The Rockets lost to the Lakers and unfortunately won 5 consecutive losses, for the Rockets, losing is a normal thing, this game rocket Jaylen Green and Little Portzi returned, which is the best news for Houston. The Rockets' goal isn't this season, so a loss that allows these young players to learn more is Silas's ultimate goal. Lakers James and Westbrook recreated the nature of superstars, both each took three-double data, and Rockets veteran Anthony also used his beautiful 24-point data to prove his ability to the old owner once again.
In fact, looking at this game, in addition to James's super god data of 32 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds in a single game, the lakers' 3 "rocket abandonments" play is the ultimate reason for the real killing of the game. Westbrook, Avery Bradley and Carmelo Anthony, three Lakers players, were once part of the Rockets. Wei Shao needless to say, in the 2019-20 season, he played for the Rockets for a year, and the combination of Harden + Westbrook lost to James and the Lakers led by Thick Brow in the second round of the playoffs, and regrettably went out. Westbrook was then traded to the Wizards by the Rockets and traded to the Lakers this summer.
Anthony was signed by the Rockets on a base salary in the 2018-2019 season, but after only playing more than 10 games, the Rockets hid Anthony and finally traded it, and after more than a year of waiting, Anthony finally signed with the Blazers and went to the Lakers as a free agent this summer. Bradley was the Rockets' backup point guard last season, but the Rockets didn't execute on the team option in their contract this summer, becoming Bradley, a free agent, and returning to the Lakers.
Look at this game, the Rockets' 3 outlaws in this game are very good, Bradley 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals, Westbrook 24 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals, Anthony 24 points, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 steal, 3 rocket veterans combined to cut 62 points, 25 rebounds plus 10 assists, becoming the key to the Lakers' away win over the Rockets. Without the full firepower of these 3 rocket veterans, the Lakers may not be able to beat the young Rockets on the road.
So why didn't the Rockets want to keep these 3 players in the first place? At the end of the day, these 3 players are not incompetent, but in the Rockets' tactical system, or in the Rockets' future plans without their names. At that time, Wei Shao thought that the Rockets did not have the ability to compete for the championship, so they took the initiative to leave, and the Rockets also sent Harden away and chose to tear down and rebuild.
As for Anthony, although Anthony had many scoring skills at that time, he was not suitable for the rocket team's D'Antoni's three-point tactics at that time, coupled with the slow lateral movement speed of the defensive end, the rocket team finally had to abandon Anthony and use House, Gordon and Gary Clark as a small forward, and then the Rockets' record went all the way.
It's not that Anthony is incompetent, it's that he doesn't fit into the Rockets' outside-line, speed-oriented tactical approach. The same is true of Bradley, who was an important rotation for the Rockets last season, but he was older and occupied a place and position in the Rockets, and the Rockets chose Jaylen Green in the new season, plus there was a new person like Porter Jr. in the point guard position, so there was no Bradley position at all. Coinciding with the expiration of Bradley's contract, the Rockets did not choose to execute his final year of player options, making him a free agent.
The ability of the 3 rocket team veterans is still very impressive, but for various reasons, they have no chance to cooperate with the rocket team, and it can only be said that they are not "unable to do it", but it is not suitable for the rocket team.