After the last overtime defeat of the Lakers, many fans also have higher expectations for the Rockets, in the face of the Lone Ranger this game, the Rockets' two core rotation Wood and Tate continue to be absent, so Silas also continued the start of the last game, posing the start of Porter Jr. + Green + Gordon + Martin + Shinkin, at the beginning of the game, the Rockets' group of young players can still be equal to the Lone Ranger, but after changing to the bench, the Rockets lost their alignment advantage, and the five small lineups were exploded by the opponent. The Rockets failed to turn over a game and eventually swallowed a defeat.
But in fact, the loss of this game did not have much impact on the Rockets, and it can even be said that there are two gains, in the case of magic wins, rockets lose the situation the team once again came to the bottom position of the league, the most important thing is that in this game, the Rockets successfully discovered an interior player, he is Fernando who was traded to the Rockets last month. It is also thanks to the early collapse of the Rockets, Shen Jing is trapped in fouls, so this game Silas had to take Fernando, who has not played for a long time, and he also lived up to expectations, in the 23 minutes of playing 8 shots in the efficient bombardment of 16 points and 11 rebounds of the double-double data, and there are 2 blocks, the presence on the court is very strong.
In fact, many fans do not know Fernando, because after joining the Rockets he did not have any opportunity to play, this is only his fourth game for the Rockets, and the first three games in the garbage time only got a total of 16 minutes of playing time, even if looking back at his 3 years in the league, whether it is in the Eagles or in the Green Army, he is not much attention, so the Rockets after the deal with the Green Army, the team's general manager Stone also said bluntly: "Because there was no special performance before, So I don't know much about him, and I hope to have a new understanding of him in the next game. And against the Lone Ranger, Fernando also lived up to expectations, playing the best game of his career, not only bombing the highest score of his career, but also getting his second career double-double, successfully attracting everyone's attention.
As can be seen from his static talent, Fernando is a player with extremely good physical talent, Height 2.06 meters, arm span 2.21 meters, athletic ability is also top-notch, it can be said that his figure is tailored for basketball, in addition, he also has good basketball skills, in college to show his talent, as an interior player offensive end can eat cake, will be low singles to attract the bag clip and will pass, as well as the ability to pull the ball in the middle distance, which can develop his outside projection; in the defensive end has a good movement speed, can change defenses, in the face of the speed advantage is not too big a small interior line big defense is not a problem, blocking and dismantling is very solid, and has a good card position ability; it can be said that he is a young version of Ibaka It is only because his draft pick is relatively low, and the Eagles and Green Army have not had the opportunity to show themselves because of the relatively large internal competition.
So after being traded to the Rockets, Fernando is also full of joy, because he feels that this Rockets can give him more opportunities, and after this game, I believe that Silas will also have a new understanding of him, in the next tight internal rotation, Fernando will get more opportunities to play.