The NBA regular season continued, the West ushered in a strong and weak confrontation, and the Rockets sat at home to meet the Nuggets.
As a former Western powerhouse, the Rockets have entered a comprehensive rebuild this season, not only selecting 4 first-round shows in one go, but also further cleaning up players such as House.
In contrast, although the Nuggets are plagued by injuries, under jokic's leadership, the team is still one of the strongest teams in the West, so the victory or defeat of the game is also expected, and the Nuggets won the Rockets 124-111 on the road.
Compared with the course of the game and the victory and defeat, the infighting that broke out on the Rockets side of the game was obviously more noticeable, in which Porter Jr. left the court in anger, Wood refused to play, and the big winner was 29 points.
In fact, at the beginning of the game, the fans realized that something was wrong with the Rockets, and the team directly took Wood out of the starting lineup, and Porter Jr. and Wood did not appear in the second half.
In the end, Wood played only 8 minutes, shooting 0-of-4, 3-of-3 from three-point range, no free throws, 0 points, 1 rebound, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks and 0 turnovers.
After the game, Rockets coach Silas also responded to this topic, saying that the specific reasons for the team are currently confidential, can only reveal that Wood violated the team rules, so he did not let Wood start the game, and decided to let him not play in the second half.
Silas then further said that the team did have a fierce quarrel in the midfield, and everyone was very angry.
Silas also explained why he was angry, when he wanted to make the team better, he had to let the players know that the team had requirements for them, that is, they had to play hard, but they were not satisfied with their efforts.
Since then, ESPN star Macmahon has quickly exposed, and Silas refers to the fierce quarrel, which is rocket guard Kevin Porter Jr. throwing a tantrum in the locker room at halftime and directly choosing to leave Toyota Center Court.
Shams further pointed out that Porter Jr. was angry because of a fierce exchange conflict with Rockets assistant coach John Lucas, who has been playing the role of Porter Jr. mentor since Porter Jr. joined.
At halftime, John Lucas summoned several players, including Kevin Potter Jr. and Wood, to "communicate," which resulted in a fierce verbal altercation between Porter Jr. and then threw an object away from the game, with Wood refusing to play in the second half.
According to follow-up detailed reports, Wood was taken out as a starter because he missed the team's pre-game coronavirus test.
In response to this situation, Silas decided to take it out of the starting line, Wood was obviously dissatisfied, the first half was terrible, after which the assistant coach Lucas midfielder called the players to talk about the status of the team, pointing out the degree of Wood's efforts.
Dissatisfied with Silas's claims, Porter Jr. had a heated argument with assistant coach Lucas, dropping his things and driving away from the arena, while Wood refused to play in the second half.
It's worth mentioning that this is not the first time that Little Potter has thrown things away after getting angry.
During his time with the Cavaliers, Porter Jr. moved his locker to new signing Torrian Prince because he was absent from the game, shouting and throwing food directly in the locker room, and this time Porter Jr. was a repeat of the trick.
Only this time, Porter Jr. quickly bowed his head, and according to Rockets reporter Kelly Iko, Porter Jr. has apologized to the team for his reckless behavior.
When Wood and Porter Jr. were in a fight, Green, who had been suppressed before, seized the opportunity to become a big winner.
Played 28 minutes in the game, shooting 6 of 13, shooting 8 of 5 from three, 12 of 14 from the free throw line, and efficiently bombing 29 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.
It is not difficult to see from this comparison who the future of the Rockets belongs to.