James Harden, who led the Rockets with 37 points, said Beverley’s effort level in Sunday’s game was no different than it had been all season.

“He brings it every game,” Harden said. “He brings that intensity, that dog that we need.”

It is not a style that can be easily mimicked, but Beverley wants to at least try to influence the next generation of players — and he plans to start with a group of campers for a week in mid-July. In addition to the usual summer-camp staples like ball-handling, shooting and teamwork, Camp Lockdown will have one particular point of emphasis.

“Defense,” Bibby said, “and playing it like Patrick does.”

Bibby, the boys’ basketball coach at Central High School in Louisville, Ky., runs basketball camps in the summer, including one for the Chicago Bulls’ Rajon Rondo. Rondo and Beverley are represented by the same agency, BDA Sports, which reached out to Bibby when Beverley expressed an interest in staging his own camp this summer.

Last month, Bibby visited with Beverley and his family to map out a plan. They found a facility outside Houston. They agreed on the general setup. Beverley even had a friend design a logo: a silhouette that features Beverley’s facial hair and his self-proclaimed nickname, Mr. 94 Feet, a nod to his willingness to cover the entire court.

“Not a lot of guys in the N.B.A. want to defend,” said Bibby, whose cousin Mike Bibby played 14 seasons in the league. “When you’ve got a guy like Westbrook who can score 40 points on any given night and you’ve got a guy like Patrick Beverley who says, ‘Hey, I’m going to step up to that challenge for this entire series,’ that takes a load off of a lot of people.”

In his own way, Beverley is a more realistic role model than many N.B.A. stars. He was a second-round draft pick. He is not a giant. He does not have saucepan hands like the San Antonio Spurs’ Kawhi Leonard or the impossible reach of the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo. But Beverley is an elite defender all the same.

“For kids, it makes you think that the dream of playing in the N.B.A. is attainable,” Bibby said. “He plays with heart. He plays with emotion. To me, you can have all the athletic ability and height in the world. But if you don’t have the passion or the intellect to play the game the right way, it doesn’t matter how tall you are or how big you are.”

Ahead of Sunday’s game against the Thunder, Bibby had 10,000 fliers for Camp Lockdown printed up. Fans found them on their seats when they arrived at the arena, and then the ad played overhead. Bibby was grateful that the Rockets were willing to help get the word out. Beverley took care of the rest.