Beijing time on January 2, the NBA Nuggets away challenge rockets, the first quarter of Nikola Jokic scored 10 points + 4 boards + 1 assist, but the nuggets' overall offense is too bad, the first quarter of the war to strike the Nuggets is behind by 1 point, the second quarter of the situation is directly reversed, Gordon + Campazo cut 20 points, the Nuggets single quarter shooting rate as high as 73.9%, only 1 quarter of the game time, the Nuggets surpassed the Rockets 22 points, the game seems to have lost suspense here, the rockets did not play a decent counterattack in the second half of the game, In the end, the score was fixed at 124-111, and the Rockets suffered a 7-game losing streak at home to the Nuggets!
In the past 7 games, the Rockets have lost to the Bulls, Bucks, Pacers, Hornets, Lakers, Heat, Nuggets, in the past 13 games the Rockets lost 11 of them, although this is not as terrible as the previous 15 consecutive losses, but the recent Rockets' record is indeed very bad, and the pendulum may be their best choice this season, but the Rockets' current situation is a little different from before, if there is no hope for losing before, then in the recent loss, They can actually see some hope, and that hope comes from their eye, Jaylen Green.
Jaylen Green was selected by the Rockets with the second pick in the 2021 Draft, he has played 22 games with the Rockets so far this season, in the first 18 games of these 22 games, Green averaged 30.8 minutes per game, averaging only 14 points + shooting rate of 38.2% + three-point shooting rate of 27.8% + 3.1 rebounds + 2.3 assists + 2.7 turnovers, the shooting rate is very crotch, the turnover is higher than the assists, according to the data at the time, this list is most likely to be watered, Later, Green was absent for a period of time due to injury, and ushered in a comeback on December 24, Beijing time, and his average data per game after his return was 22.3 points + shooting rate of 48.1% + three-point shooting rate of 51.5% + 1.8 rebounds + 2.3 assists + 2 mistakes, the progress is amazing!
In the last 4 games, that is, after Green's return in the 4 games, Green scored 89 points in 4 games, he showed super offensive ability, three-point shooting rate of more than 50% and assists than errors higher, compared to the previous 18 games, Green is like a changed person, he played the strength of the list of the eyes should have, the Rockets this list now looks no longer "water", and because of this, if you can cultivate the current 19-year-old list, the Rockets in the reconstruction stage, Even if there is another 15-game losing streak, it doesn't seem like a big deal, right?