This season's Rockets' record is like a roller coaster, after 15 consecutive defeats, a wave of 7 consecutive wins, the team has also risen from the bottom of the league to the penultimate fifth, although it is not known whether the Rockets' goal this season is to mess up or impact the playoffs, but for fans, it is more comfortable to see the team win, especially the game of reversing the win, but also let the fans see that the never-say-die Texas team is back.
After being ended by the Bucks, the Rockets experienced 2 consecutive losses, but compared with the previous losing streak and no fight back, both games were in the backward time to catch up, but the last moment failed to hit the shot, the team's attitude and resilience have been completely different, in the game against the Hawks, the Rockets fell behind into the final quarter, launched a counterattack again, played a 44-25 shockwave in the single quarter, and finally won the opponent to end the losing streak, Augustine shot 5 of 7 in a single quarter, 5 of 5 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and 16 points Gordon shot 3 of 3, 2 of 2 three-pointers, 2 of free throws, and scored 10 points, and the "Auden" combination scored 26 more points than the Hawks.
Wood has always regarded himself as the boss of the team this season, but everyone knows that Wood is not the type that can become the cornerstone of the team at all, and even he is not a non-sale product of the team's future, in the fourth quarter of the game against the Bucks and the Grizzlies, Wood in order to "prove" his status, repeatedly made inefficient singles, so that the team's offense came to a standstill, he himself was not able to end the game, according to statistics, in the game into a critical moment (the last 5 minutes difference is within 5 points), Wood played a total of 31 minutes, 10 shots 3, Shooting only 30%, there were also 4 turnovers, plus-minus -15 was the lowest in the team, completely dragging the team's hind legs.
Silas's employment is still relatively bold, play well can stay on the court, in the fourth quarter of the game with the Hawks, he actually abandoned Wood in the choice of the inside line to use Shen Jing, Shen Jing is an organized inside player, will look for the best teammates to shoot, completely revitalized the team when on the court, the Rockets 11 assists in a single quarter, he himself also grabbed 2 frontcourt rebounds, contributed 4 points, Shen Jing is the hope of the team's inner line, it should be wood's highest value, if there is the right opportunity, Sending out Wood Fuzheng Shenjing is the right choice.
In fact, at the critical moment of the game, the Rockets still have a player who is very trustworthy, this player is the fans called "two deng brothers" Gordon, Gordon as the oldest Rockets player in the Harden era, did not frantically shoot to fight for his team status, but played the role of a veteran, leading young players to grow together, this season he averaged 11 career lows per game, but played a career-high 48.4% shooting rate, three-point shooting rate of 44.8% The seventh in the league, In the game that entered the key moment, Gordon played a total of 37 minutes, scored 27 points on 10-of-18 shooting, and could also deliver 8 assists, still the "big heart" of him.
Gordon is also 32 years old this year, for himself, going to a championship team is the best home, but according to his previous statement in an interview, he does not rule out fighting with the rocket young players, the team also needs him such a sea god needle, if there is no good trading opportunity, or hope that Gordon can stay, he is fully worthy of his contract, I believe that in the eyes of Rockets fans, there will always be a place for Gordon.