On March 10, Beijing time, the Rockets defeated the Lakers 139:130 at home after extra time, avoiding being swept by the Lakers this season, while the Rockets' record rose to the bottom 2 in the league, giving up the bottom 1 ranking to the Magic.
In this game, Wood and Tate are on leave, and Silas has put up the starting lineup of Porter, Green, Gordon, Martin and Shingen, which is martin's first time to start for the Rockets this season.
From the look and feel, this is a game in which neither team defends, the two sides compete for offense, at the critical moment the Rockets' young physical advantage is played out, Anthony concedes, the two sides enter overtime, and in overtime, Jaylen Green is on his own to help the team finally win over the Lakers.
In this game, the two teams have many similarities, both in the offensive and defensive ends of the many similarities, there are also many differences.
Defensively, the Rockets' defense did not get better because of Wood's flaws, and in the absence of Tate, even if Martin Jr. filled Tate's position, the Rockets' defense as a whole was greatly reduced, and the Rockets' interior defense and outside defense exploded with many problems.
From the perspective of interior defense, the two teams can say that the interior defense is half a pound and eight two, both sides are basically not defensive, the interior defense is useless, the rocket loses 52 points on the inside line, the Lakers lose 62 points on the inside line, the rocket inside line does not do well, mainly in the defensive offensive and defensive conversion is not done well, giving the Lakers many opportunities to counterattack, the rocket defense blocking and dismantling the internal cut is not good, the tactical play under the blocking and dismantling of the rocket has been tried and tested, the rocket's defense and co-defense are almost non-existent, and the rocket's rebound protection and protective frame are extremely bad.
Shen Jing's strength confrontation and defensive position there is still a lot of room for improvement, the Rockets in the defensive end obviously lack a glue player, in the alignment, the Rockets defense Wei Shao's impact is particularly weak, prompting Wei Shao to explode, cutting 30 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, shooting 21 shots 11, James's impact, the Rockets' defense is not doing well.
The Rockets not only did not do a good job on the inside line, but also did not do well in the rotation defense of other players in the Lakers, giving the Lakers a large number of empty seats, prompting the Lakers to throw a 38.3% three-point shooting rate, while the Rockets' defensive tactics as a whole were not doing well, the Rockets' defense and defense were not good, the change of defense after the blocking, and the defensive rotation, there were many criticisms.
The root cause of the Rockets' poor defense lies in Shen Jing's lack of defensive experience, the Rockets' lack of adhesive-type defensive players, the Rockets' defensive discipline and defensive awareness are not good, and the Rockets' defensive rotation is not done well, prompting the Rockets' defensive portal to open in the case of insufficient single-defense resources, which is useless.
And the Lakers' defense is not much better, the Lakers' defense is mainly defensive weaknesses are too much, Anthony's footsteps are slow, becoming a natural sanctioned point, Augustine was also sanctioned by the Rockets in the bench connection section, the Lakers did not have a pure rotation center, let the Rockets fight for too many rebounds on the inside line, the Lakers' defense and co-defense are not good, the Lakers' players are often one step by step, the Lakers' defensive concentration is not high, prompting the Lakers' defense inside and outside the line of defense is basically paper paste, the Rockets easily collapsed.
From the offensive end, the Lakers mainly rely on the impact of James and Westbrook, as well as the three-pointers of other players, the rocket's defense of the inner line can not suppress James and Westbrook, and the defense of the outside line is basically full of loopholes, so that the three-point shots of other players of the Lakers become a team training game with almost no intensity.
The Rockets' offense, mainly also tough attack frame and three points, because the Lakers do not have a pure traditional sense of the inside line, prompting the Rockets to attack the frame of play, have to eat and drink, the Lakers also have a large number of defensive defects of the players, giving the Rockets many empty opportunities, prompting the Rockets to combine inside and outside to do a very good job.
The youth and vitality of the Rockets are far better than the Lakers, the experience of the Lakers is also stronger than the Rockets, the two sides are completely undefended to compete in the attack, a stalemate, but in the fourth quarter the Lakers surpassed the game with experience, and the Rockets completely took away the game in the fourth quarter and even overtime, and the rookies on both sides pecked at each other without excitement.
From this game, the rocket saw the progress of Green and Porter, although the rocket still needs to improve a lot, but the continuous progress of Porter and Green, the Green superstar like the first appearance, for the rocket, the goal of this season is basically initially achieved, coupled with the progress of Shin Kyung and Christopher, the rocket's training system has been on the right track, and the rest is waiting for the growth and maturity of the players.