After the last fluke reversal of the Grizzlies, the Rockets ushered in a back-to-back game against the Heat, and fans did not have much expectations for this game, after all, the Heat are a disciplined team, ranking first in the East this season, plus the Rockets are back-to-back, the team's veterans Gordon and Schroder are absent, and the core center Wood is also temporarily absent due to illness, so the result of this game is certainly not suspenseful.
From the final result of the game, the Rockets lost to the Heat by 17 points at 106:123, which is also the case, but from the presentation of the content of this game, the Rockets can also be regarded as playing a rather unexpected game. At the beginning of the game, the Heat scored first, but after a few minutes, the Rockets' side of the list Green broke out, hit 4 three-pointers in a single quarter to help the Rockets take the lead, in the second quarter the team even led the Heat by 13 points, but the Rockets did not hold this advantage in the end, not only buried a 13-point lead at the end of the half, but also fell behind by 4 points, and when it entered the second half, the Heat continued to increase the intensity of the game, the Rockets' young force failed to keep up with the strength of the opponent, and finally expanded the point difference all the way. Sorry to lose the game.
Although the Rockets lost, but the team's backcourt twin stars Porter Jr. and Green performed very well in this game, of which Porter Jr. had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, Green 20 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, and double double bombed 20+, but looking closely at the data of these two people, compared to the past, it seems that Green played the data of Little Porter, and Little Porter played green's data. In fact, the same is true in the presentation of the game, in this game Silas seems to deliberately arrange the swap of porter jr. and Green's role, green dribbles through the half, and Porter Jr. borrows cover to pocket out of the bottom corner. Because in the past few games, Porter Jr. has been hesitant between personal offense or passing to his teammates, which has led to his inability to focus on scoring, although he has made some progress in the transformation of the organizational defender this season, he is a natural scorer, and Green has recently performed well with the ball, so it just so that the role swap will help Green improve, but also allow Porter Jr. to better release his potential.
It can be said that the Rockets let Porter Jr. transform into a defender this season is a failure, Silas this game to reduce Porter Jr.'s possession is a microcosm, but the management in the organization of guard training this piece also did not bet on Porter Jr., which is not in the game against the Heat into the rotation of rookies Knicks in the organization of tandem team performance is very eye-catching, he is also the Rockets in the point guard answer. In this game, the Knicks played 23 minutes and had 7 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists and 1 steal, shooting 2 of 6 and 3 of 3 from the field, which did not look very good, but it also left a deep impression on the presentation of the game content. As the organizational guard of the tandem team, the Knicks have a good vision, rich passing means, high precision, plus he has a strong body, and is also a good hand for the basket breakthrough, even if his current offensive efficiency is not too high, the defensive awareness is not very good, but for a 19-year-old young player, he will have a huge room for improvement in the future, which is why the team management will transfer to him a 4-year 8 million contract in advance.