On January 4, Beijing time, the Rockets lost to the Digital Man team 113:133 on the road, suffering 8 consecutive defeats, while the Digital Man ushered in a 4-game winning streak.
In this game, Wood and Porter were suspended by the Rockets for one game because they confronted the coach, thus missing this game, so the Rockets discharged the starting lineup for Gordon, Green, Matthews, Tate and Theis.
Whether from the starting lineup, or from the bench lineup, less Porter and Green, for the team cohesion to improve a lot, although the Rockets lost this game, but the Rockets in the offensive and defensive ends of the performance is beyond reproach, such a loss although the defeat is still glorious.
The core of the digital man is very clear, Embiid as the leader of the team, the whole game to play Embiid this point, through embiid's personal ability, evolved countless tactics, Embiid's containment power on the offensive end, influence on the defensive end, has become the key factor that determines the direction of the game, for the Embiid Rockets single defense can not be completely prevented, in the case of Wood was banned by the team, Shen Jing was injured to truce, Garuba was isolated due to health management regulations, the whole team only had one internal line of Theis, and Theis completely could not defend Embiid, He was blown up by Embiid, and Embiid also blew up the Rockets' interior line.
In addition to the advantage of the fifth position, the fourth Harris in the case of height superiority, many times through the back and the face frame to play Tate height is insufficient, sports technology to play Tate, the digital man inside the advantage is very obvious, the rocket in order to suppress such a situation, a large area of contraction of the inner line, but the digital man outside the feel is excellent, but can sanction the Rockets' defensive strategy, especially Curry and Embiid's blocking, become the nightmare of the Rockets defense.
In order to defend Embiid, the Rockets used Three players of Theiss, Tate and Gordon to defend against the effect of single defense, so they had to use a timely bag clip to force Embiid to play the ball, but the digital man's outside feel is excellent, can be the rocket quickly rotated defense, the ball into the basket, the rocket can not take into account both the inside line and the outside line, in the case of defensive resources can not match the digital man offensive configuration, in the second half, the digital man can continue to score momentum, and the rocket offensive efficiency declines, prompting the point difference to be widened.
On the offensive end, the Rockets adopt a strategy based on the attack frame, Matthews and Tate become the vanguard officers of the Rockets offense, the two avoid Embiid by blocking and dismantling, forcing the digital people to pack or assist in the defense, in the case of the digital people defense is not in place, the basket attack frame, in the case of the digital people defense in place, passing the ball to the teammates in the empty position, the teammates can respond to the opponent's empty position.
The Rockets appear particularly fluid on the offensive end, the ball is excellent, the combination of the inside and outside lines is excellent, the operation of the ball is very good, Matthews' return brings glue to the Rockets, the threat of Theis at a close frame distance is stimulated, the Rockets have been in a stalemate with the digital people in the first half, mainly because the Rockets can always maintain a high hit rate, when the digital people break through the rocket defenses, the rockets can respond to opponents on the offensive end.
By the second half, the Rockets could not maintain efficiency on the offensive end, and could not defend the opponent on the defensive end, prompting the point difference that has been stalemate to be quickly widened, from the point of view of playing, the Rockets' way of playing is no problem, whether it is the choice of attack, or the timing of the attack, but the Rockets are not scoring, and finally prompted the Rockets to pull away to 20 points, Silas threw in advance to admit defeat.
In this game, the Rockets' worst performance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is Theis, extremely dragging space on the offensive end, and being exploded on the defensive end, but Theis's characteristics and playing style cannot be matched at all, and Tys should not be blamed.
In this game, the Rockets' way of playing saw that there was no Potter and Wood, the cohesion of the team was more outstanding, the Rockets could stalemate with the digital people in the half has not been easy, the decline in efficiency in the second half is inevitable, it is difficult to maintain a whole game through the feel of the role players, this game, more need the Rockets to reflect, when the offensive space is not good, Green's first step is not able to pass the opponent, the follow-up offensive development lacks the skills to replace, this game, more need the Rockets to reflect, when the first half and the digital people through the offense in the stalemate stage, The sudden collapse in offensive efficiency in the second half, how to maintain this offensive continuity, is an important issue for the Rockets coaching team to think about.