In the previous 3 games against the Lone Rangers, Timberwolves, and 76ers, the Rockets were almost once on the court, the first quarter easily let the opponent shoot down 40 points, and they were fiercely limited on the offensive end, with a double-digit point difference, these young players of the Rockets had no room to fight back on the court, losing 20 points in three consecutive games, once making fans lose confidence in this team.
And against the Spurs this game, the Rockets is a change of the norm, the first quarter of their own offensive end is full bloom, once ahead of the Spurs to 2 figures, although the final Spurs played a counterattack, but the first quarter ended the Rockets or 39:36 lead the opponent. A good start allowed the Rockets to see the dawn of victory, in the next 3 quarters, although the Spurs frequently gave back shots, but the Rockets still persevered, and finally the whole game was 128:124 to defeat the opponent to end the 3-game losing streak, while giving the opponent 4 consecutive losses.
In fact, the Rockets can win this game and the previous game comparison is still very obvious, although the opening siaras put up the regular starting lineup of Porter Jr., Green, Gordon, Tate, Wood, but after the game entered the second quarter, Silas made changes to the rotation of the team, he did not let Porter Jr. and Green go up and down, tied the two together, but deliberately staggered the rotation time of the two. Since the new season, Silas has been tying Porter Jr. and Green together, treating the two of them as the team's backcourt double, but in fact, the two did not have a chemical reaction in the game, more of a mechanical cooperation, which greatly limited Green's play, the fans are also quite dissatisfied with the combination, and even before today's game, the team reporter asked Silas why he did not take them both apart and use, and Silas replied: "I want to see." I want to see those guys playing together and playing against each other. Let one person be on one side of the floor and one person on the other side of the floor. I hope he can help each other to play better. ”
I thought that this game Silas would continue to continue his attitude and continue to make the two go up and down, but I didn't expect that after entering the second quarter, Silas split the two of them, and finally this game allowed Green to get a lot of shots, of course, only because he didn't feel good, this game shot 4 of 14, 6 of 3 points, only got 14 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.
In addition to changing the rotation of the team, Silas's use of Porter Jr. has also changed, he did not let him play point guard throughout the game, more time was for Augustine, Christopher, Gordon and even Tate to control the ball, while Porter Jr. played the wingback swing man. Porter Jr. had 18 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, including 6-of-10 shooting and 3-of-5 three-pointers. Judging from his data in this game, Porter Jr. is obviously more suitable for playing the 2-3 position, he can not serve as the team's starting No. 1 position, after all, this is what he has been good at since entering the league, as an organizational defender, Porter Jr. has no overall view, does not have a good vision, and often hesitates between his own offense or organizational teammates, which leads to a lot of inexplicable mistakes on the court.
In fact, with the ability that Porter Jr. is now showing, he is the most suitable to play the role of the sixth person on the team bench, so this game is also a proof that Porter Jr. is not suitable for partnerIng Green, so in the next game, Silas needs to carefully consider the choice in the starting No. 1 position, and maybe the No. 24 show Christopher will be a good choice...