Rockets take on the Heat
Despite the continuous injuries, the Miami Heat are still continuing the pace of winning streaks, and after Jimmy Butler's return, the help for the team is self-evident, and this game against the Houston Rockets, Kyle Lowry also returned to the field. The combination of Butler and Lowry basically guaranteed the Heat's victory in this game. However, the Houston Rockets are not the so-called fish belly, ready to be slaughtered. The backcourt combination of Jaylen Green and Porter Jr., combined with Wood's interior dominance, is still incredibly talented.
The Heat's biggest weakness in this game is that there is no qualified interior player, Adebayor can not play, Dedmund is also isolated, the team can only let the 23-year-old Yute Severn come to the starting lineup, you know, he averaged only 4.4 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. If the Rockets want to win, they have to make a fuss on the inside.
The course of the game
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Rockets who played at home were in good shape, everyone could score, and easily bombed down 30 points, but the Heat side was even more unreasonable, Butler scored 10 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal and 1 block, Thello was 6 points and 6 assists, and Kyle Gay on the bench, just signed by the Heat, hit 3 three-pointers, helping the team to blast 41 points in a single quarter. It's not that the Rockets aren't good enough, it's that the Heat are too strong. After returning from the second quarter, the Rockets scored another 30 points, but the point difference continued to widen.
Guy on the Heat bench, on the Heat bench, had 6 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals on 2-of-2 shooting, although the score was not as good as in the first quarter, but the data was very comprehensive. The Heat ended at halftime with a 74-60 lead over the Rockets by 14 points. In the second half, Butler had 8 points and 2 assists, and Hiro also had 8 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, but it took 11 shots, the Heat scored 26 points in a single quarter, and the Rockets scored 27 points, of which Wood had 8 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, and the gap was narrowed to 13 points, but there was only one section left in the game.
In the final quarter of the game, the Rockets bench, the second-highest-scoring league player per game, began to play, helping the team to catch up, and after Tate hit a three-point shot, the difference between the two teams reached 5 points. But the Heat immediately responded with a wave of 7-0 small climaxes, and Tate dunked back, but it was too late. In the end, the Miami Heat beat the Houston Rockets 120-110 on the road to win five consecutive games.
5 consecutive wins + 6 consecutive defeats
After this game, the Miami Heat won five consecutive wins, while the Houston Rockets lost 6 consecutive games, and the two teams went in complete opposite directions, one towards the championship trophy, the other towards the champion signing, and the result was also a big joy. Butler once again showed his strength, 37 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks, Lowry returned, he only needed to be responsible for scoring. However, it is worth mentioning that Butler played 35 minutes in this game without a single mistake or foul.
The Heat scored in double figures for six players in this game, Hiro had 16 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, Lowry 12 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, and Gay on the bench had 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 6-of-8 shooting. On the Houston Rockets side, Tate on the bench got the highest points in the team, 22 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Wood was 18 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, Green 16 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Gordon 15 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists, but the plus-minus was as high as +12, you know, the Rockets are behind a whole game. Porter Jr. was terrible, shooting 3-of-11 with just 7 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, and didn't score a single point in the final quarter.