In the past period of time, when it comes to rocket games, there must be a name that will be mentioned, he will go to the team's two-way contract player Matthews, the rockets from 15 consecutive defeats to 7 consecutive wins of the big reversal Matthews is indispensable, he in the game of magical three points to impress fans, once during the 7-game winning streak Matthews averaged 16.1 points and 3.4 assists per game, three-point shooting 58 shots 26, shooting 44.8%, although not comparable to Curry, But he's now on the floor as a presence to be reckoned with, having been taken care of by his opponents in both games against the Bucks and Grizzlies, causing his efficiency to decline on the offensive end.
But fortunately, another shooter of the team has risen again, and he is Almony Brooks, who has always been covered by Matthews. For brooks Rockets fans are still more familiar, last season's firefighter, on the way to New Zealand, he received a call from the Rockets management, and finally got a two-way contract, and he also lived up to expectations, last season in the 20 games for the Rockets, handed over an average of 11.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game, with a three-point shooting rate of 38% per game, averaging 3 three-pointers per game, With his three-point shooting ability, he got a four-year, 7.2 million contract extension in the offseason.
However, it is a pity that at the beginning of the new season, Brooks's performance was not ideal, the three-point shooting feel was lost, in his first 12 games, only 7 three-point shots were hit, such as 1 of 3, 1 of 4, 1 of 5 are common things, and even in one game against the Warriors, he shot 1 of 8 three-pointers, plus he was relatively weak on the defensive end, so Brooks did not get much playing time in more than a dozen games early in the season, especially in the case of Matthews' rise. Everyone thought he would be a replacement for Brooks, but they did not expect that during the team's 7 consecutive wins, after Silas changed to a small lineup, Brooks's shooting feel also warmed up, and during the winning streak, brooks was the second best shooter on the outside line except Matthews.
In the last 3 games, Brooks is also a better than a performance, against the Nets to get 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, against the Bucks bombed 21 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, against the Grizzlies again 18 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, 3 consecutive games hit 11 three points to score 53 points, the most important thing is that Brooks in recent games is not only in the three-point projection has picked up, in other aspects of the very obvious progress, such as in the absence of the organization guard, Brooks is obviously strengthening his ability to hold the ball, he can now not only use his own rhythm to break through, but even through his own running impact to drive the defense and then divide the ball to his teammates, look at these 3 games, the number of assists is also more than one.
To know that these skills have not been shown in his previous games, in addition, on the defensive end, his team's defensive ability has also increased a lot, the data shows that Brooks' offensive efficiency ranks 33rd in the league this season, and defensive efficiency ranks 47th, which is already quite prominent for a small defender who is only 1.91 meters tall. Now it seems that Stone gave him this 4-year, 7.2 million contract is really a good deal.