On February 17, Beijing time, the Rockets lost 121:124 to the Suns on the road, suffering 6 consecutive defeats, and 6 consecutive defeats is the longest losing streak in the current league.
In this game, Rockets Kevin Porter Jr. and Wood missed the game due to illness, and after the game, Rockets coach Silas said that the two had stomach upset, prompting Silas to line up the starting lineup of Schroder, Green, Gordon, Tate and Shinkin.
This starting lineup infinitely improves the efficiency of the Rockets at both ends of the attack and defense, especially Schroeder changed to play the organization guard, completely revitalized the whole team, when Porter as the starting point guard, when Wood, Tate, Green and Gordon have their own proportion of the ball to attack independently, although the ball is more in Porter's hands, but the Rockets' ball holding points are more dispersed, Porter's ability is not highly recognized by the rest of the team, prompting the Rockets to appear singles and the proportion of independent offense is very high.
When Schroeder acted as the starting point guard, Gordon, Green and Tate basically handed over the control of the ball, allowing Schroeder to organize and dominate, Schroeder's independent attack and passing organization were just right, and the whole team was well glued together, the most important thing was Schroeder's choice on the field, the command of teammates when there was no ball, the grasp of rhythm and timing, the judgment of the situation on the field, and the combination of sudden shots, which seemed very sophisticated.
And Shen Jing replaced Wood, the effect is also obvious, Wood as an offensive point prefers singles, whether it is shooting on the outside line, or holding the ball to break through, because Wood's passing vision and means are not outstanding, prompting the Rockets' offensive integrity is not good, coupled with Wood's limitations on the defensive end is very large, when Wood is on the court, basically presents a situation of killing a thousand self-inflicted losses of eight hundred.
When Shen Jing entered the first shot, the Rockets had one more point of response in the high position, Shen Jing's foul making ability was stronger than Wood's, Shen Jing's vision and passing means and technology on the offensive end were better than Wood's, Shen Jing's defensive awareness and defensive habits were better than Wood's, so when Shen Jing was on the court, the Rockets' singles were significantly reduced, the team's play style was more like a whole, on the defensive end, the Rockets' defense and co-defense did better, and there were fewer defensive loopholes.
When Schroeder and Shen Jing replaced Porter and Wood, the impact on the Rockets was very positive, the Rockets' defense became better, the team and integrity of the offense became better, and the organization and tandem ability of Shen Jing and Schroeder made the Rockets play more reasonably and more methodically.
After such a chemical reaction, the rocket is in the lead against the sun most of the time, although the sun's targeting ability is stronger, more adept at finding the rocket's defensive weaknesses, and creating a misalignment, from the opening stage, the sun frequently targets Shen Jing's defensive scale, and the discipline of the rocket to change defense through the test of defense, but the rocket has withstood the test.
In the first half, the Rockets did a very good job of rebounding in the front court, especially the bench lineup highlighted the Rockets' youth and vitality, Schroeder acted as the organizational guard of the starting lineup, Gordon acted as the organizational defender of the bench lineup, liberated Jaylen Green and Gordon in the starting stage, and the Rockets put down a small lineup for a long time in the bench transition period, facing McGee, although the height and frame were not good, but the mobility was better, and the space on the offensive end became better.
In the second half, the Rockets' mistakes were very poorly controlled, especially in key moments, Gordon and Tate's consecutive mistakes directly prompted the Rockets to lose this game, which is still too much for young teams to learn and grow.
From the current point of view, Schroeder is the most balanced defender of the Rockets' offense and tandem, when Schroeder and Shen Jing are on the floor at the same time, the Rockets have made great improvements in attack and defense, although the Rockets still lost this game, but Shen Jing and Jaylen Green have excellent performances, the Rockets showed a certain competitiveness, such a loss is more meaningful.