to close out and finish," Udoka added. "The amount of mistakes and type of mistakes are egregious. You can't have those. ... I'm looking at five years, four years or three years in the league and growing from there and not learning from previous experiences. That was the case there."

Now, Houston is facing elimination in Game 4, and it still may be without Durant. Udoka said the Rockets star has "made some progress" with his sprained left ankle, but Durant's status for Game 4 is still "up in the air."