On January 20, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and the Rockets challenged the Jazz away. The Rockets came on the court to beat the Kings, the momentum is still good, this time Jazz Mitchell is absent. As soon as the Rockets came up and seized the opportunity to take the lead, the Jazz launched a counterattack in the second quarter, successfully reversing the score, once taking a 13-point lead, but then the Rockets reversed the score with an 18-1 offensive wave; the Rockets also withstood the Jazz's counterattack in the last quarter, and Porter Jr.'s three-point shot sealed the victory. In the end, the Rockets beat the Jazz 116-111 to win two straight.
The Rockets and jazz are also old rivals, but as the rockets enter the rebuild, they are far behind the Jazz in terms of strength, and they are also ridiculed by the old General House (who currently plays for the Jazz). Don't look at the Rockets in the bottom of the West, but they sometimes perform very well, plus the Jazz do not have Mitchell, the Rockets feel hot outside. Even if it was once 13 points behind the unfavorable situation, it was able to withstand it, and finally completed the reversal, and at the key moment, it resisted the opponent's counterattack and successfully won the game.
The Rockets' outside touch was hot in this game, with 22 of 45 three-pointers shooting 48.9%, and what was more frightening was that a total of 8 players hit three-pointers, of which Matthews on the bench hit the highest 5 three-pointers and contributed the most 23 points; in addition, Gordon, Tate, Wood, Porter Jr. and Brooks all hit 3 three-pointers, and Green and Shinkin hit 1 each. It was everyone who hit the three-pointer, making the Jazz invincible, only to watch the ball fly into the net again and again.
In this game, Porter Jr. once again made a contribution, playing 30 minutes, shooting 6 of 12, 3 of 6 from three points, 15 points and 8 assists, and only 1 turnover. In the final moments of the game, the Rockets only led by 2 points, this attack score will lock the win, the ball came to the hands of Porter Jr., in the face of O'Neal's defense, he did not panic, directly chose a three-point shot, the ball flew into the net steadily, helping the team to take a 5-point lead, directly locking the victory in advance. And this ball is the same as the original position of the Wizards, it seems that his ability to grasp this position is still very good.
Watching Porter Jr. make a contribution on the court, the team leader Green was a little lost, and he was abandoned by the team at the last moment, and could only sit on the bench to watch the ball. In this campaign, Green only played 22 minutes and 43 seconds, 3 of 13 shooting, 4 of 3 three-pointers, and only had 7 points, 5 rebounds and 1 steal. Since he is the cornerstone of the team, he should be given more time, otherwise how can there be progress. In fact, in the last moments, Green's chances are very few, the game to win the King, the last quarter Offirm basically turned back on the field, and the ball rarely passed to his hands.