On December 14, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and the Rockets challenged the Hawks away. Both teams had a good offensive feel in this game, and the Hawks had the upper hand under Trae Young, once establishing a 19-point lead, but the Rockets exploded wildly in the final quarter, scoring 44 points in a single quarter to complete a big reversal. In the end, the Rockets beat the Hawks 132-126, ending a 2-game losing streak.
In this game, the Rockets are still absent from Porter, Green and House, Gordon returns, and Silas still insists on a lineup of 1 big and 4 small, Gordon, Brooks, Matthews, Tate and Wood.
After the game began, the Rockets had the upper hand under Gordon, but then the Hawks found a feel on the outside and established a 10-point lead, after which the Hawks have been occupying the initiative on the court, but the Rockets have been clinging to the score. In the last quarter, the Rockets rained three points to complete the rebound, and the Hawks were confused and eventually lost the game.
When the third quarter was over, the Rockets were still 13 points behind, and coupled with the Eagles' fiery state, they all thought that the Rockets should lose this game. But in the last quarter, the Rockets suddenly ushered in an outbreak, bombarding 44 points in a single quarter, and the Eagles only scored 25 points, netting 19 points against their opponents and directly completing the reversal. This result is still quite surprising, everyone thinks that the Rockets will lose, the previous 7 consecutive wins have given the Rockets the whole team enough confidence, they can beat any team, this is self-confidence.
The Rockets blossomed a little more in this game, and when the starting Brooks and Matthews did not have the feel, the players on the bench stepped forward and fired 62 points, four of which scored in double figures. Augustine had 22 points on 6-of-7 three-point range, Martin Jr. had 13 points and six rebounds, Shenjing had 11 points and six rebounds, Nwaba had 10 points and Christopher had 6 points and four rebounds. Among the starters, Gordon scored 32 points, Tate 15 points, Wood 12 points, and the whole team scored as many as 7 people in double figures, and they finally won the game.
It can be seen that the rocket's two veterans Gordon and Augustine became the heroes of the victory, and together they shot down 54 points. Gordon played the best game of the season, shooting 10 of 16, 8 of 5 three-pointers, a team-high 32 points, he was the key to the team's constant bite of the score; in the last quarter Augustine stood up, 5 of 7 in the last quarter, 4 of 5 three-pointers, 2 of 2 from the free throw line, and scored 16 points, which was the key to the team's reversal of victory, and he had a plus-minus of +21 on the field.
Gordon said after the game: "I want to win this game and that's the most important thing, if I took so many points and didn't win, I wouldn't have this wonderful feeling. ”