On January 15, 2022, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and in the Rockets' away challenge to the Kings, they played a very good competitive state, scoring 40 points in the first quarter of the game, and also achieved a 9-point lead. But in the ensuing game they slowly became passive, winning back 14 points in the second quarter and five points behind their opponents in the half. In the second half of the game that followed, their disadvantage became more and more obvious, and at one point the point difference was stretched to 19 points, and finally the Rockets lost 126:114 to the opponent!
The best player on the Rockets' side in this game was Wood, who played 26 minutes, shot 8 of 15 from the field, and had 26 points and 8 rebounds, but he was a completely thirsty score on the court and did not bring any substantial help to the Rockets. In addition to Wood, the two backcourt youngsters Jaylen Green and Porter Jr. are also very sluggish, they are a total of 12 of 34 shots, shooting a low percentage!
If there's one Rockets player who plays best in this game, it's undoubtedly veteran Eric Gordon. In this game, Gordon appeared in 29 minutes, shooting 6 of 9 and 4 of 7 from three-point range, and efficiently cut down 16 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, making him one of the best plus-minus players on the Rockets!
It can be said that in recent games, Gordon's play has been very stable in the last game against the Spurs, Gordon appeared in 32.4 minutes, shooting 9 of 10 from the field, 6 of 7 from three-point range, and slashing 31 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Gordon's performance in these two games really gave the fans a big surprise, he only shot 19 times in two games, hit 15 of them, scored a total of 47 points, averaged 23.5 points per game, shot 78.9% from the field, shot 10 of 14 three-pointers, and hit 71.4%!
Such a terrible play really shows his current competitive state, which teams that are currently aiming for the championship should really consider whether to trade Gordon, if Gordon can go to a competitive team, his offensive and defensive roles will be very helpful to the team!