On January 8, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Rockets played against the Lone Ranger at home, and the Lone Ranger lacked the dual core of Doncic and Porzingis. The Lone Ranger's first quarter of full firepower 43-23 ahead of the Rockets 20 points, Hardaway Jr. and Brunson led the team to multi-point blossom to suppress the Rockets, in the second half to expand the 31-point advantage to lay the victory, and finally the Rockets 106-130 was suspended by the Lone Rangers double kill, the Rockets 10-9 defeats firmly ranked first in the West, the Lone Rangers won 5 consecutive wins to stabilize the fifth place in the West.
Statistics
Rockets: Wood 20 points, Tate 15 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, Porter Jr. 11 points and 4 assists, Green 12 points, Matthews 15 points.
Lone Rangers: Brunson 15 points and 10 assists, Hardaway Jr. 5 three-pointers, 19 points and 7 assists, Smith 10 points, Kleber 8 points and 11 rebounds, Powell 15 points, Bullock 5 three-pointers, 15 points, Josh 17 points.
The Star of the Field
In the absence of Doncic and Porzingis' dual cores, Hardaway Jr. combined with Brunson's offensive pass to lead the Lone Ranger to a crazy attack, using the team's offensive victory to win the Rockets to win 5 consecutive games.
Highlight lenses
Rockets legend coach TomJanovic appeared to watch.
Little Potter burst buckle.
Green air-to-air buckle.
Rockets' Grimm Tomahawk Dunk.
Matthews hit the board 3+1.
Game review
The Mavericks lack Doncic, Porzingis, Stan, Boban, Thomas Jr., and the Rockets lack Wall, Shinkin and Garupa. The Lone Ranger trailed 2-6 at the start of the first quarter, with Porter Jr. and Tate hitting one three-pointer each, Bullock two three-pointers and Kleber hitting one three-pointer to overtake the score. Tate hit two points, Powell scored four more, Bullock hit two more three-pointers to give the Lone Ranger a 21-8 lead. Porter Jr. made a layup, the Lone Ranger scored five points in a row, the Rockets responded with a wave of 7-2 attacks, and the Lone Rangers also played a wave of 9-4 attacks. Martin Jr. hooked a shot and the Lone Ranger scored six more points, giving the Lone Ranger a 20-point lead over the Rockets 43-23 in the first quarter. The Lone Rangers had 16 of 24, including 7 of 12 three-pointers, Bullock 4 three-pointers and 12 points, and Hardaway Jr. 3 three-pointers and 9 points. The Rockets made 9 of 24, including 2 of 12 from three-point range, Tate 9 with Porter Jr. on 8 points and Green on 0 points.
In the second quarter, Hardaway Jr. hit a three-pointer first, the Rockets went after a 10-0 offensive force, Smith hit a layup, and Green received a dunk in the air. The Lone Ranger blossomed with a 13-4 offensive wave to expand the 20+ advantage, Matthews hit a three-pointer, Josh dunked, Green and Josh hit a three-pointer each, and Green broke through the dunk. Burke hit a layup, the Rockets scored 4 points in a row, Berkeley blossomed to continue scoring, the Rockets rushed to the inside to chase points, Hardaway Jr. and Porter Jr. scored a three-pointer, the Lone Ranger scored 2 more points, and the Lone Ranger led the Rockets 80-60 in the first half. In the first two quarters, the Lone Rangers scored 12-of-22 three-pointers, with four members of the team scoring in double figures, the Rockets 7 of 21 three-pointers, and the whole team scored three in double figures.
Yi Bian fought again, the Lone Ranger scored 4 points in a row to extend the advantage, Wood three-pointer and hooker chased 5 points in a row, and the Lone Ranger blossomed inside and outside to play a 7-1 offensive attack to achieve a 25-point advantage. Wood and Green led a 6-1 offensive to stop the Lone Ranger, Chris's two-handed dunk and air dunk raged, Smith scored 3 consecutive points, and Matthews at one point ate t. Wood hit a hit, Smith responded with a three-pointer, Tate returned with a layup, and Hardaway Jr. extended his 31-point advantage with 2-of-3 free throws and three-pointers. Martin Jr. scored four straight points, Nilikina returned with three points, Matthews made a 3+1 steal with Christopher to make a layup, and the Lone Ranger led the Rockets 110-86 at the end of the third quarter. Hardaway Jr. led the Lone Rangers 6 in double figures 19+4+6, and Wood led the Rockets' 5-man score in double figures with 20 points.
The Lone Ranger entered the fourth quarter with a 24-point advantage, With Brunson scoring five consecutive points on the inside, Sterling Brown hitting a three-pointer and the Lone Ranger again taking a 31-point advantage on an 8-1 run. The Rockets chased the points slightly, but the Lone Ranger then continued to extend the lead, and due to the large gap between the two sides, the game went into garbage time early, and finally the Lone Ranger hoisted the Rockets to win.
Both sides started
Rockets: Tate, Gordon, Wood, Porter Jr., Green
Lone Rangers: Smith, Kléber, Powell, Bullock, Brunson
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)