Halfway through the regular season, the All-Star Rockets are on the list, and the players who have not rockets in two consecutive seasons have entered the All-Stars, which is a lot less to look forward to, and if the dunk contest has Martin Jr., there is still a lot of points to watch.
Today's game against the Blazers, Porter Jr. was sidelined due to illness (not the new crown), and Wood also said that he had a bit of a migraine before the game, but Wood eventually started for the team. The Rockets dug a big hole in the first quarter, trailing by 12 points 32-20 in the single quarter, and the offensive end of the second quarter improved, with 33 points in the single quarter, but it also failed to defend the Blazers, and the Blazers still maintained a lead of 34 points in the single quarter until the second half. The Rockets picked up in the third quarter, relying on the excellent performances of Martin Jr., Matthews and Wood, approaching the point difference 32-25 in the single quarter, but the sluggish state in the fourth quarter still buried the game, and Kiti lost three consecutive games;
Due to Porter Jr.'s absence, the Rockets put Matthews back on the starting line-up, the first quarter can be seen that Matthews does not have Porter Jr.'s organizational ability, although the defensive ability is similar, but Matthews' role in both ends of the attack and defense is slightly worse than Porter Jr., which also led to the team's first quarter of digging holes, although matthews in the second quarter had 13 points in a single quarter, 2 of 2 out of three, but without organizing teammates, his explosive score still failed to lead the team back to the score.
Matthews played 36 minutes, had 21 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 5 of 9 three-pointers, and was one of the few players in the Rockets who I felt could be trusted in terms of scoring and defense, but for the lack of organizational ability and too much reliance on the shortcomings of grabbing three-point shooting, it still needs to be made up in the offseason.
Talking about the second Dengge, since playing the Jazz, Dengge's state has declined relatively quickly, I don't know if it is affected by trading rumors, against the Warriors scored 10 points, three points 4 of 0, against the Spurs to get 7 points, three points 3 of 0, this game against the Blazers played 33 minutes, got 7 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, three points 3 of 0, has been three consecutive three-point no goal, this is the season of three-point shooting rate of 40% + players, a little too incredible.
Speaking of the table, Green scored 17 points, 5 boards and 5 assists in 33 minutes, shooting 4 of 11 from the field, 2 of 8 from three-point range, 7 of 9 from the free throw line, and -9 plus or minus. Although the positive and negative values are useless, many people use this to say things, so let's also bring it.
In this game, it can be clearly seen that Green is still trying to adapt to the new shooting position, and it can be seen that he is also more active in protecting rebounds and defense, showing a good passing vision and impact.
Because of the continuous downturn, everyone is saying that Green has water, but the actual Rockets general manager Stone firmly believes that Green can play out, he is not a parallel cargo. Assistant coaches Lucas and Christopher have been encouraging and helping Green, and I believe that as long as Green does not suffer injuries while maintaining weight gain and practice organization, even if he is not a cornerstone player, he will be a qualified starter for the Rockets.
This season is one of the more chaotic seasons I have seen, the Big Three Lakers have fallen out of the top eight in the West, Hiti 2 consecutive losses, while the same Big Three Nets are still in the East Five, but the team is consistent with the sixth number team win, the 7th Hornets are only 2 wins away, this really fell below the eyeballs.
Even if my Rockets want to win the lottery, there are competitors, in addition to the old Pistons and Magic and Thunder, now the Kings have joined the ranks of the pendulum, and many players in the team have been on the shelves, waiting for the right chips.
I didn't expect to be bad now, the Thunder above us has lost 7 consecutive games, we and the Thunder are only 0.5 wins apart, so we can't win, the new rival King has lost 5 consecutive games, only 3.5 wins away from the King, the competition is understood, more defeats and more understanding.
Today Gerald Green kicked off the Rockets, hoping that the Rockets can continue to cultivate loyal players and win the championship as soon as possible with the hope of fire honey!