After scoring 30 points against the Celtics in game three of the season, Jaylen Green gradually fell into the shooting circle, and the shooting rate dropped sharply. Therefore, Green was naturally labeled as a parallel cargo.
Of course, his problem is not only whether he can shoot or not, his physical fitness is excellent, but it seems to have a fragile attribute of injuries. His handling of the ball is still jerky, there's not much improvement throughout the rookie season, and you don't see anything praiseworthy about Green except to score points.
It's just that after the All-Star Game, Jaylen Green seemed to be reborn in the rookie game, and since scoring was his strong point, he used this skill to the extreme. Playing the Grizzlies on March 7, Green scored 24 points on 8-of-17 shooting, and the Rockets beat the Grizzlies.
So yesterday the Rockets can win the Lakers, you can hardly say that it is a upset, they are the Grizzlies can win the team before. Yesterday the two sides played until overtime, and Jaylen Green scored 22 points in regular time, which is already a good performance, but overtime is where Green took off.
Jaylen Green scored 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting in overtime, including three-pointers on 2-of-2 shooting, and two three-pointers were extremely dashing, which was what people expected Green to look like. The Lakers only scored 10 points in the entire overtime, saying that Green had no problem beating the Lakers.
In the game, Jaylen Green shot 13-of-21 and 4-of-7 from three-point range to have 32 points, three rebounds, three assists and one block. 32 points is a new career high for Green, and the game against the Lakers is green's best of the season, so far.
Since March, Jaylen Green has only scored 18 points in one game and 20 points in the other five games. In the last 9 games, Jaylen Green has scored 20+ in 7 of them.
Since February, Jaylen Green has averaged 19.1 points per game, shooting 48.3 percent from the field and 38.3 percent from three-point range. In the eight games after the All-Star Game, Green averaged 21.8 points per game and shot 49.6 percent from the field.
Obviously, this is not Grimm, the little blacksmith in Houston that we are familiar with. After all, before the All-Star Game, Green averaged 14.3 points per game, shooting 37.2 percent from the field and only 29.5 percent from three-point range.
As the shooting feels better, So does Jaylen Green's confidence on the court. The two three-pointers in overtime yesterday were the best way for Green to get up.
When Green is in possession, it's hard to think of him as an organizational core, and he's still learning how to block and dismantle. But he already knew how to find an empty shot, how to throw the ball more easily and efficiently, and Green began to show his potential as a super scorer.
It is said that the rookie watched for three years, and Green's first year has given fans a lot of surprises. Keep looking forward to it while continuing to wait, Green's lottery ticket, has not yet appeared the word "thank you".