After five consecutive defeats, the Houston Rockets regained their muscles and continued to sit at home, challenging the Heat during their four-game winning streak.
In terms of the Rockets, Tate ushered in a comeback, but head coach Silas still chose to believe in Nouaba, and whether the Rockets can end the losing streak, several cores undoubtedly need to perform.
On the Heat side, Duncan Robinson + Strus was absent at the same time, and Taylor Hiroo entered the starting line to try to help Butler + Lowry do a big job on the road and take 5 consecutive wins!
Finally, after four quarters of playing, with a wave of 20-6 scoring climax, the heat, which was dominated by guests, completely suppressed the Rockets in the first three quarters, and once achieved a 25-point lead.
Although the Rockets, led by Tate, tried to launch a counterattack and successfully narrowed the point difference to single digits in the final final quarter, Butler scored 2+1 in succession, and Lowry hit another three-pointer to completely seal the victory.
In the end, the Heat also beat the Rockets 120-110 on the road, which was worth the trip to win 5 consecutive wins, but also gave the opponent Rockets 6 consecutive losses!
In this game, the Heat took advantage of the victory to chase, playing a team attack with 6 people scoring in double figures and multi-point blossoming.
In the case of taylor Hiro + Lowry + Martin + Jurt Ceven and other main players, each performing their duties, the core of the team Butler, and the new signing Kyle Gay play, is particularly critical!
Butler was very efficient in this game, starting 33 minutes, shooting nearly 60% of the 12-of-21 shooting, and bombing a game-high 37 points, plus 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
And his brave performance in the last quarter, with a sudden penalty to score 10 points, not only helped the Heat to hold the victory, but also once became a difficult existence for the Rockets!
More importantly, in this game, Butler personally has not yet committed a foul + mistake, and it can almost be said that he played a near-perfect battle, affecting the trend of the game at both ends of the attack and defense!
In addition, as a new signing to the team, the performance of kyle Guy on the bench in this game is also indispensable.
Kyle Gay played 21 minutes off the bench, shooting 4 three-pointers on 8-throw 6-mid-line shooting, and contributing 17 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals.
In the case of Taylor Hiro's out-of-line misalignment, Kyle Gay's surprise appearance in this game also provided the team with strong firepower and vitality, completely disrupting the Rockets' defensive deployment!
And rationally speaking, considering Kyle Guy's amazing debut, as a potential young player who is only 24 years old, I have to say that the Heat may have dug up the treasure again this time!
On the other hand, on the Rockets side, the team failed to continue the firepower in the final quarter of this game, and finally swallowed 6 consecutive losses at home, which obviously needs to be examined.
But for the Rockets at this stage, this game, the team is not completely without highlights.
After all, in the case of Wood + Eric Gordon + Jaylen Green + Kevin Potter Jr., the main player played relatively stable, as the team's tough player, Tate's performance in this game is indeed remarkable!
Tate played well, coming off the bench for 23 minutes, shooting 60% of the time from 9 of 15 shots, hitting 2 three-pointers from the outside, cutting a team-high 22 points, plus 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, and there were no personal mistakes.
Although it did not help the Rockets end the losing streak, there is a saying that the physical condition and competitive state shown by Tate in this game are indeed a big gain for the Rockets who lack major generals!