On January 8, Beijing time, the Rockets lost at home to the Lone Rangers 106:130, and in the last 10 games, the Rockets only achieved a record of 1 win and 9 losses, ranking 1st from the bottom in the West.
In this game, the Rockets scored the most wood, the most rebounds and assists was Tate, the highest plus-minus was Quinn and the Knicks, and the lowest presence was Gordon.
In this game, Gordon played 21 minutes for the Rockets, shooting 1 of 5, 3 of 3 from three-point range, 3 of 3 free throws, 5 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 turnover, with a plus-minus of -21.
In terms of statistics, Gordon is the player with the least playing time in the Rockets' starting lineup, the player with the fewest shots in the Rockets rotation lineup, the player with the fewest points in the Rockets rotation, and the player with the second worst plus-minus value of the whole team.
As the most effective offensive player on the team, why does Gordon have such a low presence on the offensive end?
From the root, the Rockets' ball is mainly in The potter's hands, when Porter returns from injury, Gordon from the organization of the guard to score excessively, in the case of Green, Wood and Potter can play at the same time, the ball is more organized by Porter and Tate, in the starting lineup, Green, Potter, Wood and Tate digest the ball, Gordon gives up more of his ball, when the team needs to score, Gordon only stood up to score, through his own personal ability for the Rockets' offensive support, in the current Rockets team, Gordon is the player with the highest three-point shooting rate and the most efficient player in the frame, Gordon's offensive efficiency is a new career high, Gordon in order to other young people to grow faster, reduce their offensive desire, sacrifice their offensive authority, from this point of view, Gordon understands what the rebuilding Rockets need, he can strictly implement the team's team-building strategy, as a veteran does not overstep his authority, so that young people grow faster.
On the defensive end, due to the extremely bad performance of Wood and Porter, prompting the Rockets to be full of holes on the defensive end, the team's three-point defense is not good, the team's interior protection is not good, the team's defense is not good, the team's defense is not good, when the Rockets face such a devastated situation, the team's defensive system completely collapses, Gordon is on the field to face the team's defensive system in name only, and there is nothing he can do personally.
When Gordon was on the floor, his offense was not very effective for the team, Silas was also very interested in letting Gordon rest more, let the young players experience more, in such a game, even if winning for the Rockets has no meaning, it is better to let the role players better learn lessons, fully grow to achieve the purpose of reconstruction.
Closer and closer to the trade deadline, Gordon such an efficient and effective veteran, must be the most needed type of championship team, in the current Gordon's most important significance for the Rockets is to stay healthy, to maintain a healthy state before the trade deadline, only to maintain a healthy state, for Gordon himself, or for the Rockets, are the things that maximize value, so in order to achieve such a goal, Gordon's presence on the offensive end is extremely low, not much shot, there is a reason, in a sense, Gordon will remain in this state for some time to come, and Gordon has been traded this season, becoming a high probability event.