Why Patrick Beverley Matters to the Houston Rockets

Just in case anyone forgot, Patrick Beverley is tough, combative, unrelenting and unapologetic in doling out the kind of on-ball defensive menace that never relaxes. It’s a given that no one who’s had to face him has ever thought otherwise. Scrappy, chippy and disruptive, Beverley is a nightmare for opponents. He makes bringing the ball up the court—an act that should be like going downhill—an uphill battle. He is disliked by almost everyone who faces him, a badge of honor he wears proud...