On January 1, Beijing time, the Heat played against the Rockets, and the Heat successfully defeated the Rockets 120-110 at the end of the game. The Heat welcomed Back Lowry in this game, so against a weak Western team like the Rockets, the Heat have greater hopes of winning. Although the Rockets performed well after the start of the game, but in the following game, the Rockets' offensive state was sluggish, and the Heat multi-player played a 25-point lead, but what people did not expect was that the Rockets in the back of the game set off a counterattack, and the Heat rockets also took the opportunity to chase the score to only 5 points, but at the critical moment, the Rockets' offensive stagnation and let the Heat open the score, and finally the Rockets did not have the opportunity to reverse by 25 points.
The first quarter of the game Rockets played a 6-2 start, but after the game Lowry hit a three-point stop bleeding, the next game the two teams are more offensive to the bombardment score is very glue, and then the Rockets to take some lead, the Heat side Guy, Highsmith three-point outbreak directly helped the Heat to complete the counterattack and open some scores, the end of the stage Shen Jing scored to stop the bleeding, Hiro scored 5 points, the first quarter of the game Ended the Rockets fell behind by 11 points. In the second quarter, Porter and Shen Jing helped the Rockets chase points, but the Heat continued to occupy a double-digit lead, and the Heat led to 15 points after Martin scored. As the Heat continued to extend their lead, Tate's outburst helped the Rockets close to the score, but Butler responded, leading the Heat by 14 points at the end of the half.
In the third quarter, Green and Wood helped the team chase points, and then Gordon also stepped forward to help the team score, but then the Heat stabilized the situation under Butler's play, and the Heat still led by 14 points. After the timeout, Hiro and Lowry continued to help the team extend the lead, Gordon scored to stop the bleeding, and then the Rockets chased 11 points under the play of Tate and Wood, but soon Haysmith and Hiro scored 5 consecutive points to stabilize the situation, and the two teams attacked each at the end of the final stage, and the Rockets fell behind by 13 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Rockets played a wave of 8-1 to chase the score, at the critical moment Butler played 2+1 to stabilize the situation, and the next game between the two teams played fiercely, Tate hit a three-pointer and the Rockets trailed by 5 points. After the timeout, the Rockets did not seize the opportunity, and the Heat opened the score after Butler, Hiro and Lowry played, and finally the Rockets lost the game without success.
In this game, the Rockets were once behind in the big score, at this time many fans thought that the Rockets were afraid to suffer a fiasco, but in the second half of the game, the Rockets played an explosive performance, especially in the fourth quarter of the game, the Rockets' small lineup of power, using the Heat's downturn Rockets is directly to help the team to chase the score, but unfortunately, when the Rockets should continue to chase the score, the Rockets attacked the iron, and turned back to let the opponent cause fouls to frequently send the opponent to the free throw line to open the score, So the rocket ultimately had no chance to reverse. In this game, Gordon showed his veteran role at the key moment, he helped the team in the game, but Gordon was ultimately the savior, and at the end of the game, Gordon got 15 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.
However, Tate's play in this game is also crucial, he helped the team well on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and Tate got 22 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists at the end of the game. Among the other Rockets players, Wood had 18 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Porter had 7 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and Green had 16 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. As for Lowry's sluggish performance in this game, when Lowry led the team alone in the fourth quarter, he let the Rockets chase the score, and there were some mistakes in the key moments, and Lowry had 12 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 turnovers at the end of the game.
And Butler in this game is to become the team's fixed needle, the first half of the game Butler is a big threat, in the second half of the game Butler is to maintain their own state, especially in the fourth quarter of the game when the Rockets are about to reverse, Butler is able to stand up to help the team stabilize the situation, and finally the Heat also won the game without any danger, the end of the game Butler got 37 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists in 12 of 21. As for Hiro in this game, he was also in a slump, and at the end of the game, Hiro had 16 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists on 5-of-17 shooting.