Today's NBA regular season ended a focus battle, the Rockets lost 89-124 to the Cavaliers, eating a 35-point fiasco. The Rockets barely had much of a counter-attack in this game, trailing by 19 points in the first quarter and widening the advantage to more than 30 points by a wave of 12-0 attacks by the Cavaliers in the second quarter. After that, the point difference continued to widen, and the Cavaliers' Ocorro, Garland and others were full of firepower, and the substitute group was also threatening. On the Rockets side, because there are no two cores Gordon and Wood, the genius Jaylen Green and Kevin Porter Jr. continue to recover from injuries, so the team is not able to fight back after a big score, swallowing a fiasco.
The Rockets saw the hope of impacting the playoffs before the game began, after all, the Kings and Trail Blazers were in a losing streak, leaving the Rockets with only a 1.5-point win difference between the tenth in the West. But it is clear that with today's crushing defeat to the Cavaliers, they not only lost a winning streak, but also lost 3 of their last 4 games, and gradually returned to reality from their previous fantastic 7-game winning streak, missing out on the opportunity to narrow the gap with the team in front of them.
At the same time, the Rockets also encountered a series of difficult problems, including the manager level, today's first quarter of the Rockets and Cavaliers game, Rockets coach Silas was suddenly taken away from the venue by the staff, the team is currently coached by assistant coach Lucas. According to the information, Silas is dehydrating and is infusing. It is also because of the manager's temporary physical problems, so it leads to the team's poor state, no control ability, and is hit by the Cavaliers.
There is also the injury problem, which is very serious for the Rockets, Wood is a knee injury, Gordon is a groin problem, both of them have been in excellent form recently, but unfortunately they are sidelined due to injury. New star Geeren Green was injured in the game against the Bulls, and according to Silas' remarks, Green is the closest to returning. House and Kevin Porter Jr. recover from injury need further observation. Among these 5 players, there are core players, and there are talented players that the team focuses on cultivating, but unfortunately they are all plagued by injuries.
Coupled with the team's loss of 3 of its last four games and the swallowing of a fiasco against the Cavaliers, the morale of the team at this stage must have dropped significantly compared to the previous winning streak. During the winning streak, the players have more morale and self-confidence, and once the record is bad, especially after swallowing a fiasco, and there are injuries and injuries, the impact on the Rockets is indeed very large.
The rocket's next opponents are the Knicks, Pistons, Bulls and Bucks, the opponents are very strong, and I hope that the rockets can adjust their status and morale as soon as possible, strive to win as soon as possible, and narrow the gap between them and the 10th place in the playoff West.