On January 2, Beijing time, the Rockets lost to the Nuggets at home 111:124, suffering 7 consecutive losses, and the Rockets continued to maintain the record of the longest losing streak in the current league.
In this game, the Rockets' starting lineup is Porter, Green, Nuwaba, Tate and Theis, such a starting lineup appeared for the first time this season, according to rocket head coach Silas in an interview after the game, Wood did not have the opportunity to start in this game, and was directly abandoned in the second half, the specific reason is that the team is confidential, mainly Wood violated the team's regulations, went to Oakland without authorization, and thus missed the team's new crown test.
This is Wood came to the Rockets, the first substitute to represent the Rockets, according to American media reports, Wood refused to play in the second half, although there is a certain discrepancy with the report of the famous American journalist Chalania, but Wood is suspected of having a conflict with the team.
In addition to Wood, the Rockets also had a conflict with the team, and Porter had a heated argument with assistant coach John Lucas in the midfield stage, and threw something at Lucas before driving away from the Toyota Center, missing the entire second half.
After the game, according to US media reports, the Rockets communicated with Porter Jr., who apologized to the team for his excessive reaction.
Judging from the content of the game, the Rockets only played half a quarter of good balls, from the double digits of the first quarter to the Nuggets at most, to the bench transition section, the Rockets completely collapsed, until the garbage time in the fourth quarter, the Rockets' water dispenser players found a certain face.
Before the first timeout, the Rockets focused on the defensive guard frame, jokic + Aaron Gordon's inner line combination, giving the Rockets a very large defensive pressure, the Rockets' defensive focus is on the defensive inside line, put three points outside the line, in the Nuggets opening stage, the three-point feeling is not good, the effect is very obvious.
On the offensive end, the Rockets' breakthrough with the ball and the secondary handling of the ball after the breakthrough were extremely good, and the double vitality combination of Nuwaba and Tate brought vitality to the Rockets, and the passing of the two activated Theis, allowing Theis to get a lot of opportunities to shoot in the near frame.
Faced with such a situation, the Nuggets immediately changed their offensive strategy after the suspension, taking Jokic as the axis, playing The substitution after the jokic blocking, using jokic to attract diversion, attracting the rocket's defense, prompting other players to have empty opportunities, Aaron Gordon and other players benefited a lot.
On the other hand, the Rockets on the offensive end, Tate's tough attack on the frame, continuing the Rockets' strategy of attacking the box, Porter Jr.'s three-pointer, Nuwaba's dunk after stealing, and the linkage between Tate, Nuwaba and Theis, prompted the Rockets to be full of vitality.
When the Rockets in the first quarter of the bench connection section, there were major changes at both ends of the offensive end, on the offensive end Wood continued to play Jamekau Green on the top of the opponent, whether it was a very sloppy three-point shot, or the inside back play, Wood was extremely chaotic on the offensive end, appeared to be out of order, messed up, and on the defensive end, when Wood was on the floor, the rocket's internal defensive quality dropped sharply, prompting the Rockets' defensive system to collapse, the outside line gave the opponent a large vacancy, the defense of the inside line was paper paste, Wood was almost no defense and co-defense, Seeing opponents on the field layups, indifferent.
When Silas replaced Tate, with Tate as the core of the offense, the Rockets' offense was continued and improved, and Tate's offensive frame brought the Rockets an offensive base.
When Silas changed all the starters again, only Jaylen Green's use of speed to attack the frame was remarkable, Porter played blindly on the offensive end, and on the defensive end, continued the collapse of the substitute connection section, the basket was repeatedly punctured, the interior defense was useless, and the outside defense was not good.
Throughout the first half, except for Jaylen Green and Tate, as well as the performance of the Three Nuwabas was remarkable, the other players did not play well, Brooks' poor defense, Porter's poor offense, Wood's poor performance on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, prompting the Rockets to lead the point difference, quickly falling behind by a large score.
In the second half, only Jaylen Green's performance was very good, the team became completely unable to play, completely collapsed at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, perhaps related to Wood and Porter's infighting in midfield, from the third quarter with 4 minutes left, the game became garbage time, to the fourth quarter, the Rockets with water dispenser players to recover some scores, making the score less ugly.
In this game, the biggest highlight of the Rockets is Jaylen Green, Jaylen Green's reading of the game, as well as the choice of the present has been greatly improved, although the Rockets lost, but the team in the focus on cultivating Green, the initial results have been seen.
On the other hand, Porter and Wood, for most of the players in the league most respected Lucas head coach, when Harden, Paul and Westbrook in the team, have repeatedly expressed great love for Coach Lucas, support Lucas as the head coach, Porter Jr. threw something at Coach Lucas, it can be seen that Porter Jr.'s emotional intelligence is insufficient, not suitable as the core of the team, plus Wood's subjective initiative on the defensive end is too bad, with this incident, it is also a better opportunity to reposition Wood and Porter, from this point of view, Given the reason for the Rockets trade, around Jaylen Green as the core is the top priority of the Rockets at present, Porter and Wood should be passers-by.