After the All-Star holiday, the Rockets will also usher in a game against the Magic on February 26, Beijing time, and before this game, the Rockets' internal injury situation has also been updated:
Among them, Usman Garruba can't play because of a broken left wrist injury, John Wall still won't play for the Rockets, and Daison Knicks and Quinn have been delegated to development. For the Rockets, the team's most important task for the rest of the season is to give the young players in the squad as many opportunities as possible and grow.
On the other hand, Rockets leader Jaylen Green averaged 16 points in the 10 games before the All-Star, but in the three games before these games, Green's overall condition was not ideal, and he only scored 17 points in 6 of 40 in these 3 games, including the embarrassing performance of 11 shots 0 against the Warriors.
Speaking about the change in state before the All-Star, Green said:
"I think I'm just getting back in shape," Green said of getting better, "all my extra work, getting out of bed and shooting training, I think those are the most important things, I get back focused on training and the form comes back." ”
Jaylen Green's overall performance in his rookie season was not stable, but it was also a stage of growth that he had to go through as a rookie player.
Finally, rocket coach Stephen Silas revealed in an interview the team's goals for the rest of the season:
"I want to be a team with better defense in these 24 games," Silas said, "it will depend on how hard the whole team is working and we will push this forward." ”
For the Rockets in the rebuilding phase, if the team can play well enough defensively in the remaining games, this will indeed be a very ideal situation.