Tomorrow morning, at 11:00 Beijing time on January 15, the Rockets will challenge the Kings on the road, and the Rockets will play the Kings again at 7:00 a.m. on the 17th. In fact, this season, the Rockets have had this arrangement of playing two games with a team in a row, one is to reduce the team's hard work on the road, and the other is to avoid unnecessary contact with frequent away games.
Regardless, the Rockets looked good, with the Rockets having just beaten the Spurs under Gordon in the previous game, and Porter Jr. also scored 12 points in the final quarter, contributing 18 points and helping the Rockets narrowly beat the Spurs on the road. The next two times against the Kings, can the Rockets win? Although the rocket team is not as strong as the king team, both teams belong to the weak brigade in the west, and the rocket team is not without the possibility of winning the battle.
In order to win this away game, the Rockets have already rushed to Sacramento, where the Kings are located. Today, all the Rockets players, led by coach Silas and assistant coach Will Weaver, went to the Kings' home stadium for all-team training - which is also a necessary subject for every Rockets game. It is worth mentioning that Silas said yesterday that Shen Jing will usher in a comeback in the next game against the Kings, which is also Shen Jing's first appearance in half a month.
In the training of the Rockets today, we also saw the shadow of Shen Jing, who was no longer limited to shooting training, but had a one-on-one confrontation with his Rocket teammates on the inside line, and physical contact was indispensable. This fully shows that Shen Jing is in good shape at present, although the ankle sprain, but now half a month of recovery process is still quite smooth, it is expected that tomorrow's game, Shen Jing will become Wood's first substitute to play.
In addition to Shin Kyung, the Rockets' players such as Porter Jr., Gordon, Nuwaba, and Brooks are all working hard. In particular, Gordon, who bombed 31 points in the previous game, is even more pioneering, after all, this 33-year-old veteran will be the spiritual core of the Rockets, and with Gordon, the Rockets have a backbone in the game.
Gordon also desperately needs to continue to play all-Star performances in the game to facilitate trades, and leave the Rockets as soon as possible to join a playoff team to fight for this year's championship trophy. I believe that the Rockets are also willing to release people, but the premise is that there must be chips that the Rockets can see.
At present, except for Wall, who has agreed that he will not play for the Rockets, there is no longer a player name on Hugh City's injury list. While the Knicks and Quinn were sent down to the development league, they were not the Rockets' primary rotation. This also shows that the Rockets can finally "play full" in the next game. If the Rockets don't play well this time, Silas can't blame the lineup. However, judging from the morale shown by the Rockets' victory over the Spurs in the last game, this game is likely to win two consecutive games.