On March 9, Beijing time, the Houston Rockets finally waited for a rare day of rest after ending two back-to-back games with the Grizzlies and Heat. Tomorrow morning, the Rockets will also have a showdown with the Lakers, who just lost to the Spurs in the previous game, James is absent, and Westbrook led the team to continue the lakers' good form when they recently defeated the Warriors.
The battle against the Lakers, I don't know what the Rockets' lineup will look like. Schroeder's ability to play is unknown, schroeder has not played in recent games because of injuries, and in addition to Schroeder, rockets starting center Christian Wood also failed to play in the game against the Heat due to illness. In addition, Gordon also took a break in this game, and it is expected that in the matchup with the Lakers, Gordon will return to the starting line to replace Matthews.
In the game against the Heat, the Rockets used a new set of rotation lineups, Shinkin and Matthews replaced Wood and Gordon as starters again, and the Rockets' Schroder failed to play due to injury, so Silas did not let Christopher play as a point guard in this game, but mentioned the new point guard that the Rockets recalled from the Vipers of the Development League not long ago, Daishin Knicks, to the rotation lineup.
The game was also the Knicks' third time in the Rockets' rotation lineup this season, which is already an improvement for the 20-year-old Vipers core guard. The 20-year-old Knicks don't look like a rookie in the NBA, but in this season's development league, he is a star point guard. Coming to the Rockets and playing against the Heat, The Deschen Knicks did well.
The Knicks got six shots in 23 minutes of playing time and hit two shots. 1-of-3 from three-point range, 2-of-2 from the free throws, 7 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal, and 4 assists, and to be commended, the Rockets' highest assists were the Knicks. In contrast, point guard Kevin Porter Jr. contributed only one assist in a single game. The Knicks' four assists in a single game also set a new NBA career high.
In the development league Vipers, the Knicks give 10+ assists in a single game as a common thing, but in the NBA regular season, it is not easy to brush up on 10 assists in a single game. First, the Knicks are not the main rotation players of the Rockets, and the cooperation between the Knicks and the Rockets players is not particularly tacit, after all, most of this season, he has played in the development league, and there is not much cooperation with the Rockets teammates.
However, after returning to the Rockets, they sent 7+4 statistics, and the Knicks still showed good adaptability. Schroeder is not expected to stay with the Rockets next season, and outside of Porter Jr., the Rockets' current No. 3 point guard, the Knicks, should be Porter Jr.'s first bench next season. Before the Rockets signed the Knicks with a 4-year, 6 million contract, it was still not a loss. Young, able to pass and control the ability to tandem teammates, this is the Knicks' strength, played a fairly good game against the Heat, the Knicks' ability and potential, fully worthy of this contract.