The Houston Rockets continue their NBA regular season journey this season, and their opponent today is the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Rockets have gone up and down, swallowing 15 consecutive losses, followed by a wave of 7 consecutive wins, which is very surprising.
In the course of seven consecutive wins, the Rockets' carefully cultivated leader Jaylen Green missed 6 games due to injury, and the team remained unbeaten. The Rockets are no longer focused on feeding a player, but instead inspire other role players to play, and the obscure loser Garrison Matthews has done very well and has attracted the attention of other teams.
But now the Rockets have faded into mystery and completely exposed the actual situation of their lack of strength. Facing the Cavaliers today, the Rockets lost 89-124, but not for nothing, as their young youngster Shin Kyung played.
Less than 28 minutes off the bench, Shin Kyung scored 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting, took 11 rebounds and delivered five assists, very comprehensive. Matthews, who has already entered the starting lineup, has recently been stared at by opponents very tightly, and he only scored 1 point on 0-of-6 shooting in this game, which seems to be having difficulties.
However, the Rockets really do not have any inevitable needs to win or lose this season, more to train young players, to see who has the potential to become the cornerstone of the next team reconstruction or reliable role players. Shin Kyung is a young man that the Rockets admire, and the management has high hopes for him. With 19 points today, Shin Kyung broke his NBA career single-game scoring record, and getting two doubles is also gratifying.
But the most embarrassing one was Jaylen Green, who in his absence not only won, but also produced a lot of good young players. Recently, Jaylen Green has been in a hurry, publicly saying that he hopes to make a quick comeback.