A game that ended earlier, the Rockets lost 120-123 at home to the Spurs, and while the result was a loss for the Rockets, it was a game for Rockets fans to lose more than to win.
Because before the rockets played two games against the Blazers, the rockets were firmly in the league's penultimate number one, but the Blazers in order to put the team can play almost all the players to rest, so a careless, the rocket won two consecutive wins, this time also let the rocket from the penultimate to the third to the bottom, and the West Thunder, as early as the beginning of March began to layout, so that the team's core players were slightly injured, the team was absent, the record was also all the way to the rocket, before the rocket against the Spurs, There is only one win difference between the Rockets and the Thunder, so the management of the Rockets also took the initiative, announcing before the game against the Spurs that the team's 3 veterans Gordon, Schroder and Wood would take a break.
In the final game against the Spurs, the Rockets' desired loss of the team's record reached 20 wins and 56 losses, dropping to the bottom of the league, and the Thunder beat the Blazers through overtime, and finally the gap between the two sides widened again. Not only that, the Rockets active rotation veteran against the Spurs also had unexpected gains, this game Silas used a 9-man rotation, the starting players are Porter Jr. + Green + Matthews + Tate + Shen Jing, and the bench players are Christopher, Knicks, Martin Jr. and Garupa. The youngsters not only did not make the scene of the game ugly, but on the contrary, they played a very fierce game, and it was not until the last minute that Martin Jr. did not score a three-point shot. Especially the leader green, this game finally enjoyed the absolute core treatment, the whole game played 40 minutes, won the team's most 24 shots, bombed 30 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, shot 10 of 24, 6 of 15 three-pointers.
This is actually what Rockets fans have always wanted to see, especially in March, Green's progress has been by leaps and bounds, but he is always limited by playing time, shooting is also constrained everywhere, and this game has shown everyone how horrible the unfettered Green is, counting this game, Green played 16 games in March, averaging 20.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, shooting 48.7% from the field and 39.3% from three-point range. This not only gave him the opportunity to steadily pocket the Western Conference's best of the month, but also helped him to hit the best rookie for a while.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that the Rockets lost to the Spurs This game is also a reduction in the size of the Lakers, before this game, the Spurs record is 30 wins and 44 losses, behind the Lakers in the tenth place in the West, a win difference, the Rockets lost to the Spurs to 31 wins and 44 losses, from the Lakers 31 wins and 43 losses narrowed to 0.5 wins difference, just imagine if the Rockets this game did not "lie flat" The Spurs can open up the gap with the Lakers. The Lakers' next opponents are the Lone Rangers, Jazz, Pelicans, Nuggets, Suns, Warriors, Thunder, the schedule is relatively difficult; and the Spurs' next opponents are the Grizzlies, Blazers, Blazers, Nuggets, Timberwolves, the schedule is relatively easy. So the Rockets vs. Spurs this game is a key battle, and whether the Lakers can finally save the playoffs is not easy to say now...