On March 21, Beijing time, the Rockets lost to the Grizzlies at home 98:122, suffering 5 consecutive losses.
This is a typical Western Conference ranking battle, the Grizzlies are currently in the Second Place in the West with 49 wins and 23 losses, while the Rockets are in the bottom 1 of the West with 17 wins and 54 losses, and in the case of the Grizzlies core Morant and Tilly truce, they can also win the Rockets by a large margin, on the one hand, the Rockets' strength is not good, on the other hand, the Grizzlies' lineup thickness and depth are still very good.
This game, can be said to be a contest between two young teams, but also a head-on confrontation of two team building ideas, the Grizzlies who have completed the talent cash, the fault tolerance rate on the court is extremely low, the punishment of the rocket is extremely high, the Grizzlies only use half a quarter to defeat the rocket, the Grizzlies show the old spicy and calm of young people, and the rocket loses in the accumulation and mistake stage of young people, and the two sides show the layering of basketball at different stages, allowing people to see the metabolism of basketball.
The Grizzlies' team building idea is to find a perfect puzzle player through the rotten or high-ranking players, in the case of obtaining the cornerstone of reconstruction, through trading to seek reinforcement, complete the perfect puzzle on the lineup, the Grizzlies themselves select the high-ranking players are Morant, Jarren Jackson Jr., Morant carries the core of the Grizzlies' team, on this basis, the Grizzlies select good jigsaw puzzle players Desmond Bain, Brandon Clark, and trade Dillon Brooks, Adams, Kyle Anderson, Melton and other players in the trading market. And these players can complete the run-in in a short period of time, in the style of play to form a complementary, the Grizzlies in the determination of Morant as the core of the team, on the basis of their clear team building ideas.
Adams as a traditional interior, the main responsibility is the rim and rebound protection, Jaron Jackson as a modern type of space-type interior, Morant and Dillon Brooks form a very impactful backcourt partner, coupled with 3D players like Bain, the Grizzlies' offense and defense are guaranteed, and in the bench lineup, there is rhythm change master Kyle Anderson, Merton and Clark who are integrated with attack and defense, and dilman with backup center, prompting the Grizzlies to ensure the depth and thickness of the lineup.
The Rockets, as a young team, are currently in the reconstruction stage, the Rockets' young people Green, Shinkin, Christopher, martin are their own selected players, Tate, Knicks, Matthews are players in the unsuccessful market, Wood and Schroeder are signed players, the Rockets are still in the original accumulation stage of talent.
Because the rocket is in the reconstruction stage, the mistakes made by young people, the rockets are currently making, the current rockets' mistakes are mainly bad offensive choices, poor offensive timing, too many singles, lack of integrity, defensive end, the rocket's inner line of rebounding protection and protective frame is not good, the inner line defense is not good, the outside line of defense is not good, too many mistakes, too many offensive and defensive conversions by the opponent.
Rockets' problems, in this season's game has been showing, from the state of the players, there is no qualitative improvement, the Rockets' game is mainly presented, in the offensive end by personal ability to score, and such personal ability is mainly singles, scoring cost-effective, once their own feel is not good, or the opponent's defensive intensity, the Rockets' offensive development is very problematic, and at the defensive end, whether it is the outside line, or the inside line, the Rockets' defense is paper paste, easily give the opponent the opportunity to score, As a result, their own scoring is very difficult, the opponent's score is very easy, and the Rockets will naturally lose the game easily.
As the Grizzlies completed the talent cash, the ability to sanction misalignment, and the ability to seize the empty position was very strong, in the early fourth quarter, a wave of attack and defense completely destroyed the Rockets, prompting the game to become garbage time.
From this game, it can be seen that the Rockets' young people still have too much room to grow, and the Grizzlies are their best targets.