On December 24, Beijing time, the Rockets suffered a three-game losing streak to the Pacers 106-118. Wood 22 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, Green 20 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, the Gemini double broke out the team once 94-91 into the final quarter, but was eventually reversed by the Pacers, four minutes suffered a 13-3 counterattack to confirm the evidence, one person can not blame.
Green had 20 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 2 steals
Back-to-back battles, the Rockets showed fatigue, came up by the opponent to play a wave of 8-2, in the predicament of Green and Wood both broke out and began to lead the team to launch a counterattack.
First, Green changed to playing "no ball".
At the beginning of the season, Green was entrusted with the task of holding the ball for some periods, but it turned out that due to the lack of confrontation ability and experience, he could not take on this responsibility and frequent mistakes, so in the first game of the comeback, Silas let Green play without the ball, and gave the ball to Gordon, Tate, Augustine, and even Christopher to deal with, the effect, Green broke out.
The team fell behind 2-8, Green two consecutive three-pointers to help the team chase 8-10; the second quarter team 32-43 trailed by a maximum of 11 points, Green came on again and then two three-pointers to help the team chase 53-56; Easy side to fight again, Green came up with a three-pointer, and then broke through the layup, as shown in the picture, the sixth three-point shot, the Rockets chased to 76-77.
Wood had 20 points, eight rebounds and two assists
Second, Wood's strong response.
Sabonis was absent, Turner began to show his buried offensive ability, continuous levert's wonderful pass wreaked havoc on the basket, personal offensive rebounds to make up the basket, 9 points in the first quarter, 8 points in the second quarter, and 11 points in the third quarter.
In the first quarter, Wood scored two three-pointers and a strong layup to score 8 consecutive points and 10 points and 3 rebounds in a single quarter, helping the Rockets to bite the score at 28-36; in the second quarter, 5 points and 1 assist helped the team chase 58-63 in the half; in the third quarter, 7 points and 2 rebounds and Green led together, the Rockets chased to 76-77 only one point difference.
The two sides scored each other, the team fell behind 87-88 in the last two minutes of the third quarter, Brooks three-pointers, Shin Kyung assisted Augustine's layup, the latter recreated two fouls, the Rockets 94-91 has completely pulled the momentum, but the turning point then came.
Four minutes after Shin Kyung and other substitutes came on, the Rockets were hit in a 13-3 counter-attack
Three, four minutes was played 13-3 counter-throwing.
Although it was a back-to-back battle, Wood, who played the longest in the first three quarters, only played 24 minutes, and a group of young people were fully physically able to play the final quarter, but Silas still stubbornly continued the previous employment strategy, allowing five substitutes to support the first four minutes of the final quarter, and the Pacers at this time, Carlisle, sacrificed four main players and six people Lamb, the result:
The Rockets didn't score a single point in the opening 4 minutes except for a strong inside play by Shinkin and Augustine's free throw; in contrast, the Pacers, Lamb and LeVert led the team to continuously attack the basket, with Lamb's three-point shot, the opponent bombarded 13 points, 4 minutes 13-3 offensive and defensive flow, the Pacers completed the rebound at 104-97. The opponent has fully taken off, Wood and other main forces have been unable to return to the sky, and the Rockets have been reversed.
At this point, Wood and Green have played very well in this game, and the team once saw the hope of winning, but was eventually reversed by the Pacers, and Silas's way of employing people in the last quarter was the only reason for the defeat.