After sending off the team's superstar players one after another, the Houston Rockets finally returned to the original point and became a bullying fish belly team. However, in the stage of rebuilding the team, they also gained a lot of chips to help the team improve. Porter Jr., who plays the starting point guard but plays as a point guard, Wood, who still maintains a double-double statistic, and Jaylen Green, who gradually cashed in on his talent, and Schroeder, who got the trade deadline. Maybe the Rockets won't qualify for the championship for at least two years to come, but we definitely have reason to believe that they will be a strong playoff team in the future.
In this game, the Houston Rockets away to challenge the Los Angeles Clippers, who also have no superstar players. Unlike the Rockets' situation of rotten reconstruction, the Cacho combination in the Clippers has suffered injuries one after another, and has had to miss the team's games for a long time, and the Clippers have also suffered a lot of trouble in recent times. So far, the Clippers have only achieved a record of 29 wins and 31 losses, ranking 8th in the West, and whether they can reach the playoffs is still a lot of suspense. So, what kind of spark will burst out when teams without superstar players on both sides meet?
At the beginning of the game, the Clippers, who played at home, took the lead and gained the advantage of leading the score. Reggie Jackson shot 3-of-4 in the first quarter and delivered 8 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists, Morris Jr. also had 8 points and 2 assists, and Mann, who had 9 points and 2 rebounds. With the team's starters in succession, the Clippers took advantage of the trend to play a 36-27 single-quarter score to get a 9-point lead. And entering the second quarter showdown, the Clippers, who have a lead in the score, can continue to threaten, further widening the point difference between the two teams.
Reggie also contributed 4 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists, and Kennard even sent 19 points, 1 assist and 2 steals on 7-of-7 shooting in a single quarter to help the team play a 35-32 score and take a three-point lead. By the end of the first half, the Clippers had a 12-point lead at 71-59. The point difference between the two sides has been widened one after another, and the Clippers are bound to win the game. Easy to fight again, Morris Jr. can also make a threat, shooting 3 of 6 in a single game, 9 of 9 from the free throw line, sending 17 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal, and Mann also has 9 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.
After the 36-20 score in the single quarter, the difference between the two sides reached a crucial 28 points, and there was no suspense in this game. After entering the final quarter of the showdown, the Clippers did not choose to kill people, sending rotating players to consume the remaining game time. In the end, after the regular time of the fourth quarter, the Clippers once again played a 35-32 score and completed a 31-point victory with a 142-111 score! Looking back on that game, the Clippers once again played the mighty style of their playoff powerhouse.
Even without the Cacho combination, he even created a rare big victory in the absence of new signing Powell. The team's seven players scored in double digits, and although Reggie was not in good shape, he also had 12 points, 3 rebounds and 14 assists, making a huge contribution to the organizational offensive end. In the 25 minutes of playing, Morris Jr. also delivered a game-high score of 27 points, as well as 5 rebounds and 3 assists, and Kennard, who came off the bench, shot 8 of 9 from three points in a single game, and also sent a key 25 points!
Seeing the Rockets who lost away from home, there are also many remarkable places. Although Wood conceded defeat in advance, the data performance was not very good, but the team's top star Jaylen Green was also able to deliver the team's highest score of 21 points and 2 assists in a single game. Moreover, after a single game, the Rockets have also had 7 players who have scored in double digits. The reason for the huge point difference is also the efficient scoring efficiency of the Clippers side and the unreasonable outside output.