Although the Rockets' locker room storm has caused quite a stir, in fact, compared with the disappointing performances of the younger Porter and Wood, the team's progress in the chart is more gratifying.
Since entering the new season, Wood has been emphasizing that he is the leader of the team, and the other players on the team including Green have not refuted Wood's remarks, although the fans prefer Green to lead this team, but Green did not say that he had to say that he had to take this position, and after a previous game against the Knicks, Green talked about leading the team, he said: "I think I can take on more leadership roles, tell everyone not to run away, let's go back to what we are doing." Or I can go to control the ball and touch the ball more. In these cases, I increase the weight of my leadership role, but I don't want to force anything, I don't want people to feel like I want to take over the team, I hope that things can happen naturally. ”
It is not difficult to see from his words that Green is a very humble player, and he is dealing with a very professional in this matter, because he knows that becoming the leader of a team is not to say that he can get it by asking for it, only by playing a brilliant performance on the field to conquer the fans, becoming a leader is naturally a matter of course. And with the outbreak of the Rockets' locker room contradictions, Green finally shouldered the responsibility of leading the team, in this game against the Nuggets, Green was not affected by Wood's passive slack, did not feel indifferent because the team had a huge point difference, on the contrary, he worked hard to help the team score through his own drive, by creating a kill, the whole game Green played 28 minutes to bomb 29 points, including 12 of 14 free throws.
Silas was also very pleased with Green's performance, saying in a post-match interview: "He's great, he's got 14 free throws, it's really good. He found his place and scored 29 points on 13 shots, which was amazing. Gradually but surely, we see that he is finding his place. Tonight he had to score in some pinch points, which was great. Overall, it looks like he's starting to find his own rhythm, which is good. "It can be said that Green's excellent performance is the only place of comfort for Silas in this game, and it is not only this game, in the four games since Green's return, he averaged 22.3 points, 1.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.0 steals in 29.7 minutes per game, of which 48% shooting and 51.5% three-point shooting rate are quite efficient.
It's also worth mentioning that in three of the four games he's returned, he's scored at least 20 points, while he's scored 20 points in just four of his first 18 games for the Rockets. These 4 excellent performances also brought his average score per game to 15.5 points, ranking third in the rookie, and only 0.3 points less than the first-ranked Wagner Jr., 0.1 points less than the second place Barnes, and in the rookie, Green currently averages only 30.6 minutes per game, ranking fifth in the rookie, so if it is developed in this state, Green is still very likely to compete for the best rookie of the season.
Speaking about his progress, Green said: "In the playing time I have gained, I will try to do my best. Obviously, we didn't get the result we wanted, but we learned a lot from it. I also told my guy the other day that the race has slowed down for me because I can read the game better, find empty seats, and become more patient. "Green can make such progress, I have to sigh, hugh city future can be expected ...