Since entering February, the Rockets have performed quite badly, the team has only won one victory in 8 games, although it almost won the previous game against the Suns, but this still can't hide the fact that the team performed badly, the most important thing is that in these 8 games, the Rockets have lost an average of 130+ points per game in 4 games, and it is clear that the team's problem is on the defensive end.
In fact, in the game before February, the Rockets' defense was not so bad, the team's average points conceded per game was only 115 points, and the overall performance was still passable, but during this time, the team's average points conceded per game had reached 124.5 points, and the culprit that caused the team's defensive decline was the core wood of the interior. In February, Wood played seven games for the Rockets, during which time he ranked second on the team in terms of offensive efficiency of 112, which looked good, but his defensive efficiency was only 129.2, the first from the bottom of the team. It is undeniable that he is one of the most effective players in the current Rockets lineup, but as the core of the team,Wood is really unattainable on the defensive end, first of all, he has no confrontation advantage on the inside line, and secondly, in order to make himself play more easily, in many cases Wood defends the opponent's small players by changing defenses, so that the rocket's other players have to face the opponent's interior players, which also causes the opponent to give and take in the rocket's restricted area.
In fact, Wood's defense in previous games has not been so bad, even his defensive efficiency throughout the season has been 116, which is much better than his recent form. To put it bluntly, his performance is not to defend, it is obvious that a player like him can not be the leader of the Rockets, it can be said that stone's biggest mistake before the end of the trade day is not to trade Wood out, to know that the Rockets are not without inside players available, in the previous game against the Suns, Wood was absent from Cyrence put Shen Jing in the team's starting lineup, and this game Shen Jing played a very bright performance, he not only limited Ayton's play well on the inside line, he also handed over very beautiful data , 19 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block data, and In this game, Shen Jing also hit 3 three-pointers, which is a good proof that Shen Jing now has the ability to play the starter.
Shin Kyoto has shown us his talent and ability in many games, and although he still has a lot of imperfections, he is already very good for a player who is only 20 years old, and the Rockets have completely tilted more resources to Shin Kyung to cultivate him, not for Wood to play at will. In addition, on the inside bench, the Rockets have another player Fernando can use, he played a good performance in the garbage time of the game against the Clippers in the last game, handed over 10 points and 5 rebounds in 9 minutes, and was also very positive on the court, because of the dirty work, knowing that the card position grabbed rebounds, and would give teammates a block, which was not seen in Wood. While the team's record of putting young players on top will not improve, or even worse, at least it makes more sense than letting Wood play, after all, young players are the future of the Rockets...