Against the Spurs, the Rockets finally won the game 128:124, ending the team's 3-game losing streak, but in fact, this game is not just about ending the losing streak, which also makes the team's coach Silas figure out some things.
Entering the new season, the rocket's management did one thing, they gave Wall to the DNP, and at the same time put the team's backcourt Porter Jr. to the team's starting No. 1 position to partner with Green, it is obvious that they want to train Porter Jr. and Green as the new stars in the backcourt, but Porter Jr. did not show his talent in combing the team's organizational offense this season, and his assist-error ratio at the beginning of the season was close to 1:1, which is the worst grade in the NBA, after his return from injury, Although the assist data has improved significantly, and the mistakes have been reduced accordingly, but the shortcomings that have always existed in Porter Jr. as the number one position have not been solved, and more importantly, there is no chemical reaction between him and Green, the two are on the field at the same time, green is more often crouched in the bottom corner, which leads to the Little Porter team is not connected, his own offense is not open, and Green has not cultivated.
Recently, fans have also been quite skeptical about The use of Silas, thinking that he should split Porter Jr. and Green, and before the game against the Spurs, there were also questions from reporters on the team, 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. "Looking at his words, he didn't want to change the meaning of the rotation, but he didn't expect that in the game he really did it, from the second quarter of the game, he staggered the playing time of Porter Jr. and Green, and the whole game Porter Jr. was more in the 2-3 position, handing over the big bat of the organization.
In the end, the game Silas changed sides or received obvious results, Porter Jr. did not play organizational guard to perform better, the whole game 10 of 6, 3 of 5 three points, bombed 18 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, which is his best performance in the past 6 games. In addition, this game Green also has more opportunities to shoot on the court, of course, only because he is changing the shooting shot, this game he played more struggle, 4 of 14 in the whole game, 6 of 3 points, got 14 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, the efficiency is not very high. In an interview after the game, Silas said: "It's important for both of them to be able to attack, and sometimes when they're both on the field, only one person attacks and the other one doesn't. It is not difficult to see from his words that Silas has realized that Porter Jr. and Green cannot coexist in the field.
And this may also mean that the Rockets backcourt combination to change the day, after all, Porter Jr. entered the league is to play the 2-3 position, although there is a certain organizational potential, but his big picture, his vision is very limited, which is difficult to practice the day after tomorrow, in the next game Silas may reduce his possession time, then this is a chance for the team's No. 24 show Christopher to get on the spot.
Christopher has been very good since he entered the rotation, personal offensive talent is not to say, the defense is also very good, more importantly, he has a lot of potential in organizing the possession, once in the game against the Pistons is also a single game to give 7 assists, the Rockets are very willing to make him a Holliday like the player, after the game against the Spurs, Cyras also specifically mentioned Christopher, he said: "To be honest, I didn't expect him to rotate, but he won this qualification. "Therefore, in the case of changes in the team's backcourt, he is bound to become the focus of the team's training, and he will be trained to the No. 1 position."