On December 16, Beijing time, the Cavaliers defeated the Rockets at home 124-89 to win five consecutive games. In this game, rocket core Eric Gordon was absent due to a left knee injury, Silas let Augustine into the starting lineup, the result of the first quarter of the Rockets was beaten 35-16 by the Cavaliers, the second quarter was a wave of 34-22 trailing 27 points, the third quarter began a wave of 15-4 directly into the garbage time, the Rockets defeated the Hawks in a cold game, this game without suspense swallowed a big defeat.
Wood entered the injury list on December 15, knee soreness can not play, and then Gordon exposed the lack of two core Rockets offensive and defensive ends of the main heart, the first quarter was actually relying on Jeshaun Tate to dominate the attack and defense to get 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals, and the Cavaliers side is more blossoming, Garland has 9 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, Wade 5 points and 4 rebounds, Rubio 5 points, 4 assists and 2 steals, Love 4 points and 2 rebounds.
The two highlights of the rockets in the first half, one is Tate, the other is Shen Jing, Tate half 9 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals, Shen Jing half 9 points, 1 assist and 1 block. Garland had 17 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds on 3-of-4 of 3 three-pointers; O'Koro had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal on 3-of-5 shooting in the half; the Cavaliers exploded 69 points in the first half, while the Rockets only had 38 points.
The problem of the Rockets in the third quarter is still the problem of the main offensive point, the east hammer and the west stick, Silas saw that the score difference was getting bigger and bigger, and he was replaced by all the substitutes: Shen Jing, Martin Jr., Christopher, Nuwaba, Garuba, the offensive firepower of this lineup was even worse, the Cavaliers side Garland, Okoro easily won 20+, Markkanen scored 12+2, Bixtav also replaced the full bench, feeling that the game entered garbage time from the third quarter.
The last quarter was indeed a second-team competition between the two teams, in other words, the third quarter entered the garbage time, the Cavaliers even used the previous water dispenser administrators of Pangus and Valentine, the whole team used 13 people rotation, and the Cavaliers won a big victory. It feels like the Rockets are strategically abandoning this game, because Gordon and Wood don't play. Garland had 21 points, three assists and two rebounds on 7-of-11 shooting, O'Corro had 20 points and three rebounds on 7-of-9 of 21 minutes, and Love had 15 points and six rebounds on 4-of-6 of 15 minutes, and the Cavaliers won too easily.
Text/Yan Xiaobai