On February 25, Beijing time, the end of the All-Star Weekend was leisurely, and many players in the NBA began to rush for the regular season again. For a team like the Rockets that has missed the playoffs, the next 24 games are more like "going through the motions", after all, the only goal of the Rockets is to fight for the winner. In 24 games, no matter how hard the Rockets try to win, there have been too many losses before, and the Rockets will not be able to enter the playoffs.
If it's a normal bad team, it's good to continue to lose in the next 24 games, and make a show in the game, but the Rockets don't seem to want that. The Houston Rockets, known as the "Texas Junior Strong", may still be in the team. The Rockets finished 9th in the Regular Season in the West for several consecutive seasons, and were only one step away from entering the playoffs. But even so, the Rockets did not want to mess up, although they failed to get a high pick, but the spirit of the Rockets was enough to be touching.
Is the current Rockets trying to replicate the hardness of "Texas Little Strong"? Or do you just lie flat and keep messing around? Perhaps the answer is the former. Rockets' main point guard Kevin Porter Jr. made a "military order", in the interview, Porter Jr. specifically talked about the Rockets' plans and personal commitments for the next 24 games.
Porter Jr. believes the Rockets need to be more consistent in the remaining 24 games and take the rest of the games very seriously. Porter Jr. also said the Rockets are fighting for every game, and he's also trying to build chemistry with Jaylen Green. In addition, the young Porter Jr. also had a "bold" outlook on the Rockets' performance next season, saying: "Next season we will become terrible, we will make other teams feel scared." ”
In fact, the Rockets have suddenly changed from a weak team in the West this season to a strong team next season, which seems to have a very small probability. But porter Jr. has this idea is still good, after all, the Suns were not the same, has been in the mess for many years and there is no improvement, but in the 2019-2020 season into the Orlando park for the regular season, the Suns suddenly broke out, although they failed to enter the playoffs, but their record is eye-catching.
Look at the Suns now, they are far ahead of other teams in the Western Conference. Can the current Rockets replicate the Suns' miracle? Not impossible. The Rockets don't lack talent, only the confidence to win. This season is already like this, and the Rockets will not have too many wins in the closing stages, but the experience accumulated this season and the "tuition" paid for losing are the capital for the Rockets to rise next season.
People can't do without dreams, what if they come true? After all, the NBA's slogan is "the place where miracles happen", the Rockets have been precipitated for 2 years, and the Rockets will have a high-ranking first-round pick in the offseason this year, if they can make good use of this advantage and choose a new star with internal talent, the Rockets do have the hope of rising.