The road to rebuilding the rocket
The Houston Rockets have been in a very good momentum recently, and although in the last game, they lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers by 35 points, but it is still undeniable that this Rockets team is on the right path to rebuild. What is the right path to reconstruction? It is to ensure that while obtaining high rankings, it is also necessary to train young players, and they cannot suppress their inner competitive spirit. A player, if he has been in a state of loss for a long time, then such a player, it is difficult to cultivate, just like the Minnesota Timberwolves in these years.
In this game, the Houston Rockets have to face the New York Knicks, as the dark horse team last season, they have suffered four consecutive losses, falling to the twelfth position in the East. But even so, the Knicks are still stronger than the Houston Rockets, but the outcome of the game is still unknown.
Rose retired from injury
Derrick Rose started the game, played the first quarter, failed to hit 2 shots, only 1 rebound and 1 assist, and then did not return to the game because of sore right ankle. In this case, the Knicks still bombed 39 points in the first quarter, of which Fournier had 11 points and 3 assists, Randle also had 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and the bench soared to 4 three-pointers. But the Rockets also scored 30 points, just nine points behind. After returning from the second quarter, the offensive feel of the two teams dropped sharply.
The Houston Rockets only scored 21 points in the quarter, with Tate scoring eight points, one rebound and one assist, but who would have thought that the Rockets would have narrowed the gap to six points, as the Knicks only scored 18 points in the second quarter. In the second half, both teams gradually regained their touch, Fournier shot 5 of 7, and then took 12 points and 1 rebound, McBride also had 4 points and 4 assists, the Knicks had 27 points in a single quarter, but the Rockets bombed 31 points, and in the blink of an eye, the point difference came to 2 points, a one-goal difference, and the suspense of the game came back.
Everyone thinks so, but after returning from the last quarter, the Knicks immediately played a wave of streams, Quickley hit 5 three-pointers in a row, and the Knicks' bench directly pulled the point difference to double digits, worthy of the fifth-highest-scoring bench in the league. In the end, the Knicks defeated the Houston Rockets 116-103, successfully ending a four-game losing streak.
Quakely erupted
7-of-10 out of 3! Rose left the court injured, but the younger brother led the team to win, sending the Rockets to lose 2 consecutive games. Rose's injury has undoubtedly become the most concerned point for fans, all these years, he has been plagued by injuries, and it is difficult to regain a new life in the Knicks, but the injury has once again found the door. Hopefully, this time, just a minor injury, a break of a game or two can come back. Fournier had 23 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists on 8-of-12 shooting, and Randall had 21 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, but only 6-of-18 shooting, but Ross's little brother Quakeley on the bench stepped up, shooting 7-of-9 from three-point range, with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, including 5 three-pointers in the final quarter.
The Rockets lost the game, Theis got a good statistic of 22 points and 10 rebounds, as well as a high efficiency of 8 of 12 shots, Tate also had 20 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists on 6 of 8 shots, Matthews was 17 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist, but Sagu on the bench, the game did not perform well, only 1 point, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks on 3 shots, which is a test that must be endured for a rookie. On the night of the Rockets' defeat, there was one person who proved himself, and that was Wood. In the past two games, Wood has been absent, the Rockets have all lost, and they are all fiasco, and it can be seen from here how much Wood has helped this team.