Earlier today, the Rockets welcomed a game against the Grizzlies at home, although the two teams have a big gap, but it is important to know that the two sides in the last meeting, the Rockets were 123:112 to defeat the opponent, so again against the Grizzlies, the Rockets players should be full of confidence, and the Grizzlies' core main force Morant also missed this game. But what I didn't expect was that the Rockets ended up losing 98:122 to their opponents by 24 points.
Looking back at the whole game, the Rockets did not have no chance to beat the Grizzlies again, although the Rockets have been behind in the first half, but after the Rockets' bench lineup in the second quarter of the game came up, they once narrowed the point difference to 4 points, which made the fans also see the hope that they could reverse, but when the team's main force, especially after Porter Jr. returned, the situation on the court took a sharp turn and became the turning point of the game. In the first quarter of the game, Porter Jr. felt quite good, shooting 3 of 7, including 2 three-pointers, but after the second quarter came up, Porter Jr.'s offensive status was a sharp decline, especially when there were 2 minutes and 47 seconds left in the game, he missed a three-point shot on the outside line, and then he was counterattacked by the opponent, and then the Rockets pushed back, Schroeder gave the back-running Little Potter a hit, he dribbled twice to the basket, and then began to complain, and then the Grizzlies took the rebound and began to push the counterattack, The referee did not pay attention to Little Potter, and in the end this round, a quick attack and a small hit was completed.
Then after the Rockets and Grizzlies did not score in each offensive round, Wood got the rebound to advance, when Little Potter slowly leisurely passed the half, Wood almost snatched the ball by Adams, and finally Little Potter ran to the bottom right corner, Wood's pass was destroyed by the Grizzlies out of bounds, and then Silas directly replaced Little Potter, and for this substitution adjustment Little Potter was quite dissatisfied, he slowly walked to the technical table and did not go to the bench, in the next two rounds the camera to little Porter standing on the technical bench, It was Lucas who had called him to the bench in the past.
From the picture of the game, it is obvious that the frustration of Porter Jr. can be felt, but a minute later, Silas replaced him again in order to take care of Porter Jr.'s emotions, but his frustration on the offensive end did not change, and this emotion continued into the second half, in the third quarter with 8 minutes and 28 seconds, Porter Jr. was replaced by Schroder again, and on the way to the end he angrily stared at Lucas and walked straight back to the locker room, and it was at this stage that the Grizzlies stretched the point difference to as much as 16 points. After the bench debuted, the Rockets narrowed the point difference by 10 points again, did not want to open the fourth quarter after 1 and a half points Cyras replaced Porter Jr. again, this time he was a continuous mistake + hit iron, and finally the Grizzlies expanded the point difference to 25 points, the Rockets completely lost hope of reversing the game.
It can be said that the biggest culprit of the Rockets' loss in this game is Porter Jr., who played 27 minutes in the whole game and had 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, shot 5 of 18, 7 of 7 three-pointers, and had a team-low of -25 plus-minus. Porter Jr. has always been a player who has been greatly affected by emotions, which is why he came to the Rockets from the Cavaliers, and thought that lucas of the Rockets could save the lost youth, but from the current situation, the Rockets really do not need to continue to cultivate Little Potter, and his negative emotions have too much impact on the team. Like an American fan said, if the team treats him like a treasure and waits for him to change, this reconstruction will last forever...