On December 24, Beijing time, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Houston Rockets lost 106-118 away to the Indiana Pacers.
In this game, the Rockets had a chance to win, in the third quarter they played a very high level of outside projection and overall offense, but the last quarter suddenly lost power, only 12 points and finally buried a good game, and the Pacers side of the victory is Miles Turner, who cut 32 points and 10 rebounds, in the absence of Sabonis, he once again showed his strength, of course, his play is inseparable from Wood's poor defense, many Rockets fans have been quite disappointed in the Rockets' scoring champion this season.
It is worth mentioning that Wood seems to have some arguments with rookie Jaylen Green when he served the sideline ball, Wood had words in his mouth, his body language was more frustrated, and the bottom line shot just captured this picture, it is already two consecutive games wood and teammates have a verbal altercation, the last game he also had a quarrel on the bench with another teammate Amony Brooks, can see that his quasi-All-Star player is not popular in the team.
Wood can average 17.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game this season, it can be said that the data is very good, and the play is relatively stable, but Wood's shortcomings are also obvious, the defensive end is slow, the lack of awareness of defense, in the position of a slightly stronger center will be exploded by the other side, and the contribution on the offensive end is more than some icing on the cake, the key moments in the snow are actually very few, and there have been rumors that the Rockets want to trade him.
As an inside line with outside projection capabilities, and the salary level is not high, Wood's trading market is very optimistic, the Rockets want to send him away is not difficult, although Wood's shortcomings are obvious, but when a championship team puzzle is still more than enough, especially the Warriors, the Suns, a team with its own mature system, can also clarify Wood's defensive task, so that he can also play a role in the defensive end, from the recent Wood performances, his time in the Rockets may enter the countdown.