The arrival of Sabonis Jr. did not bring any changes to the Kings, the game that should be lost is still losing, there is no way, the management can only recognize the reality, Fox and the core players such as Sabonis Jr., all called sick, which means that the Kings' goal has become a mess again. In this game, the Kings will challenge another team that is the Houston Rockets, the penultimate Houston Rockets in the West.
After Harden left, the Rockets immediately turned on the pendulum mode, green and Sagu both showed good fighting ability, but there is still a way to go before the team re-emerges. So this season, the Rockets' goal is still to swing and train young players.
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Rockets showed excellent offensive talent, Porter Jr. had 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 4-of-6 shooting, Green 3-of-4 three-point shooting, and also had 13 points, and the team exploded 39 points in a single quarter to directly take an 11-point lead. However, after returning from the second quarter, the Kings also played a fantastic offense, spurs veteran Lyles had 13 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 3-of-3 shooting, Jones also had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Mitchell had 8 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, and the team scored 44 points in a single quarter.
In the face of such a crazy scoring performance of the Kings, the Rockets were naturally overwhelmed, and at the end of the half, they were already 66-72 behind the Kings by 6 points. In the second half, Green got 11 points and 1 rebound, Porter Jr. was 11 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, and the Rockets broke out in the backcourt combination, leading the team to bomb 37 points and successfully narrowing the point difference to 1 point. After returning from the final quarter, both teams' offense began to decline and probably didn't want to win, with the Kings scoring just 17 points and the Rockets scoring just 15. In the end, the Houston Rockets lost 118-121 to the Kings, successfully swallowing two consecutive defeats.
Although the Rockets lost the game, but this game, they lost willingly, the reason is very simple, the Rockets' two young guards, both set records in this game, played excellent personal performances. Porter Jr. had a triple-double of 30 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists, his first triple-double in his career, and became the youngest mr. triple-double in Rockets history. Green had 32 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, hit 6 three-pointers, and hit at least 5 three-pointers in four consecutive games, setting a record for the number of consecutive three-point shots by rookies in history.
In addition, Martin Jr. also had 11 points and 6 rebounds, and Fernando had 17 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists. The Kings are also outstanding, Mitchell has 24 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, and a rookie can play such a performance, which is worth looking forward to in the future. Lyles has 24 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, damian Jones also has 24 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, you know, he is a tramp in the league! Barnes had just nine shots and had 13 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, while Lamb had 12 points and 7 rebounds.