On April 9, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Raptors hosted the Rockets, which is the penultimate game of the regular season between the two sides this season, and the Raptors' VanVleet and the Rockets' Wood continue to miss the game.
The Rockets led by as many as 24 points in the second quarter, but the Raptors kept fighting back and overtaking in the final quarter. The two teams fought until the last minute, and in the end, the Raptors narrowly defeated the Rockets 117-115 to win three consecutive games, giving the Rockets six consecutive losses. Meanwhile, the Raptors have double-killed the Rockets in the regular season this season.
Field data
Raptors: Siakam 29 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, Trent 26 points, Barnes 16 points, Thaddeus Young 14 points.
Rockets: Porter 35 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, Shinkin 17 points, Tate 12 points, Jaylen Green 8 points, Christopher 20 points.
The Star of the Field
Siakam scored a quasi-triple-double, making a big contribution to the Raptors' reversal.
Highlight moments
Jaylen Green dunked
Siakam steals a dragon flying buckle
Game replay
In the first quarter, Barnes broke through to take the raptors as the Rockets took a 9-0 lead. The Raptors scored consecutive points, Tate and Porter played each, and the Rockets maintained the lead. Tate hooked up, Shin Kyung dunked, Green scored under the basket, and the Rockets led 21-13. The two sides competed, Porter scored 11 points, and the Rockets continued to widen the point difference. The first quarter ended with the Rockets leading 36-20.
Entering the second quarter, Porter counter-attacked, Martin cut a 2+1 dunk, and the Rockets led by 20 points. Thaddeus Young scored six points to stop the Raptors from bleeding, Garupa and Christopher hit three-pointers for the Rockets, and the Rockets continued to extend the point difference to lead by 24 points. The Raptors picked up and hit an 18-3 attack wave to chase the difference of 9 points. Shin Kyung and Matthews blossomed inside and outside for the Rockets also in color, and Siakam scored 4 points in a row, and the two teams competed. Porter hit both free throws and ended the first half with the Rockets leading 66-57.
Easy side to fight again, Porter shot three points, Shen Jing completed 2+1, the Raptors side, Siakam scored 7 points, Trent and Brooks each played, the Raptors only trailed by 2 points. Porter broke through to score, Shin Kyung dunked, Green scored under the basket, and the Raptors did not show weakness to chase the score to 78 draws. Porter made three fouls, Shin Kyung threw a shot, Christopher quickly attacked the basket, and the Rockets opened the point difference again with a higher success rate. After Christopher hooked up, the Rockets led by eight points. Flynn completed the offense for the Raptors, Christopher scored four straight points, and the third quarter ended with the Rockets leading 95-85.
In the final quarter, the Raptors chased the score again, and after Yuta Watanabe completed 2+1, the Raptors chased the difference of 5 points. Each team played, Trent broke through the dunk, and the Raptors trailed 98-102. The Rockets hit piecemeal, and the Raptors chased to 105 draws. Martin dunked violently, and the Raptors scored 6 consecutive points to complete the rebound. Tate made two free throws and one for the Rockets to score hard, the Raptors also hit the iron consecutively, and Porter shot three points to chase the Rockets to a difference of 1 point. Raptors' Thaddeus Young made a layup, and Green made two free throws and one for the Rockets. Yang hooked his hand again, and Tate also slammed it. Yuta Watanabe missed three points, the Rockets grabbed the rebound to perform a key attack, Porter broke through and scored, and the two sides came to 115 draws. With 28.8 seconds left in the game, Trent scored in the final 4.8 seconds of extreme throwing, the Raptors rebounded by 2 points, and the game had only 4.8 seconds left, and the Rockets were suspended. The timeout came back, the Rockets missed the offense, and in the end, the Raptors narrowly won.
Both teams started
Raptors: Siakam, Trent, Birch, Barnes, Brooks
Rockets: Jaylen Green, Kevin Potter Jr., Shinkin, Matthews, Tate