How is a team evaluated?
The most intuitive thing is to be reflected from the data, the top ranked team is of course a strong team, the relatively low ranking team is of course a weak team, which is almost the consensus of competitive sports, the strong is king.
A team can become a strong team, the record must be very stable, in the case of stable record, the team's configuration is reasonable, the playing style and configuration are compatible, reflected in the weak team has a huge strength gap, such a strength gap may be a certain aspect, but also may be all aspects.
Of course, the weak team is not constant, there are also times to play well, the weak team defeats the strong team innumerable cases, but if the weak team can have a long wave of consecutive wins, there must be something to change, if from the streak to the losing streak, the team must have undergone many changes, resulting in a certain ups and downs in the strength of the team.
Rockets is the most obvious team, the beginning of the season the Rockets suffered 15 consecutive defeats, 15 consecutive losses so far is the longest losing streak record in the league this season, and the Rockets ended the 15-game losing streak, immediately ushered in 7 consecutive wins, and then in the recent Rockets once again suffered 8 consecutive defeats, the last 10 games only achieved a record of 1 win and 9 losses, why the Rockets' record ups and downs are so large?
During the Rockets' 15-game losing streak, the biggest problem was that the starting lineup was very incompatible, when Silas put up the starting lineup of Porter, Green, Tate, Theis and Wood, in the offensive end Tate and Theis dragged space, Green and Porter's offensive ups and downs were very large, the stability was great, and the defense of Porter, Green and Wood was not good, prompting the Rockets to attack badly and defend badly.
When the Rockets are in a 7-game winning streak, the Rockets' starting lineup is Gordon, Brooks, Matthews, Tate and Wood, when Green and Porter are injured, so that the Rockets balance a lot at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, the defensive end Ofe Green and Porter no longer drag down the team's defense, the offensive end Brooks and Matthews open up space, prompting the Rockets' offensive space development is extremely convenient, plus Gordon and Wood digest the ball, Tate and Gordon organization, prompting the Rockets to be more balanced and more reasonable at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
In the last 8 consecutive defeats of the Rockets, Green and Porter returned, and Silas lined up the starting lineup of Porter, Green, Gordon, Tate and Wood, the value of this lineup is infinitely reduced, and Porter and Wood defended extremely badly, prompting the Rockets' defensive system to collapse.
Even Matthews, the biggest contributor to the Rockets' 7 consecutive victories, cannot change the flaws and shortcomings in the Rockets' lineup.
In the last 8 consecutive losses, Matthews's personal state of the ups and downs is also very large, the stability of the offensive end declined, during the 8-game winning streak, Matthews received the ball and shot, ignoring the environment, ignoring the defense of the three-point shooting, in the recent three-point accuracy has been a large decline, Matthews can not maintain the shooting feel during the 8-game winning streak, prompting its three-point stability to decline, although Matthews can also bring containment, can also create opponents three-point fouls, but for the entire team, Matthews three-point shooting rate declined, This has contributed to the deterioration of the team's offensive space.
On the defensive end, Matthews is still sharp in making opponent offensive fouls, but during the simultaneous presence of Wood and Porter, as well as brooks and Christopher at the same time, the Rockets' defensive holes are too big, Matthews can't make up for it at all, the Rockets' defensive problem is a problem with the system, it is a problem of configuration, Matthews is powerless in the face of such a system problem.
From the current point of view, when Porter, Green and Wood are on the court at the same time, Matthews can not save the Rockets' defense, when Porter, Green and Wood are on the court at the same time, the offensive ups and downs, many mistakes, other players' ball rights are greatly reduced, Matthews' ball rights have also declined, which is why Matthews can bring great contributions to the Rockets' 7 consecutive wins, but the recent Rockets' huge problems at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends Matthews can not make up, not matthews' influence is not enough, but the rocket's pit for some people is too big.