On January 13, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Houston Rockets away to the San Antonio Spurs, and finally the Rockets started five people to score all in double figures, defeating the Spurs 128:124.
The biggest contributor to this game was Eric Gordon, who played 32 minutes and shot 9 of 10, including 6 of 7 three-pointers and 7 of 10 free throws, with 31 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal. Christian Wood still had a steady output, playing 32 minutes, shooting 9-of-17, with 23 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block.
Of course, the biggest change in the game was when head coach Silas staggered the playing time of Jaylen Green and Porter Jr. In previous matches, Silas has almost always had the duo of the two future backcourts ditto ditto. When the two were on the field at the same time, Green always stayed in the bottom corner, most of the time was back and forth, it was difficult to get the ball, and the time left could only barely shoot, which greatly reduced the shooting rate. In today's game, although Green's three-point line outside the feel is not good, he still showed the physical talent of the top eye from the backcourt with a dragon breakthrough.
The Rockets were able to win the Spurs away from home today, and Porter Jr.'s performance in the fourth quarter was indispensable, he scored 12 points on 4-of-4 shooting in a single quarter, and in the spurs' crazy pursuit stage, his consecutive three-point shots allowed the Rockets to maintain the lead.
After the game, Silas said in an interview: "For both of them, it is important that they can attack, and sometimes when they are on the field, only one person attacks and the other person does not attack." Yes, I believe that staggered time with Porter Jr. at the same time, Green will have more ball-holding offense, his offensive talent will be put to play, this year's best rookie battle, we will wait and see!!!!!!