On March 10, Beijing time, the Rockets experienced a 139-130 victory over the opponent after overtime in the home game against the Lakers, which is definitely a very encouraging game for the Rockets, who are in the reconstruction stage and the team is almost full of young players.
In the game, Jaylen Green was the best player on both teams, scoring a career-high 32 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block on 13-of-21 shooting in the opening 38 minutes, and Green also had a three-point line performance and +9 plus-minus on 4-of-7 shooting. You know, Jaylen Green scored 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting in overtime (including a three-pointer performance on 2-of-2 shooting), which became the key to the Rockets' final victory.
In the last nine games, Jaylen Green has scored at least 20 points in seven of his games. Not only that, but Jaylen Green has averaged 21.8 points, 48.3 percent shooting and 38.3 percent three-point range in 16 games since the beginning of February. And since the All-Star Weekend, he has averaged 21.8 points per game, 49.6 percent from the field and 35.9 percent from three-point range.
At least in terms of overtime performance, Jaylen Green almost single-handedly led the team to victory over the Lakers, after all, the Lakers only scored a total of 10 points in overtime.
After the game, LeBron James, a Lakers superstar, also praised Jaylen Green's performance:
"He has a lot of shooting ability," Lakers superstar LeBron James said of Rockets rookie Jaylen Green, "I think he's going to get better and better." ”
For the Rockets, compared to the team's victory over the Lakers led by LeBron James through overtime, it is undoubtedly the situation that the team would prefer to see new star players like Jaylen Green playing at a new level of career on the court. And to be sure, Jaylen Green is the young player worthy of the Rockets' continued development.