On December 20, Beijing time, the Detroit Pistons defeated the Heat 100:90 at home, ending a 14-game losing streak, prompting the Rockets to continue to maintain the longest losing streak of the season by 15 consecutive losses.
Rockets in the 15 consecutive losses, the Rockets players lost numb, do not know how to play, at the end of the team's 15-game losing streak, there were two major voices, one voice is Wall and the team negotiations, Wall hopes to come back to play for the Rockets, still in the position of the starting core, but the Rockets more hope that Wall will return to the bench, the team to give its playing time and the number of shots will not be much, the two sides did not reach an agreement, at that time another voice is the Rockets in a serious assessment of Silas's position, It is possible to consider firing Silas.
During the Rockets' 15-game losing streak, the team's starting lineup was the worst starter in the league, when the team put up the double interior line of Theis + Wood, the team's offensive space was very bad, when the Porter + Green double guard, in the case of poor organization, made a lot of mistakes, and the offensive efficiency was extremely low.
Looking back, the culprit of the Rockets' 15-game losing streak is actually the core players who focus on training and making mistakes, and the cost of making mistakes makes Silas bear the pot, and it is generally believed that Silas's coaching ability is not good.
From the Rockets' salary and key training objects, the starting lineup at that time can also be fully stand up, the Rockets focused on cultivating Green and Porter, the two must have joined forces to start the game, Wood and Theiss salaries are both around 10 million, the rocket's other two young players Shen Jing and Garupa are rookies, in the case of Shen Jing, whether it is status or salary, will not become the first start, the team also intends to cultivate Shen Jing, only put Theis on the starting line, in the bench connection section can give Shen Jing more playing time, If the Rockets use a single inside line and Theis becomes a substitute, then Shin Kyung basically won't have much playing time.
The Rockets' longest 15-game losing streak this season is a mismatch in the team's lineup, on the one hand Silas from the perspective of salary and status, on the other hand, Silas from the perspective of developing young players.
To this end, Silas gave Green and Porter too much authority, too much playing time and too many shots, and the strength and performance of the two were not enough to support such a permission, the two could not play tactically on the offensive end, the defensive end was a defensive colander, the tactical execution ability of the two was very bad, and the Rockets' 15 consecutive losses were another important factor.
From the Rockets' subsequent 7-game winning streak, as well as the rockets' recent games, it is clear that Silas is very bright on both offensive and defensive ends.
Judging from the recent rotation of Silas's personnel, the use of Theis is very interesting, in the case of Wood can not play, Theis is the team's starting point, in the Rockets lost to the Knicks game, Theis played a very high efficiency, in Gordon and Tate, Matthews such a lineup match, Theis role is infinitely amplified.
And when Wood returns, the Rockets beat the Pistons, Theis didn't get a minute of playing time, directly abandoned, from the player who played best on the whole team in the last game, to the next game directly abandoned, not because of injury, and the player's salary is $9 million, without such boldness, Silas does not dare to do this, so it is used, Silas needs to take care of Theis's emotions.
From the rotation of players and ups and downs, this season House, Nouaba, Augustine, Martin, Christopher, Brooks, Matthews, have not been in the rotation of the team experience, but also have the outbreak to prove their own situation, from the current point of view, in addition to the team to cut House, Brooks, Green, Porter continue to suffer injuries, all players in the Rockets roster, basically can directly contribute their own immediate combat strength.
That is to say, if Silas himself thinks, the team does not have injury problems and isolation problems, the team can carry out a maximum of 14-man rotation, the current official contract only Garupa is not in the rotation lineup, but Garuba as the team's first round show, is also the object of team training, even if the Rockets suffer injuries, or some players encounter isolation, the Rockets will not be the team that is, the combat strength of the team plummeted, The biggest function and characteristic of Silas is to prompt all the players of the Rockets to release their potential and play their immediate combat strength. Let the depth and thickness of the team's squad be very deep, which is called doing their duty and doing their best.
At the same time, Silas is also quite particular in the arrangement of troops. It can be seen that Silas has put a lot of thought into the lineup test.
In the Rockets' victory over the Pistons, Silas used the lineups of Tate, Nuwaba, Shintin, Augustine and Matthews in the bench transition.
This lineup has Tate, Shen Jing and Augustine as passing points on the offensive end, these five players have the ability to play offensive and defensive conversions, except for Augustine on the defensive end, Tate, Nuwaba and Matthews are full of vitality, this lineup is very infectious.
As a result of this lineup, the Rockets played a lot of offensive and defensive conversions, played very fast, after the Pistons called a timeout, Silas immediately changed his moves, replaced Matthews and Nuwaba, replaced by Wood and Martin, at this time the Rockets were present in the lineup for Wood, Shenkin, Tate, Martin, Augustine.
This lineup is more interesting, this lineup double interior line combination, plus double front line combination, Martin often plays the number four position, Tate often plays the fifth position of the small lineup, the rocket discharges the combination of multiple internal lines, completely slowing down the rhythm, playing each other's interior line, Tate, Martin are all master of the attack frame, Wood and Shin Kyoto can be inside and outside, plus Augustine's combination, Silas fighting wits, resourcefulness.
At the same time, Silas recently in the case of Brooks injury, let Christopher into the starting, the Rockets' starting point is Gordon, Christopher, Tate, Matthews and Wood, in the organizational end Christopher, Tate and Gordon can be organized, on the offensive end, all five have scoring ability, and Christopher, Tate and Matthews' vitality is very good, in addition to Wood, the other four defenses are excellent, this lineup solves matthews and Brooks double shooters during the period, Silas's deployment, Even if Brooks doesn't hurt, it's only a matter of time before Christopher squeezes out Brooks.
From the current point of view, although Silas is the Rockets in order to keep Harden to make the choice, but from this season' point of view, during the 15 consecutive losses, the main young players can not implement the coach's tactics, coupled with the Rockets' high salaries of players and key training players are not matched, when the double young players are injured, and the whole team is not matched with the Theis directly fell out of the rotation lineup, you can see the skill and foundation of Silas coaching, Silas is really a very good coach.