On December 24, Beijing time, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Houston Rockets lost to the Pacers 106-118 away, continuing to rank first in the West.
In this game, although the Rockets did not perform well in the opening, but the third quarter through the warming of the feel, the score will be reversed, but in the original good situation and suddenly power outage, the last quarter only scored 12 points, coupled with their own defense is indeed a big problem, and finally the opponent suffered a losing streak, the only thing that comforted the Rockets in this game is the just comeback of the list of Jaylen Green in good shape, only 25 minutes out of the game, shot six three-pointers to get 20 points.
After the game, Rockets coach Silas talked about Green's improvement in offensive efficiency, saying: "Green is very good, the offensive choices are very clever, and the catch and shoot is great. He's now reducing the number of dribbles, which is pretty good. He can also observe things that we haven't discussed before, and he can find the right angle of shooting, complete the catch shot, and so on. He's become more efficient. ”
Indeed, it can be seen that in this game, Green did reduce the ball wave shooting, but changed to more receiving shots, the offensive efficiency has been significantly improved, so far this season, Jaylen Green has averaged 14.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, but the overall shooting rate is only 38.2%, and the three-point shooting rate is only a dismal 27.8%, which has reached the point where the opponent can let go in the NBA.
However, Green's real shooting level may be higher than his season shooting rate, because for a long time, he really treats himself as a superstar to play, all kinds of difficulties and unreasonable shots to reduce his shooting rate, and the physical consumption is also relatively large, it is difficult to maintain high efficiency in every game, and from today's game, reducing his proportion of attack with the ball, Green does have a good projection ability, and it is expected that the Rockets can continue this strategy later.