After seven consecutive wins, the Rockets lost to the Bucks and Grizzlies, and when everyone thought that the Rockets' spirit had been crushed by the past two losses, but what they did not expect was that in this game that challenged the Hawks earlier on the road, the Rockets won again, which was a different victory compared to previous games.
First of all, in terms of the strength of the opponent, the Rockets and the Hawks are not at all in the same level, one is the team that reached the Eastern Conference Finals last season, one is the team that is in the process of rebuilding, and the team still has a number of core main players absent, and the beginning of this game is no different from the Bucks and the Grizzlies, the Rockets are fully passive, the first quarter of the Rockets is 28:38 behind the opponent by 10 points, the single quarter let the opponent get nearly 40 points, which shows how bad the Rockets' defense is; although the second quarter strengthened the defense, but the single quarter 30 : 31 is still 1 point behind the opponent; entering the second half, the third quarter again played 30:32 data, during which the Rockets once fell behind the Eagles by 19 points, when everyone thought that there was no suspense in the game, the Rockets actually played a wave of offensive climax in the fourth quarter, blasted out a 44:25 attack wave, won the opponent 19 points in a single quarter, not only filled the big hole dug in the first three quarters, but also helped the Rockets win the game.
It can be seen that the turning point in the Rockets' winning game is in the fourth quarter, which is the key time node for the Rockets to reverse the 19-point victory. The reason why he was able to play this wave of attack climax in the fourth quarter was because Silas made a bold decision, he pressed the team's starting players on the bench, relying on substitute players to complete the big reversal of the game.
At the beginning of the game, Silas put up the starting lineup of Gordon + Matthews + Brooks + Tate + Wood that was commonly used in the past few games, but in the first three quarters of the game, the Rockets' starting players did not do well, look at the data of the core players, Matthews shot 1 of 6, 4 of 3 points and 0 had 5 points and 8 rebounds, Brooks shot 2 of 9, 2 of 7 three points and 6 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Wood shot 4 of 13, 6 of 3 points and 0 had 12 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, see how hot this data is, Especially the team's core center Wood, this game is completely headless, holding the ball is not floating on the outside line to shoot three points, or from holding the ball from the three-point line or the paint outside the inward single, these are not his conventional offensive means, not only wasted a lot of offensive opportunities, but also let the Rockets in the defensive end into passivity, the whole game, Wood's plus-minus value of -12.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game, Silas posed Augustine, Christopher, Nuwaba, Martin Jr., ShinJing, with the tenacity of these people, the Rockets will gradually narrow the point difference, of which Shinjing's performance on the court is quite eye-catching, his blocking, his offensive launch, his ability to attract defense, although his performance is not reflected in the data, but through Shenjing's drive, Augustine, Martin Jr., Nuwaba, and then gordon who came up to close the game in the last two minutes, Several of them have played very good statistics, and although Shin Kyung has only 11 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, his personal plus-minus is +15.
It can be said that the key to winning this game is that Silas completely abandoned Wood in the fourth quarter to keep Shen Jing on the court, and through this game Shen Jing has also been proved that he is fully capable of playing more time and playing more key time games, as for Wood, or trade it as soon as possible, don't stay in the Rockets to delay Shen Jing's growth.