With 7 points and 6 rebounds in a single quarter, the Rockets' surprise front line exploded, and the number one star was abandoned or became a trading chip
After two consecutive defeats, I thought the Rockets would collapse and continue their own rotten mode, but the Rockets still showed their strength against the Hawks. Trailing behind the big score, the team fought back and completed a big comeback in the final quarter with the performances of veteran Eric Gordon and Augustine. In this game, the Rockets' two backcourt players, Porter Jr. and Jaylen Green, are still absent, but in this case, Silas is more bold and has no worries.
Nuwaba became the game's whiz, signing a three-year, $15 million contract with the Rockets in the summer, but he was discarded in the previous game and did not enter the rotation. Even though multiple guards were absent, Nuwaba was still on the fringes, his poor three-pointer and playing options were a failure, and nuwaba became a rocket in the game against the Eagles, and Silas still did not use him in this game.
It wasn't until the final minute of the third quarter that the Rockets chose to let Nuwaba play, gaining trust with a bottom-corner three-pointer. He played 9 minutes in the fourth quarter, got 7 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in the single quarter, and protected the rebounds well in the last quarter of the lineup, and improved very well on two three-pointers and two shots. He became Silas's defensive prowess in the final quarter, in which case Nouaba gradually moved up the front in the Rockets.
Another player, Wood, was discarded, having been average in the final quarter of the first two games, with Wood not playing for a minute in the fourth quarter against the Hawks. It's a very big change for the Rockets, and Wood has a good chance of becoming a trading chip. Recently, there have been more rumors of transactions in the NBA, there will be transactions, there is no non-sale in the Rockets lineup except for Jaylen Green, Wood is more like a data brush in the Rockets, and the help for the team is a side effect, and Wood's game against the Eagles has a plus-minus of -12.
The Rockets' inside Shen Jing's play has now suppressed Wood, and in the last quarter Shen Jing played 11 minutes, he became the rocket team's key player to reverse the Hawks. Apparently, Silas has seen that the team can only waste the play of other players by letting Wood play. The Rockets do not have any substitutes and main points now, and Wood, as the top star of the Rockets, can average 16+11 per game, which is much worse than last season, and this season is not much help for winning.
For the team's final season lineup, head coach Silas said he intuitively let him still use this lineup. The Rockets now have more young players, more scattered shots, and whoever plays well stays on the court. The more embarrassing is the leader Jaylen Green, who played better and better during his injury, and whether the Rockets' tactical play style after Green's return needs to be changed is also a question, after all, for the Rockets, the record is not the first, and the cultivation of cornerstone players is the key.