Averaging 118.1 points per game, that's the Rockets' defensive level this season. Among the 30 NBA teams, the Rockets' defensive quality is the first to last, but compared to the Rockets' poor defensive ability, Silas's team's offensive ability is actually not particularly bad. The Rockets currently average 108.5 points per game, even higher than the 5th strongest lone rangers in the West (106.6 points) per game.
What does this mean? With Wood, Gordon, Porter Jr. and Jaylen Green, these offensive good players, even if the Rockets do not have any particularly useful offensive tactics, the players alone can average 108 points per game, which shows that the Rockets are not much of a problem on the offensive end, although the offensive efficiency is not too high, but the Rockets' firepower in the entire league, also belongs to the middle level.
Compared with the sparse defense, the Rockets' offense is immediately much smoother. But the Rockets only have offense and no defense, and they can't win. Even D'Antoni, who was more inclined to attack at that time, was also very concerned about the Rockets' defense, and even the Rockets specially hired a defensive expert, Buzzdrick, to adjust the Rockets' defensive ability. Under the joint guidance of Coach Bu and D'Antoni, the Rockets practiced an "infinite change of defense" that was very suitable for the team's tactics, which also made the Rockets one of the strongest teams in the league at that time, and even competed with the Warriors.
But now, how can the Rockets improve the quality of their defense? In fact, in addition to the individual ability of the players, the team's emphasis on the defensive end can also affect the quality of the Rockets' defense. Maybe they're fed up with losing too many points per game, maybe they want to play something new, and after trying various offensive routines in previous games, the Rockets really want to improve their defensive intensity in the remaining 24 regular season games. Practicing defense, although it will not help this season's record, but next season's Rockets need to strengthen their defensive ability.
Coach Silas said he hopes to improve the Rockets' overall defense over the remaining 24 games. He said the Rockets strive to improve the quality of defense in 24 games and be a better defensive team. It depends on the efforts of the whole team, and he and the coaching staff will push for it. No matter what it was before, after the All-Star game, the Rockets will "start over" at this point in time, using 24 games to "try something new."
It seems that Silas will invent some new tactics in the next 24 games, and the tactics on the defensive end are naturally the top priority. This is probably the new goal set by the Rockets for the final stages of the season. Whether it's offensive or defensive tactics, in short, the Rockets will definitely have some new attempts that we haven't seen before in 24 games, but what kind of new things will come online? We'll have to wait and see, after all, Silas is young, but he is innovating and trying something new, much better than his predecessor D'Antoni.