Less than 24 hours after Damian Lillard's game-winning three sent the final blow to his season, Kevin McHale received some much-needed good news: He'll be back to do it all again with the Houston Rockets in 2014-15.
A source close to the situation told Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle that Houston's front office has decided to retain McHale for another season.
McHale has compiled a 133-97 record over his three seasons with the Rockets, including a 54-28 mark this past regular season. Houston has made the playoffs each of the last two years, losing in Round 1 both times. Lillard hit a three-pointer as time expired in Friday night's Game 6 to give the Portland Trail Blazers a dramatic 99-98 victory and a 4-2 win in the best-of-seven series.
While back-to-back playoff berths and the team's ever-changing roster gave McHale some leeway within the Rockets organization, that did not stop speculation about his future throughout the series. McHale's at times strange rotation decisions and questionable late-game play-calling decisions were the source of criticism, as was his inability to coax consisten ...
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