On January 15, 2022, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, in the Rockets away challenge to the Kings, although they had the advantage in the first quarter of the game, but as the game progressed their disadvantages were slowly exposed, and finally the Kings completed the reversal, losing the game at 114:126, regrettably losing the game!
In fact, the Rockets lost this game is expected, after all, their disadvantages are still obvious compared to opponents, but the core players of the team are not competitive enough, especially the two young players. Porter Jr. played 31 minutes, shooting 7-of-16 from the field and 1-of-7 from three-point range, with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists. Jaylen Green, on the other hand, played 32 minutes, shooting 5-of-18 from the field and 1-of-6 from three-point range, with 11 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds!
It can be said that the performance of these two people really did not meet the expectations of the fans, especially their outside three-pointers, and the two three-pointers in this game only shot 2 of 13, which is indeed very bad. In the past 9 games, Porter Jr.'s three-point shooting rate is 30.8%, and Green's three-point shooting rate is only 28.2%, and the downturn of these two people is the reason why the Rockets' performance has been very bad!
In fact, these two young players have a very large potential, the reason why they can not play a good state, largely because the Rockets' current team environment is really not good, the team basically has no tactical literacy to speak of, there is no special tactics for these two young players, let them take the ball on the court, and many of them are facing the defense forced to shoot, such a state of shooting rate can reach a very high is impossible!
And the team now seems to have resolved the contradictions, but it is clear on the field that there is no cohesion, the team is not united, and such an environment is not conducive to the growth of the team's young people. Hopefully, before the trade deadline, the team will be able to make some trades so that these young people can have a better environment to grow, which is the right direction for the team to rebuild!