27-46, which is the current record of the Portland Trail Blazers. Compared to the confident Trail Blazers before the start of the season, the Trail Blazers have experienced too many ups and downs and injuries this season, which has led to their poor record. The Trail Blazers are currently only in 12th place in the West, with a 4-win gap from the 10th-place Lakers in the West and a 2.5-win gap from the 11th-place Spurs in the West.
In other words, the Blazers want to become the top 10 in the West in the last few regular season games to get qualifier tickets, unless a miracle happens, and the condition for the "miracle" is that the Blazers will almost get a "total win" record in the next game, and the Spurs and Lakers will have to lose all the time, so that the Blazers have the hope of entering the top 10 in the West. But look at the Blazers' roster right now, with a number of major players not playing, and this team has given up on the season.
Even the Trail Blazers lost big to the Rockets in the home game. Take a look at the starting lineup the Trail Blazers used in this game, with Double Defenders Brandon Williams and Keane Johnson, Double Forwards Watford and CJ Ellerby and Center Drew Ubanks. I don't know how familiar you are with these players, but Presumably, except for Elleby, the rest of the players are relatively unfamiliar.
Although the Rockets won, considering the strength and lineup of the Blazers, it can be said that the Rockets' victory in this game is not worth a big book. However, Rockets coach Silas still summarized and analyzed the reasons for the Rockets' win in this game, let's take a look. In an interview after the game, Silas said the Rockets' win was the result of the players' efforts. The Rockets players kept moving the ball and had 27 assists. Silas also said that mistakes must be limited, and for such a young team, he has forgotten when the last time he was able to lead from the opening to the end of the game.
To put it simply, Silas believes that the Rockets won the ball by 3 key reasons, the first is that the Rockets have been transferring the ball in this game, Wood and Porter Jr. really did not play randomly, nor did they attack themselves, they had the opportunity to attack themselves, they did not have the opportunity to transfer the ball, and the player who passed the ball the most sure of the goal was in the hands of the player, "team basketball" is the first element of the Rockets to win. And point 2 is also very simple, the Rockets' 27 assists in the whole game are very effective, whether it is center Wood, Shen Jing, or the outside of the little Porter, Schroeder, are willing to share the ball.
Third, the Rockets made fewer mistakes. The Rockets had only 14 turnovers in this game, porter Jr., the former "king of mistakes", had only 2 turnovers, and Jaylen Green scored 23 points and 0 turnovers. Looking at the Rockets' 4-quarter score, except for the 2nd quarter, the Rockets and the Blazers both scored 31 points, and the other 3 quarters of the game, the Rockets scored better than their opponents.
As Silas said, the Rockets were always ahead of their opponents throughout the game, and they were always "suppressing" the Blazers, which led to a 19-point victory. Again, the Rockets play well against the weak teams, but how to ensure that the Rockets play this kind of brilliant performance against the strong teams is something that Silas and every player on the Rockets have to consider.