On December 17, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Rockets returned home from the road trip to play against the Knicks, who suffered four consecutive defeats, and both teams missed the game due to injuries and triggering health and safety agreements. Rose withdrew due to sore ankles, young quackley played well and scored seven three-pointers, the Rockets collapsed in the final quarter and eventually lost 103-116 at home, and the Knicks ended a four-game losing streak.
Statistics
Knicks: Fournier 23 points, Randall inefficiently had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 turnovers, McBride 15 points, 9 assists and 4 steals, Quickley 7 three-pointers, 24 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Burks 9 points and 9 rebounds, Robinson 17 points and 9 rebounds;
Rockets: Tate 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Matthews 14 points and 7 rebounds, Theth 22 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks, Christopher 14 points, Martin Jr. 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Gordon 5 points, 9 assists and 4 turnovers.
The Star of the Field
Youngster Quakeley scored seven three-pointers, and regaining his touch, he exploded 24 points and had 4 rebounds and 4 assists to help the Knicks end a 4-game losing streak.
Race highlights
The Knicks team cooperated with Miró to dunk under the basket
Tess shook Miro's basket to chop
Gordon flew Martin Jr
Randall has been suffering continuously this game
Tate Jr. Gyro scored on a layup
The Rockets team cooperates with Shin Kyung to help fly Martin Jr
Quickley was nailed to the big hat by Christopher
The Battle of Shenjing was severely restricted
Matthews three-pointers
Quickley's three-pointers exploded tonight
Game review
In the game, the Knicks took the lead in attacking on the outside, Randle and Fournier scored three-pointers, while the Rockets rushed to the basket, and Gordon and Tate attacked the basket to create a lethal score. Randall played under the basket, Fournier curled up to receive the ball and dunked to the downhill Miro, and Theis passed Miro's same dunk. Randle faced Tate Young with a three-point shot, and Gordon attacked the basket to change hands to the layup. At 5:23, Randle didn't have consecutive tackles under the basket, and the second attack was directly fanned by Tate's big hat. Gordon's fake action point outside the three-point line flew to Miro, and the three-step attack basket relied on Fuunier to score points.
The Rockets were defended for 24 seconds, the Knicks immediately shot from the outside of Fournier, Gordon sent a clever pass to the scalpel on the ground, and Martin Jr. received the ball under the basket and violently exploded with both hands. Then the Rockets played a perfect team, Shen Jing received the opponent's sudden score again, Martin Jr. received the ball under the basket and another dunk in his left hand, then he scored a 2+1 rebound under the basket, McBride's bottom corner three-point surge, Matthews cut the basket, the first quarter ended, the Rockets 30-39 Knicks.
In the second quarter, McBride converted the attack 1V2 to score 2+1 at the basket, Shin Kyung single-handedly hit Miro's mistake, McBride got the ball and played a counter-attack to score a rebound, and Burks singled out Matthews to withdraw the shot. The three-pointer in the bottom corner of Theis stopped the bleeding, but Randall immediately responded with a three-pointer, and Quickley's strong attack was chased by Christopher who followed up, directly igniting the whole field! Back to the Tate basket to attack the basket, the Rockets chased 10 points to stop the Knicks.
The two sides sent big hats to each other, Tate hit another three points, And Randle almost missed the point, but the Rockets sent a big hat on the defensive end, Christopher converted the offense to score against The Fourniers basket, and the Rockets chased a single digit. In the closing round, Randall suffered in front of Tate consecutive times, ending the first half with the Rockets 51-57 Knicks.
Easy side to fight again, Noel sent a big hat, back Knicks by Fournier three-point shot, but back Tate and Matthews successively outside the three-point line, the Rockets clenched the score. Fournier threw in, Theis three-point line flew the opponent's defense, three steps to the basket to score, Christopher retreated three points also hit, the Rockets chased 2 points to stop the Knicks!
Fournier retreated from a two-point shot, Matthews caused a foul on Quikley's offense, Gibson's three-point shot from the bottom corner stopped the bleeding, McBride's accelerated breakthrough was swept away by the Shin kyung hat under the basket, and Augustine's top three-pointer was also blocked. Nuwaba scored 1.9 seconds to grab the last chance for the Rockets, Martin Jr. basketed to open Gibson 2+1, the end of the third quarter, the Rockets 82-84 Knicks.
The two teams played a final battle in the final quarter, Shin Kyung first sent a block, and Quakeley hit the Knicks on three points to play a wave of offensive climax, leading to 9 points. Augustine's three-pointer stopped bleeding, Quickley immediately responded with a three-pointer, and Martin Jr. received a two-handed dunk from Christopher's basket, but in turn he was hooked by Gibson's basket.
Quickley's large three-point shot, Tate's hard-top Miro was cut off, And Randle came on to assist Quickley's three-pointer, and the Knicks were already 15 points ahead. Quickley assisted Miro's basket dunk, Randle rushed to the basket 1v2 layup did not, but Miro's basket burst to complete the dunk to finish. In the end, the Rockets collapsed in the final quarter, and the Knicks won away from home to end a four-game losing streak.
Both sides started
Rockets: Matthews, Tate, Theis, Brooks, Gordon;
Knicks: Burks, Randall, Noel, Fournier, Rose