Against the Heat, this game, the Rockets originally had a great chance to beat the opponent, first of all, most of the Heat team missed the game, although Butler and Lowry and Hilo these 3 cores are also there, but the rest of the players who can play are mostly just signed 10-day contract players, compared to the Rockets This game not only has the advantage of home, and the core of the team is all there, no matter from which aspect, the Rockets should win this game to end the team's losing streak.
But what people did not expect was that the Rockets trailed their opponents by 11 points at 41:30 after the end of the first quarter, and the team fell behind by 25 points at one point during the game, although in the final stage of the fourth quarter, the Rockets narrowed the point difference to 5 points, but in the end the team was still unable to complete the 25-point reversal, and the Rockets lost 110:120 to the Heat and swallowed 6 consecutive losses.
In fact, the Rockets have a very obvious turning point in this game, that is, when there are 3 minutes and 55 seconds left in the first quarter of the game, the Rockets hit a three-point 27:24 lead over the Heat by 3 points in the previous round Christopher, and then in the Heat's offensive round, Porter Jr. and Toffer both worked together to steal Hiro, and then the two of them attacked and counterattacked together, but they didn't want to, Little Potter wanted to pass without hesitation, and finally he dunked and failed, since then the Rockets' attack is sharply turned, and the defense is also full of holes, And this game Porter's performance is also quite bad, the whole game in 31 minutes to get 7 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block data, including 3 of 11 shots, 5 of 5 three-point shooting, no free throw shots, and more importantly, in this game, he personally made 5 mistakes, the highest in the team.
It can be said that the biggest culprit of the Rockets' failure to reverse the Heat is Porter Jr., who directly brought the whole team down without a dunk. Porter Jr. is a very emotional player, through the previous games can see, as long as he can play smoothly in the game, his data performance will be much better, but in the game, especially in the opening, when several consecutive attacks failed to score, Porter Jr.'s mentality will be a little broken, become very depressed, start brainless fouls or continue to make mistakes. For example, after the assault basket does not score, he will stand up and hesitate, which will lead to the opponent's quick attack and counterattack more and less; for example, after continuous shooting, he will become very independent in the attack, do not pass the ball, and want to go to the hard steel opponent by himself.
That's the case against the Heat, where he broke down his teammates and there were some irrational offenses on the court. This is not a good phenomenon for both the young Rockets and for Porter Jr. personally. While he did show some talent in organizing tandem teams in past games, Porter Jr. still has a long way to go to grow into a true organizational defender, not only to improve his personal ability level, but also to manage his emotions, to have a big picture, and to play smarter on the court. Otherwise sooner or later, rocket management will find someone else to replace it...