The NBA regular season continues, with the West ushering in a Southwestern regional war, with the Rockets sitting at home against the Lone Rangers.
The strong dialogue of the past, today is no longer the past, the lone ranger last game despite the big score against the Knicks, 5 consecutive wins were ended, but the team under the leadership of Doncic, still ranked fifth in the West, Doncic is gradually getting better, in the past 5 games have handed over 30+ performance.
On the other hand, the Rockets, the team fully collapsed and rebuilt, ranking first in the west, fortunately, the recent state of recovery, not only ended a 12-game losing streak, but also upset the second in the West Grizzlies, and beat the Lakers in overtime, which made the two teams have a little uncertainty in the fight.
As soon as the game began, the Lone Rangers showed great strength, and Powell scored 6 consecutive points to dominate the advantage.
Fortunately, the Rockets' two cores, Green and Porter, have been in good shape recently, and the two have scored three points in a row to complete the score reversal and have been suppressing the Lone Rangers.
It wasn't until 3 minutes left in the first quarter that the Lone Ranger regained the advantage with Bertans' three-pointer, after which the Rockets were blocked on the offensive end, and the point difference was gradually widened by the Lone Ranger, ending the first quarter with an eight-point lead.
In the second quarter, the Lone Rangers also came out on top, directly pulling the point difference to double digits.
Since then, the two teams have been in a fight, both playing well on the offensive end, but the point difference has been hovering between 10-15 points, and the Rockets have never been able to close the score.
Especially in the final 3 minutes, the Lone Rangers set off an offensive climax under the leadership of Doncic and Dinwiddie, the Rockets were obviously unable to keep up with the rhythm, and the point difference was further widened to 20 points, and by the end of the half, the Lone Rangers had achieved a 23-point lead, and the Rockets only scored 44 points in the half.
Yi Bian fought again, the same Lone Ranger team took the lead in completing the goal, Dinwiddie scored consecutive points, so that the difference between the two teams towards 30 points, fortunately, Porter Jr. and Green stepped forward in time to solve the problem with a personal offense.
In particular, the leader-eye Green, at the beginning of the festival, continued the efficiency and decisiveness of the first two games, and the inside and outside shots helped the team to force the point difference to within 20 points at one point.
Coupled with Gordon, Porter Jr. and Fernando, the Rockets continue to eat into the contrast, helplessly the team can not limit the Lone Ranger's score, with a wave of end-of-the-quarter stream, the Lone Ranger once again widened the point difference to 24 points.
Heading into the final quarter, the Rockets showed a delightful resilience in the game despite falling behind by a huge number of points.
In particular, Fernando, who joined the Rockets as the head of the Schroder trade deadline, played the bloodiness and resilience needed by young teams in the game, and once forced the point difference to within 15 points.
Helplessly, there is a gap in the overall strength of the team, and whenever the team sets off a climax, the Lone Rangers Doncic and Dinwiddie will stand up to solve the problem, and finally the Rockets will lose to the Lone Rangers 100-113.
Although defeated by the Lone Rangers, the young Rockets have played a pleasing toughness and cohesion, and have unearthed a surprise soldier, Brunando.
In the whole game, the 98-born interior lineman Brunando played 23 minutes, 8 of 8 shots, and shot 16 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks with 100 percent shooting, handing over a personal plus-minus of +6 in the case of the team's loss.
In addition, Porter has 17 points, 4 boards and 4 assists, Jaylen Green 11 points and 6 assists, Martin 11 points and 6 boards, and Christopher 17 points, 3 boards and 2 assists.
As a addition to the Rockets' 1-for-3 Schroder process, Brunando's performance in this game was perfect, maintaining a 100% shooting percentage.
More importantly, he showed the enthusiasm and defensive attitude that young players should have in the game, such a tough and talented person is much stronger than Wood, and it is completely worth cultivating the Rockets.
If the Rockets can clear Wood in the offseason, and give more ball rights to The Eye Green, let Porter Jr. play Super Six, and change to an experienced veteran coach, then Hugh City's future will be very bright.