On December 24, Beijing time, the NBA regular season, the Rockets lost 106-118 to the Pacers. In this game, rocket leader Jaylen Green made his comeback debut. He played 25 minutes, shooting 7-of-14, 6-of-9 from three-point range, and had 20 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.
However, Jaylen Green had an argument with teammate Wood in the fourth quarter of the game. The scene was clearly captured by the sideline camera: Wood had an argument with Jaylen Green while giving a sideline ball, and Wood had words in his mouth and his body language was frustrated.
It is worth mentioning that this is Wood's 2 consecutive games with teammates who are unhappy. In the previous game against the Bucks, Wood had a fierce quarrel with Brooks on the bench, and player development coach Gerald Green then intervened, which stopped the quarrel!
The Rockets have had player infighting in two consecutive games, which is certainly not an accident. The protagonists of the two infighting are the interior general Wood, which also makes people think. First of all, Wood's status on the Rockets team is definitely very high, a bit of a "team bully". Second, under the premise that the Rockets focus on cultivating a group of young rookies such as Jaylen Green, Wood's mentality seems to have changed. He probably wants to leave the Rockets.
This season, Wood has averaged 17 points, 11 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, shooting 46.2 percent from the field, 32.9 percent from three-point range and 59.6 percent from free throws. Wood's numbers are fairly reasonable, and his salary contract is not outrageous, with an annual salary of only $13.66 million. It wasn't hard for the Rockets to send him away.