The NBA regular season continues, with the West ushering in a fish-belly showdown, and the Rockets travel to challenge the Blazers on the road.
The Rockets have been in a mess from start to finish this season, which has allowed the team to firmly occupy the bottom position in the league, basically locking the bottom three positions, thus ensuring the greatest possibility of competing for the top pick, so the team has also changed in the cultivation strategy, and the status of the list eye Green has improved significantly.
In contrast, the Blazers, trapped by injury problems, the team completed a major blood change before the trade deadline, and the second half of the choice began to fall apart, ranking fourth from the bottom in the West before the game, and averaging 27.8 points per game in the last 11 games.
As soon as the game began, the Rockets swept away the haze of the previous game, Green and Tate hit three points in succession, Porter Jr. also scored 2 points steadily, and the Rockets countered the winner to deliver a perfect 8-0 start.
After that, the Rockets stretched the point difference to double digits in one go, and at one point widened the point difference to as much as 18 points, after which the two teams entered a tug-of-war, and at the end of the first quarter, the Rockets still maintained a 13-point lead.
In the second quarter, the Rockets continued to exert their strength, the Blazers obviously could not keep up with the pace of the Rockets, the outside line of Hugh City was in full bloom, the point difference was once stretched to 20 points, fortunately, at the end of the section, the Blazers still lagged behind by 13 points.
The Blazers briefly forced the point difference to 11 points, but then the Rockets made another effort, and the outside line hit three-pointers in succession, and the point difference was once again stretched to more than 20 points.
The two teams have since tugged around a 20-point difference, and as the Rockets were dud at the end of the quarter, the Blazers took advantage of the situation and forced the difference to 14 points at the end of the third quarter.
Entering the final quarter of the competition, the Rockets continued the exaggerated offensive feel, and once again opened the point difference to 20 points at the beginning of the quarter, this time the Blazers failed to withstand the pressure, and the suspense of the game ended, and the rockets who played away finally won the Blazers 125-106 and won a 19-point victory.
Throughout the game, the Blazers' performance is still terrible, continuing the performance of recent times, although the whole team scored in double figures for 5 people, but there was no competitiveness at all.
Watford had 19 points, five rebounds and six assists, Elbey had 14 points, seven rebounds and three assists, Ubanks had 18 points and five rebounds, McLemore had 15 points and two rebounds, and Dunn had 12 points, three rebounds and seven assists.
This is also in line with the team's plan for this season, but from the current configuration of the team, it is difficult to build a championship team immediately in the offseason, and whether Lillard can be left behind will become a concern.
On the other hand, the Rockets are a rare big win this season, and it is also an extremely rare game for the Rockets to play such a hearty offensive game this season.
At the end of the game, seven members of the team scored in double figures, and among the starters, only the veteran Gordon failed to double-figure.
The performance of three of the new stars is gratifying, and it can be seen from the distribution of ball rights and the performance of the data that the Rockets have won a big victory in rebuilding, the whole team has entered a new chapter, and the top 3 have finally survived the new stars.
The three new stars are The Eye Green, Christopher And Martin Jr., of which the Leader Green continued the recent hot state, shooting 9 of 16 from the field, 5 of 10 from three points, and cut the perfect data of 23 points, 3 rebounds, 0 turnovers and 0 fouls.
Christopher, who came off the bench, performed equally well as Martin Jr., with the former scoring 14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals on 5-of-8 shooting, while the latter had 16 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 6-of-8 shooting.
In addition to the three, Porter handed over 13 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists, Tate 17 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals, Wood 10 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, and Schroder had 14 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals.
It is not difficult to see from the data that the Rockets have blossomed more points, and the scoring focus has gradually shifted from veterans to young players, and not a young player has grown up, which is closely related to the Rockets' egalitarianism this season.
The fact that Green was not privileged like other high-level shows allowed him to face a more difficult upbringing early in his career, as did other young players, such as Shin Kyung and TOEFL, who were often abandoned, but this experience allowed young players to cherish extra opportunities.
With the Rockets not under record pressure, the opportunities for young players have increased significantly, and with Wood and Gordon being sent away in the offseason, if the Rockets can select another top talent and replace the head coach, then the future of the team is undoubtedly bright.