On April 2, Beijing time, the Rockets lost to the Kings at home 117:122, suffering three consecutive defeats.
In this game, the Rockets still have a number of important rotation players to truce, Gordon, Schroder, Wood and Shen Jing have truces, Kings Fox, Sabonis, Holmes have also truces, the lineup of the two sides of the game is the same as 2 days ago, the Rockets in the first quarter of the 41 points, the maximum lead of 19 points, but after that the Kings struggled to fill the pit, and finally reversed the victory over the Rockets.
The strategy and trend of the two teams are almost the same as in the previous game, but the local differences are slightly different.
The Kings still played the inside line at the beginning, by changing the defense on the inside line to play small, playing Porter's height is not enough, playing the Rockets' inner line rotation is not good, the King once again caught the opening, but it did not take long for the Rockets to improve the interior defense, Garupa's role in the defensive end was placed, in the first quarter to grab 8 rebounds, the Kings could not play the inside line, the feel of the outside line was not good, the game quickly fell to the Rockets, resulting in the Rockets leading by up to 19 points.
The Rockets' strategy on the offensive end is a combination of surprise shots, through the tandem and articulation of the inside and outside, the Kings' defense is torn apart, Matthews shined outside the three-point line in the first quarter, so that the Rockets' scoring explosiveness increased, coupled with Jaylen Green and Kevin Porter's extremely good feel, how to shoot on the outside line, but also from time to time with the ball to break through to the inside line, prompting the point difference to be quickly widened.
The turning point of the game is that the two sides on the bench lineup, the Rockets lost points madly, the Knicks this game is a war criminal level performance, during the game, there are often mistakes, as well as passing back to the opponent to steal, prompting the point difference to be quickly narrowed, Christopher's handling of the ball is also very bad, often there are mistakes and mistakes that should not be made, when the Rockets' backup guards collectively work, the offense can not score, but also constantly make mistakes, the defense can not be defended, the trend of the game quickly becomes one-sided, but this time it is the Kings.
In the last meeting, the Rockets played an excellent role in the interior of Fernando, the role in the offensive end was significantly reduced, leaving the three-second zone Fernando's autonomous offensive ability was almost nothing, and he did not fight for rebounds very well, coupled with the foul rate is too high, the judgment and grasp of the defense on the court is improper, and the imbalance of the Rockets bench lineup is comprehensive.
When the Rockets starting lineup returned again, there was no longer the feel of the opening stage of the first quarter, Jaylen Green and Kevin Porter Jr. could still score, but the momentum of the game was basically on the King's side, and the Rockets' starting lineup could barely maintain a point difference with the opponent.
In the second half, the starting lineup was still in a stalemate with the Kings, and once the bench came on, the situation of the game quickly changed, and by the fourth quarter, the Rockets' poor ability to seize opportunities was magnified, and finally lost to the Kings again.
In this game, Porter and Green showed the stability of the offense after a season of focused training, Garruba in addition to the independent scoring in the offense, other aspects are still good ability, Christopher and Knicks stability is very bad, very destructive of the rhythm of both ends of the attack, Fernando's cultivation value and compatibility, currently doubtful, the Rockets different young players the stage and grade is very obvious, from the current point of view, in one breath to focus on cultivating many young players, the Rockets are indeed cultivating young players in a stepwise manner When Shenjing returns, the Rockets should focus on cultivating Christopher and Garupa, from this point of view, the Rockets' idea and order of cultivating young players is still very distinct, when Wood has many games to truce, the Rockets focus on cultivating Garuba and Fernando, Wood's future in the Rockets has entered the countdown.