On March 6, Beijing time, after losing the game with the Nuggets, the Rockets have lost 12 consecutive games. Tomorrow the day after tomorrow, the Rockets will play against the Grizzlies and Heat, and there is little hope of winning. The Rockets' current record is only 15 wins and 48 losses, and their win gap with the 14th Thunder in the West has widened to 5, and with the Rockets still 19 games, it is basically difficult to surpass the Thunder. Even compared to the Magic and Pistons in the East, the Rockets are 1-2 wins behind.
That said, the Rockets seem to have lost, but in fact they have won, because this summer's high-pick picks are basically in hand. And the Rockets have some gains beyond losing, such as Jaylen Green's performance is getting better and better. In this game against the Nuggets, although Jaylen Green failed to score 20+ points in the third consecutive game, Green was only 2 points away from 20 points, which cannot be said.
What's more, in this regular season, Jaylen Green's number of shots is 1st on the Rockets! Look at the data, in this game Green shot 14 shots 7 goals, the second most shot is porter Jr. + Wood two double core this season, they both shot 12 times each, Porter Jr. cut 9 points, 3 assists and 5 rebounds, Wood contributed 22 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.
What's more worth saying is that counting this battle with the Nuggets, Jaylen Green has already ranked first in the Rockets' number of shots in 6 consecutive regular season games! Even more shots than the three cores of Porter Jr., Wood and Gordon. You know that after the All-Star Weekend, Jaylen Green's stats, shooting percentage and even performance on the court have improved tremendously, in fact, in addition to Green's own efforts, Rockets coach Silas gave Jaylen Green more ball rights, which is also one of the reasons for Green's rise.
You can feel it from the key stats – the number of shots in a single game. In the past, the Rockets have always been a "two-person turn mode", that is, Wood and Little Potter attack at will, how to play, how to play, even if the two are dumb, the Rockets still have Gordon and Tate to divide the number of shots. Although Jaylen Green is also a starter, he does not have much ball and shots, and more often than not, he just turns back with the other 4 players on the Rockets court.
But now Jaylen Green has finally become the "first choice" for the Rockets' offensive end, which is also in line with the Rockets' original intention. After all, in addition to competing for the draft pick, the Rockets' biggest wish is to make Jaylen Green a Harden-like supergiant. Judging by the number of shots that Porter Jr. and Wood have made in recent games, they are giving up the first choice on the offensive end.
Although Jaylen Green's style of play is not like the core players, the Rockets are forcibly putting Green in position, using a large number of shots and ball rights, forcing Jaylen Green to brush more data and train more, after all, Durant and Curry have experienced this stage in the first few years of entering the league, and it is not too late for Green to do so now.