Following a difficult stretch of play, the Houston Rockets forward Tari Eason has begun to regain form, scoring 16 points on Friday and 15 on Sunday – his highest outputs since the All-Star break.

According to William Guillory of The Athletic, Eason credited a team meeting held Thursday as a key factor, where teammates reinforced his importance to the team.

“It felt like it was pretty centered around me,” Eason said of that meeting. “It wasn’t directly pointing at me negatively. It was more so positive. It was more so affirmations.

“It was more so everybody kind of trying to lift me up. … Everybody just being there for me and embracing me was important.”

Eason will be eligible for restricted free agency this summer after playing four seasons with the Rockets, during which he has averaged 10.3 points and 6.3 rebounds across 213 regular-season games.

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