The NBA regular season continues to play, the Rockets away to challenge the Miami Heat, the first place in the East, the strength gap between the two teams is obvious, one is the leader of the East, the other is the bottom team of the West, and the victory or defeat does not seem to be much suspense. However, after the last upset victory over the Grizzlies, the Rockets continued their excellent form, and despite this back-to-back game, the team showed extremely good form after the opening, and compared with the strong and well-formed Heat, they did not fall into the inferior position! It wasn't until the last three minutes of the first half that the Heat pulled back the deficit with a 15-1 run.
In this game, the Heat ushered in lowry's comeback, the full main lineup to play, at the same time, Oladipo, who had been injured for a long time, also ushered in a comeback in this game, and got the opportunity to play, the Heat's lineup has reached its peak. But against the weak Rockets, their start was not ideal.
After the two sides drew 13-13, the Rockets' second team performed well, especially Jaylen Green, who was hot in the hand, scoring 4 3-pointers in a single quarter, cutting 14 points, leading the Rockets to a small climax, and at the end of the first quarter, the score was rewritten to 32-25.
In the second quarter, the Rockets continued to be in a hot state, once pulling the point difference to double digits, leading the Heat by 11 points at most, and at 7 minutes and 31 seconds in the quarter, Oladipo received Lowry's pass in the right bottom corner, 3 points shot steadily, got the first point after the comeback, the Heat home also instantly fell into cheers, gave encouragement to the veteran, and this 3-point mark also stopped the Rockets.
After the timeout came back, the Rockets junior Daishin Knicks threw a drift 3 points in response, after which they resisted the Heat's chase, and every time the Heat narrowed the score, the Rockets had someone to stand up and respond, maintaining a 10-point lead for a long time, almost pressing the Heat to play, which was quite surprising. When Hiro threw a three-pointer to narrow the score to 48-55, Porter Jr. forced a breakthrough to score and foul, although the free throw did not score, but it was a good continuation of the team's resilience, and the Heat had to pause to adjust.
Butler then stepped up to score 2+1, and Hiro hit four consecutive 3-pointers, and the Heat blasted a 15-1 offensive wave, and at the end of the half, the score was rewritten to 62-58, leading the Rockets by four points.
For most of the first half, the Rockets played extremely well, completely inconsistent with their status at the bottom of the West, and even gave people hope of winning again. Despite being overtaken by the Heat in the final moments, the Rockets' performance was remarkable most of the time, and it was enough to play with the league's top teams in the half, which was enough to get applause.
The Heat were able to achieve a comeback thanks to Thaleshiro's outburst in the second quarter, where he scored 0 points in the first quarter and 21 points in the second quarter. On the Rockets side, the Hugh City Gemini performed well, which also gave people hope.
Jaylen Green shot 5-of-8, 4-of-6 from three-point range, cut 14 points and 1 assist, while Porter Jr. shot 6-of-12 from the field, 4-of-8 from three-point range, cut down 16 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and was able to play such a performance under the Heat's high-intensity defense, which may be the most gratifying for the Rockets.