On February 15, Beijing time, the Rockets lost to the Jazz 101:135 on the road, and suffered another 5 consecutive defeats.
In this game, Gordon returned from injury, Silas lined up the starting lineup of Porter, Green, Gordon, Tate and Wood, and the Rockets' new signing Schroeder also made his debut on behalf of the Rockets, which greatly changed the Rockets' rotation lineup.
In the Rockets starting lineup, Porter played point guard, Green played point guard, Gordon played small forward, in fact, these three people were the most original scoring guards, Potter swung to the number one position, Gordon swung to the third position, such a rotation, prompting the Rockets to start the lineup to appear more reasonable.
However, in the game, Porter and Green's defense is always a problem, coupled with the poor stability of the offensive end, prompting the Rockets' starting lineup to appear offensive and defensive, especially defense, when Wood + Green + Porter's defensive lineup, it seems difficult to say, which is the root of the Rockets' point difference.
The Rockets' biggest problem at the moment is knowing that Porter and Green have a lot of problems on the defensive end and are very unstable on the offensive end, but the team is rebuilding around these two players, and the Rockets have also accepted this situation of not having both offense and defense, which makes the Rockets' game scene not good.
In the bench transition period, due to the addition of new signing Schroeder, Christopher, who was originally Porter's substitute, returned to the position of scoring guard, but Silas's rotation generally likes Porter or Green with a substitute lineup, prompting When Schroeder plays, Christopher can't play, and when Christopher plays, it basically becomes garbage time, resulting in the Rockets' rotation appearing extremely chaotic.
Because of such a chaotic rotation, Silas was criticized by the media after the game, and Silas argued that there was no time for dead balls in the second quarter, resulting in no Schroeder, and Silas also said that he would give Schroeder more playing time.
From the current rocket training order, the team's most important players are Porter, Green, ShinJing, Christopher, the four players, Martin Jr. in the rotation of the team has been very advanced, but more as immediate combat strength, Tate is also as immediate combat strength, the Rockets as a rebuilt team, the order of training and goals are very distinct.
However, the Rockets exchanged Theiss for Schroder through the trade, prompting Christopher's playing time to be limited, coupled with Silas's obvious statement that he would increase Schroder's playing time, without affecting the young players' playing time, the most affected is not Gordon, and Gordon was not traded before the trade deadline, it is possible to be traded in the offseason, and Schroder is more as an expired contract, playing an excessive role in the Rockets, that is, because of Schroeder's arrival, Ostensibly Christopher and Gordon are affected, but in fact the Rockets' guard rotation will be affected.
In addition, the Rockets recently turned the Knicks' two-way contract into a 4-year formal contract, the Rockets' guard reserves are too sufficient, especially the reserves of scoring guards, appearing to be overcapacity, on the one hand, affecting the playing time and number of shots of young players, affecting the growth of young players, on the other hand, affecting the trading value of veterans such as Gordon, from this point of view, Schroeder showed a negative impact on the Rockets in the absence of positive performance, And that effect was on full display in its first game for the Rockets, and it was clear how to give the guard a better rotation that would give Silas a headache for a while, which was not a good thing for the Rockets.