On January 11, Beijing time, the Rockets lost to the 76ers at home 91:111, and were swept by the 76ers this season while suffering three consecutive defeats.
This season, the Rockets have played a wave of 7 consecutive wins, during the 7 consecutive wins, the Rockets beat the Bulls, Hornets, two Thunder, Magic, Pelicans and Nets, but the recent Rockets have not been good, according to statistics, the Rockets before the 7 consecutive wins, it is 1 win and 16 losses, followed by 3 wins and 15 losses.
So, why are the Rockets' record ups and downs so great?
Let's take a look at the Rockets' seven-game winning streak, starting from Gordon, Brooks, Matthews, Tate and Wood, with martin, Augustine, Shinkin and Christopher.
During the Rockets' 7-game winning streak, Porter and Green were on a long hiatus, Andys was thrown out of the rotation, prompting Gordon and Brooks to enter the starting line, the most important players on the team were Gordon, Tate and Wood, of which Gordon was the most stable player on the offensive end of the Rockets, Wood was the most comprehensive player on the Offensive end of the Rockets, Tate was the best player in the Rockets' defense, plus Brooks and Matthews had excellent projection ability, prompting the Rockets to be very good at space on the offensive end, and the defense was twisted into a rope.
In the recent and even the opening stage of the Rockets, the Rockets' starting lineup has been Porter, Green, Tate, Theis and Wood for a long time, as well as the starting lineup of Porter, Green, Gordon, Tate and Wood, with the benches in the opening stage being Gordon, Augustine, Shenjing, and House, and the recent benches being Martin, Christopher, Brooks, and Matthews.
However, no matter how the rotation lineup changes, Green, Porter and Wood are all important rotations of the team, and they are all players who must be on the team's final stage, and it can be said that these three people are the focus of the team's training, very dependent on young people.
However, such three players, very incompatible, are the root cause of the Rockets' losses in the opening stages, as well as in the recent period, and the absence of Porter and Green during the Rockets' winning streak, which is very telling.
From the offensive end, Porter's problems are random shots, unreasonable timing, poor offensive choices, and a keen jump shot, but the offensive stability is not good, and the grasp of the offense is not good.
On the offensive end, Green's problem is that the projection fluctuates greatly, the timing of offensive choice and judgment needs to be improved, the offensive technology needs to be improved, and the power confrontation needs to be improved.
On the offensive end, Wood's problems are poor confrontation ability, poor finishing ability against strong defenders, poor finishing ability at key moments, and great ups and downs in offense.
That is to say, the rocket's three players have poor offensive stability, the best is Wood, but Wood's key ball ability is not strong, and the limitations are very obvious.
These three players are not well controlled by mistakes, of which Porter often makes mistakes, is played by the opponent to attack and defend, Green does not have much ball, there are not many mistakes, but once Green has more ball rights, mistakes naturally come up, Wood is relatively a player with fewer mistakes.
From the defensive end, Wood's defense is very bad, Wood's defense is not good, facing a tall and strong interior line, poor confrontation ability, poor rebound protection and protective frame, poor defensive position and defensive scale, often become the focus of opponents.
Green's defensive position and defensive habits are not good, the understanding of tactics is not good, often appear to be one step by the opponent, the foul rate is very high, and Green's defensive prediction on the field has made some progress, but it is still not good.
Porter's defense is very bad, defensive awareness and defensive enthusiasm is not good, defensive focus is not good, often being stepped over by opponents, changing defenses is very bad, and the willingness to defend is not strong.
When the Rockets put these three players on the court at the same time, the stability on the offensive end is definitely not better, the defense is definitely not better, the offense and defense are not good, how can the team win? Theis is just an incompatible substitute for these three players at the beginning of the season, these three players are not suitable to be on the floor at the same time, otherwise the offensive and defensive ends are incompatible, which is the root cause of the Rockets' loss.