After becoming the Houston Rockets head coach last year, Ime Udoka asked his athletic scoring guard Jalen Green one question: How was he going to impact the game in different ways? Green impacted the game in a different way at the end of a 91-90 NBA Cup quarterfinals win against the visiting Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night. With the Rockets down 90-89 with 3.5 seconds left, Green stole an errant pass and was fouled by Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga. Green made two free throws that sealed the win for the Rockets and clinched a trip to Las Vegas for the NBA Cup semifinals on Saturday. Green recalled to Andscape that Udoka told him in their meeting to “be able to score the ball and on defense. When shots are not falling, how are you going to impact the game in other ways whether it’s a steal, blocked shot, playing defense? Things like that.”