The Rockets lost 111-124 to the Nuggets at home, swallowing a seven-game losing streak, while the team led by 11 points in the first quarter, but then was chased by the Nuggets, and in the second quarter, the opponent played a 47-24 offensive wave, almost halftime to bring the game into garbage time, the Rockets had trailed by 31 points at the most. Of course, if you compare the strength of the two teams, such a loss will not come as a surprise, after all, the team did not give them the task of winning, and the Rockets' task this season is to mess up, but obviously, compared to the tragic loss, the Rockets management is more disappointed that after the end of the first half, the Rockets' locker room was chaotic, infighting broke out in the team, some people left the stadium early, and some refused to play.
In the first half of the game, Wood, the main player who had been starting before, did not start, but only came on as a substitute when there were more than 2 minutes left in the first quarter, and he played 8 minutes in the first half, and finally handed over 0 points, 1 rebound, 0 assists, 0 steals and 0 blocks, while in the second half, he did not play at all.
Porter Jr., another Rockets rising star, played 15 minutes in the first half, contributing 8 points, 3 assists and 1 block on 3-of-5 shooting, which was not bad, but he did not appear in the second half and did not appear on the bench, and the Rockets gave the claim that he was injured to be examined. After the game, when Silas mentioned Wood, he said that he did not qualify for the start because he violated the rules of the team, and was DNP in the second half. However, the official statement of the Rockets and the post-game remarks of Silas were refuted by the famous Shams Charania.
Shams revealed through social media that fierce clashes broke out in the Rockets' locker room during the Rockets' halftime break with the Nuggets, with assistant coach Lucas criticizing multiple players by name, including Porter Jr. and Wood.
Porter Jr. then reportedly engaged in a fierce verbal altercation with Lucas and picked up something and threw it at him, after which he drove straight away from the arena without playing in the second half. Wood was also extremely dissatisfied after being criticized, refusing to come off the bench in the second half.
Shams also referred to Wood's "team rules violation" mentioned in the Silas interview, referring to Wood's missed pre-match nucleic acid test, and out of punishment for Wood, Silas put him on the bench, and in the middle room brawl, assistant coach Lucas criticized Wood for not working hard enough.
It seems that the Rockets' locker room is out of control, as a rotten team, the management has not given them a game task this season, the most important thing is to train young players and strive to get a higher lottery draw, even if they have experienced 15 consecutive losses, the team's locker room has not had any problems, but now, the Rockets this locker room infighting, Porter Jr. and Wood's rebellious performance, may make the Rockets management begin to consider the future of the two of them on the team. It is worth mentioning that the reason why Wood lost the election in the first place was that many scouts thought that he was not self-motivated enough and lacked effort. The reason why Porter Jr. was "picked up" by the Rockets was precisely because he detonated the Cavaliers' locker room and was painfully cut by the management.