On December 24, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Rockets lost to the Pacers 106-118, and in this game, the Rockets lost 15 points to the opponents 12-27 in the final quarter, so why did the Rockets collapse in the final quarter?
After the game, many fans took aim at the core of the interior wood. Although in this game, Wood scored 22 points and 8 rebounds in 31 minutes, while shooting 5 of 11 and shooting 9 of 11 free throws seemed to be good, but in the final quarter of the game, his offensive choices were speechless.
In the final quarter of the game, Wood somehow suddenly had a brain fever, constantly looking for the block king Turner to single out, but the result was very embarrassing, this quarter he made a total of 4 shots, but 1 goal did not score, and finally did not score 1 point. It was also because of his continuous iron strikes that caused the Rockets to be pulled apart by the Pacers by double-digit points, which also became a turning point in the game.
It can be said that this game shows Wood's weaknesses to the fullest, although from the data point of view, he seems to be a very efficient interior player, and can also shoot three-pointers, but in essence, Wood does not have the ability to pick the beam. However, he is not self-aware of this, and sometimes he will completely disregard the situation on the field and make such a wordless behavior as forcing the cap king to be singled out. And a situation similar to this game is not the first time it has appeared.
Of course, for the Rockets, this is not necessarily a bad thing, but only if they don't plan to stay in Wood for a long time, but want him to play a good number and then trade it. In this case, the better Wood's stats, the easier it is to sell high prices, and even if it may cost some games to lose, it is not unacceptable for the Rockets who want to win high draft picks, losing is sometimes even better than winning.