NBA regular season continues to play, the Rockets challenge the Wizards away, before this campaign, the Rockets suffered 8 consecutive losses, continue to be the first in the West, and the Wizards are the seventh in the East, the strength of the team is significantly higher than the Rockets, however, the whole game, the Rockets played well at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, early after the opening to take a double-digit lead, after which the Wizards stubbornly chased points, the two sides fell into a tug-of-war, the Rockets at the beginning of the final quarter once extended the lead to 9 points, but after Beal left the game early 6 fouls, the Wizards once again frantically chased points, Chasing the score to 111-111 in the final moments, Porter Jr. retreated 3 points at the top of the arc to complete the quasi-kill, helping the Rockets to defeat their opponents and end an eight-game losing streak.
In this game, Wood and Porter Jr., who were suspended in the last game, came back and started the game, and it can be seen that their big fight in the locker room has reached a reconciliation with the coaching staff. After the opening, the Rockets were in excellent offensive form, playing a wave of 22-10 offensive 12 points, but then the Wizards chased the score under The Lead of Bill, chasing the score to 26-29 in the first quarter! In the second quarter, Kuzma and Pop collectively threatened, and the two teamed up to score 16 points, leading the Wizards to a 55-54 deficit before halftime!
In the third quarter, Wood and Green played well, and they combined to contribute 15 points to help the Rockets play a 32-28 offensive wave, and then led again at 86-83 after the third quarter. At the beginning of the final quarter, the Rockets' second-team performance continued to extend the lead, and with 9 minutes left in the quarter, the Wizards' star Bill hit Christopher on the offensive end and was sent off for the sixth foul, the Wizards lost their main backbone, but they had a good performance in the previous game without Bill, after Beal went down, they chased from 9 points behind to only 3 points, after which the two sides fell into a tug-of-war, the score has been glued, but the Rockets have maintained a slight lead.
In the last 46 seconds, Pope hit a 3-point shot to chase the point difference to 109-111, then the Rockets attacked unsuccessfully, Neto's layup caused Porter Jr. to interfere, chasing to 111-111, and in the last 10 seconds, Porter Jr. held the ball at the top of the arc, he did not pass the ball, but chose to shoot himself, he faced the defense at the top of the arc and retreated for 3 points, the ball flew steadily to the basket, the Rockets rewrote the score to 114-111, leaving the Wizards 0.4 seconds of time, the Wizards suspended the arrangement of tactics, but unfortunately the final attack failed to play.
In terms of statistics, Beal contributed 27 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists on 9-of-25 shooting before being sent off, Kuzma had 24 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, Pope 26 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, Neto had 14 points and 4 assists, and no other player scored in double figures. On the Rockets side, the team scored a total of 5 people in double figures, Wood still maintained a good state, cutting 22 points and 11 rebounds, the leader Jaylen Green was in excellent shape, contributing 22 points and 6 rebounds, Gordon Old Dang Yizhuang cut 19 points and 3 assists, Jesse Tate contributed 13 points and 10 rebounds, and substitute Martin Jr. contributed 11 points and 4 rebounds. Potter Jr. completed the redemption with the last 3-point kill.
Before the big fuss in the locker room, with Wood was suspended with the stinger Porter Jr. is still in bad shape after the comeback, the first 12 shots are only 2, three-point 3 of 1, 4 of 1 free throws, only 6 points, but the last 10 seconds of the attack, Porter Jr. stood out, he used a backward step at the top of the arc to step 3 points, helped the Rockets in the road thrilling pass, the killer opponent ended the 8-game losing streak, finally completed the redemption. In the end, his stats were fixed on 3-of-13 shooting, 2-of-4 three-pointers, 1-of-4 free throws, and he had 9 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals.