At noon on March 5, the Rockets lost one more game in an away game against the Nuggets, so the Number of consecutive losses for the Rockets has been extended to 12. Not only is that the league's longest losing streak so far, but it also brings the Rockets closer and closer to signing. It seems that the Rockets lost, but in fact, the Rockets did not lose, one is that the rocket team's goal of the rot has been achieved, and the second is that the rockets' rookie Jaylen Green and Alperen Shenjing are also doing well.
Let's look at Green first. Not only did Jaylen Green deliver a beautiful seven assists in the game, but he also had 18 points on the line. He hit 7 of 14 shots, 2-of-6 from three-point range, 2-of-4 from the free throw line, and his statistics were brilliant with 18 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 block. Shin Kyung is not bad, as a rookie center, he spent most of his time against the Nuggets' former All-Star center Cousins.
Although Cousins is the MVP of this game, and he alone bombed the data of 31 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, but Shen Jing, as a rookie center, he also cut down 11 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block data in 22 minutes, and 5 of 10 in the whole game performed well, but 1 of 4 free throws was a bit bad. It is worth noting that this is also the Rockets' Fourth "Double-Double" performance of the European interior Shen Jing this season.
The first three times were: last November 15 against the Suns cut 10 +10, in mid-December last year against the Cavaliers cut 19 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists double-double data, on the 17th of last month, Shin Kyung cut 19 points + 14 rebounds and 3 blocks in the 28 minutes of the starting game against the Suns, this 11 +10 is the fourth double-double. Although Shin Kyung's comprehensiveness is slightly worse than the Cavaliers' supernova Mobley, Shen Jing is Wood's best stand-in for the entire Rockets.
Wood's 22 points and 10 rebounds in this game look beautiful, but in fact, under Wood's defense, even the former "Rockets abandoner" Cousins can easily blast down 31 points, which shows the weakness of Wood's defense. But Shin Kyung is different, when against Cousins, Shin Kyung does not suffer, the offensive end can face Cousins to get some points, and on the defensive end can also resist Cousins - not like Wood's defense like paper paste.
After the All-Star Game, the Rockets consciously gave Jaylen Green and Shinkin more playing time and the ball, and while the Rockets never won because of that, that was enough. What the Rockets want is not to spoil + cultivate rookie players? Considering that Wood's contract is only one year left, and will be a free agent next summer at the latest, it is likely that the Rockets will dispose of Wood's contract in the offseason this summer, and it is only natural that ShinJing will replace Wood. As long as the 20-year-old Shen Jing endures for a while, the future Rockets' interior No. 5 starting position must be his bag!