On January 17, Beijing time, the Rockets played against the King, and the Rockets successfully defeated the Kings 118-112 at the end of the game. The Rockets managed to beat the Spurs in the last game, and it's really hard to say who won the game now, and while the Kings lineup looks better, they don't have a good record this season, so the Kings really don't have to win much of the game. In this game, the Rockets once occupied a big lead, but soon the Kings caught up with the score to complete the rebound, but in the fourth quarter of the game, the Rockets once again exerted their strength to take the lead, although the Kings chased only 1 point behind, but in the end the Rockets refused the King to reverse and win the game.
The Rockets started 13-0 in the first quarter, followed by Davis shooting to stop the bleeding, after which Tate and others continued to help the team score, and the Rockets also led by 16 points. However, in the later games, the Rockets' offensive downturn also had mistakes and was chased close to the score, and in the final stage, Mitchell and Shen Jing each scored for the team, and the Rockets led by 8 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Martin and others helped extend the lead, and Matthews hit a three-pointer after the Rockets led by 14 points. After the Kings found the offensive state, Fox and others helped the team to close the score, and the Rockets' offensive downturn did not say that there were mistakes, relying on Barnes and Meitu Kings to surpass 2 points. Fox and Barnes continued to help the team score points in the final stage, and the Kings led by five points at the end of the half.
In the third quarter of the game, the Rockets chased the score, Porter hit a three-pointer after the Rockets overtook 2 points, the next game two teams each played a very sticky score, the next game two teams attacked iron, the key moment Mitchell helped the team hit three points, and then the Rockets made a mistake, Davis scored under the basket, then Matthews 2 of 2 free throws, the third quarter ended the rocket fell behind by 3 points. In the fourth quarter of the game, Hield also scored, and then Harkless also helped the team score, Martin stole the layup to score, and then relied on Matthews and Gordon to take a three-point lead, Matthews scored after Hield hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding, Matthews played 3+1, and then Barnes and Hield helped the team to chase the score, and the next two teams played each other, and the Rockets led by 3 points. In the following game, the Rockets relied on Gordon and others to still take the lead, and in the end, the King had no choice but to lose.
In this game, the Kings did not have a chance to win the game, but they dug their holes in the fourth quarter to let the Rockets open the score too early, but they were not without effort in this quarter, relying on Hield, Barnes and Mitchell, they also chased the score, and the Rockets were able to respond, so the Kings eventually lost the game. At the same time, during the game, Matthews rushed to the basket, and the ball was dropped by Fox's cap, but Fox moved too much and directly slapped Matthews flat on the ground, and the latter landed on his back, which was very painful. After reviewing the footage, the referee awarded Fox a second-degree malicious foul, which was directly expelled from the game. Fox finished the game with 14 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Hield had 27 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and Barnes had 12 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.
At the same time, the Rockets can win the game, and the substitute Matthews is also credited, after all, his performance in the fourth quarter game is to help the team open the score, which is a very important thing for the Rockets, Matthews got 17 points and 1 rebound at the end of the game. And Porter did well in this game, the fourth quarter key moment can also hit three points, as for Green also grabbed the rebound at the key moment, and then there was Gordon to score, so this game rocket won Porter and Green are meritorious, the end of the game Porter got 23 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists data, Green got 15 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Gordon got 15 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.