On March 31, Beijing time, the Rockets played a regular season game with the Kings this morning, in which several Rocket players failed to play, and Wood, Gordon and Schroeder were all hidden by Silas. The information given by the Rockets is that these 3 players have basically lost the remaining few regular season games because of their respective injuries, and the clear-eyed people will know what the Rockets want to do at a glance.
We know that the rest of the Rockets' game has lost its meaning, so giving the young players more playing time is what Silas wants. And a few famous players who have already proved themselves in the game really don't need to compete with the newcomers for playing time. Therefore, in this game against the Kings, the Rockets such as Fernando, Knicks, Garruba and other marginal players have been given the opportunity to play.
Even due to Shin Kyung's absence due to injury, the Rockets' main center position used 20-year-old rookie center Garuba. This is also the first time that Garruba, a rookie player, has played for the Rockets this season. But compared to Wood and Shin Kyung, the rockets' main force and substitute center, it is clear that the young Garupa is a little nervous in the game. In the first two quarters of the game, starting center Garupa only had 1 point and 3 rebounds in the game, and also had 3 fouls.
However, the east side is not bright and the west side is bright, and the Rockets' bench center Fernando shines in the game. Look at the data, Fernando played 11 minutes in the first half, he shot 4 of 5, and cut a beautiful statistic of 11 points and 7 rebounds at halftime. It is worth mentioning that in fact, Fernando picked up 7 rebounds in 9 minutes, and the rebound protection ability is even stronger than the core centers of the Rockets, Wood and Shin Kyung.
Compared to Garruba, the Rockets' main center in this game, the 23-year-old Fernando is obviously more like a starting center, after all, his stats and personal performance at halftime are better than the inexperienced Spanish center. What's more, Fernando is not afraid of the court at all in the game, and can play a role in the game, and use the beautiful interior scoring and strong rebounding ability again and again to help the Rockets' interior line.
In contrast, Garupa is slightly deficient. In recent games, the Rockets' inner rebounding has been inferior to their opponents in many cases, which is also one of the rockets' internal shortcomings, but with Fernando, even Wood and Shin Kyoto can not solve the internal problems, it seems that they finally see the hope of improvement. After all, in just 9 minutes to pick up 7 rebounds, Fernando although the personal skills are relatively rough, but his interior card position, basket protection ability, in this young Rockets team, indeed belongs to the top!
Being able to fill in the shortcomings of Shin Kyung and Wood's skills, but also contributing to the Rockets' interior line, the Rockets' fringe center Bruno Fernando really deserves a contract extension. Fernando's contract expires this summer, when the Rockets won't have to pay a big price to renew his contract. I believe that next season in addition to Wood and Shin Kyung, Fernando is more suitable for the Rockets' interior gate.