On December 29, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and the Rockets played back-to-back against the Lakers at home. Both teams have been in a slump lately, with the Rockets losing four in a row and the Lakers losing 5 straight, both desperate for a win. New news came from the Rockets before the game, including the completion of another signing, and the two new stars Jaylen Green and Porter Jr. returned in time.
The Rockets signed guard Dejoun Jarrow with a difficult exception, and the two sides signed a 10-day contract. De joan Jarrow, 23 years old and 1.96 meters tall, is this year's draft, playing for the Wizards' development league team this season, playing in 10 games, averaging 20.9 minutes per game, having 9.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4.3 assists. The Rockets signed him to make up for the lack of the team's lineup, plagued by the epidemic, and only 10 players could play in the game against the Hornets.
In addition, the Rockets' updated pre-game injury list, with two rising stars Jaylen Green and Kevin Porter Jr. not on the injury list, means they will return to today's game. Facing the Hornets, they were put in the list of doubts, and finally did not play, it seems that they also want to let them return to the home court to play again, and want to fight the Lakers. The Lakers are in a very sluggish state during this time, the defensive end can not limit the opponent at all, and the offensive end is basically counting on the upcoming 37-year-old James.
With the comeback of Green and Porter Jr., the Rockets will have only 5 players out of the game, including Augustine, Matthews, Tate and Martin Jr., all of whom triggered the health and safety agreement, and will be absent for a few days. The other is John Wall, who has reached a non-play agreement with the team, and the previous negotiations have not been negotiated, and can only continue to sit on the bench. For Wall, he missed the opportunity, green and Porter Jr. have been injured in the past period of time, if he had accepted the role of substitute, he still had the opportunity to return to the starting and then prove himself (like the recent Knicks Walker), which is really a pity.
The Rockets have recently returned to their normal trajectory, winning just two of their last 10 games and dropping to the bottom of the West. Now that the Rockets have suffered 4 consecutive losses, this time facing the Lakers with 5 consecutive losses may also be an opportunity, after all, the pressure on the other side is even greater than theirs. The Rockets' loss is deserved, it is in the process of reconstruction, and the Lakers' loss is different, they are running for the championship.