The Rockets continued to play back-to-back against the visiting Nuggets, With Gordon missing the game due to discomfort in the groin on the right, while Shin Kyung sprained his ankle and the overall problem was not big, missing about a week.
The strange thing about this game is that Wood, who was originally the starter, temporarily became Theis, and the reason was explained by Silas through the media after the game: "The specific reason is that we are confidential, but he violated the team rules, so I did not let him start, and decided not to let him play in the second half." "I was really tired of Wood, in the previous game against the Bucks, Wood and Brooks had a heated argument on the bench, and finally player development coach Gerald Green stepped in to stop the infighting. In addition, in the immediate game against the Pacers, Wood and Green had another argument on the court, and Wood kept his mind broken and was recorded by the camera. Coupled with today's time, Wood has "messed" three times in a row in recent days, which has seriously affected the atmosphere of the team's dressing room.
Mainly talk about infighting, today's game Wood and Porter Jr. were directly abandoned in the second half, Wood played 8 minutes, 4 shots 0, 0 points and 1 rebound, plus or minus -17. Porter Jr. played 15 minutes and made 3-of-5 shooting, with 8 points and 3 assists, and 2-of-4 from three-point range. These two men are the protagonists of infighting in the dressing room. The reason for the infighting, according to foreign media revealed that Porter Jr. threw something directly at the Rockets' assistant coach John Lucas today, on the grounds that Lucas criticized them at halftime.
Lucas is a person who has been playing in the league for so long, Harden, Paul, and Westbrook all respect, after every game, some team bosses come over and ask for warmth, and Little Potter, you are also saved by Lucas. At halftime, Coach John Lucas specifically gathered certain people, including Porter Jr. and Wood, to talk to them and criticize them for not working hard enough. The two sides then had a very intense infighting and clash, with Porter Jr. throwing something directly at Lucas and then driving himself away from the team's home stadium, after which Wood refused to play in the second half. Wood also missed the team's new crown test because he was late, Lucas even questioned his efforts, and Porter Jr. also quarreled with him, so the final result was that Porter Jr. threw something and smashed the assistant coach, and then left.
If Porter Jr. and Wood are a faction, then what broke out today shows that the Rockets are still more inclined to Green, Shen Jing and other rookie players who have worked hard. Although Porter Jr. expressed his apologies after the game, this kind of player with poor emotional control is really too hard to cultivate, not to mention that Lucas is 68 years old, and Lucas is angry, and the Rockets can lose a lot.
For a growing team, infighting is the last thing we and the team want to see, and the protagonist of infighting is the team's current focus on the development of players Porter Jr., Porter Jr. and Wood, two players who have gained a lot of playing time in the team this season and play a very important role in the team's tactical position. In the game, both players also have a good performance, Porter Jr. is a stable development object, and Wood has also played a role in the Rockets. But the two states before the Rockets were forgotten, one no one wanted, and a person who had no ball to play in the drifting CBA did not feel grateful to the Rockets at all.
Thankfully, Green's overall performance today was not bad, 6 of 13, 5 of 8 from three-point range, and 12 of 14 from the free throw line to score 29 points. Green scored 29 points, 24 points, 20 points and 16 points in the four games he returned, and he averaged 22.4 points per game, shooting 48.1 percent from the field and 51.5 percent from three-point range. Of those three-pointers, Green made 17-of-33 in four games and shot 87 percent from the free throw line. Looking at Green's season statistics, green has played 22 games this season, averaging 15.5 points, 2.9 boards and 2.3 assists in 30.7 minutes per game, and the shooting rate has increased from 27% at the beginning of the season to 40.1%. He also hit 33 percent of his three-point shooting and averaged 2.2 goals per game.
Focus on cultivating Green, Martin Jr., etc., for Wood and Little Porter, I think the Rockets will definitely trade one of them or even all of them, but as soon as this thing comes out, the trading value of these two people directly falls, a bit at a loss!