On March 10, Beijing time, the Rockets won 139-130 against the Lakers, although this is only the Rockets' 17th game victory so far this season, but this time against the Lakers led by LeBron James and Russell Westbrook, the young players in the Rockets did show good talent to move forward.
Throughout the game, jaylen Green played 38 minutes and had 32 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, in addition to his 4-of-7 shooting and +9 plus-minus data outside the three-point line.
Alpenren Shinkin, who played as a starting center, had 21 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks on 9-of-20 shooting in 40 minutes, and Josh Christopher, who was on the bench, had 21 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist on 8-of-13 shooting in 22 minutes, and he could also perform efficiently from outside the three-point line with 5-of-3 shooting.
All three young players scored more than 20 points, and for the second time in league history that three of the same team were all under the age of 20 and scored more than 20 points in the same game. The last time three young players in the team did that was in the 2015-16 Timberwolves in the game against the Cavaliers, Towns, Wiggins and LaVine combined to score 67 points.
In this game, Rockets rookies Jaylen Green, Alperen Shintin and Josh Christopher combined to score 74 points.
In terms of results, rookie players can have such performances and lead the team through overtime to win, which is definitely the result that the Rockets want to see. In fact, the Rockets had rumors of putting players like Christian Wood, Eric Gordon and even Kevin Porter Jr. on the shelves before the trade deadline, and for now, the Rockets can really try to build a roster around young players like Jaylen Green, Shinkin and Christopher.