Rocket veteran rotation to give young players more opportunities to perform, in the past 6 games of the little Porter and Green explosion performance conquered a large number of fans, Shin Kyung missed two games due to injury, but also played a tough performance against the playoff level team, in addition to the team's No. 24 show Christopher also played a performance beyond expectations.
Let's take a look at some of his performances in these games, the veteran missed the first game against the Spurs on full fire, bombed 20 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 1 block of the comprehensive data, and also maintained a very high offensive efficiency, shooting 6 of 12, 2 of 3 points; in the last game against the Raptors, he bombarded the data of 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, shooting 9 of 12, 4 of 3 points; but the most impressive thing is his game against the Timberwolves, and Green double-bombed 30+ to create a new career high. The whole game handed over 30 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals, including 11 of 14 shots, 5 of 3 three-point shooting; 3 games broke out, not only in the data, but also in the field of presence is also very strong, many times when the team is in the scoring drought is Toffer stood up to give the opponent a response.
Christopher was able to play such a performance beyond many expectations, and after being selected by the Rockets, he was the least optimistic of the four first-round picks. His draft report mentioned that he was a relatively "one-sided" player with only baskets, poor shooting choices, many shots concentrated in the middle distance, and even in an interview before, Silas said: "I really didn't expect him to be here all the time, I thought he would go back and forth between the NBA and the development league, constantly improving and learning." But he won a chance to play at key moments, be ready when the ball passes to him and be ready to defend the main ball possession or main scorer. "Christopher plays that role well today, scoring and organizing tandem teams on the court.
This also allowed his position in the city to skyrocket, and recently Rockets reporter Kelly Iko mentioned that after the All-Star, Porter Jr., Green, and Christopher played together for 115 minutes, during which time the Rockets' net efficiency was +6.5, offensive efficiency was 113.1, and defensive efficiency was 106.6; at the same time, they also played the league's highest average offensive round per game 108.4 times. Good chemistry will allow the trio to play more time together next season, and even rule out the possibility of getting Toffer into the starting lineup, which is undoubtedly a huge piece of good news for Toffer.
But now Christopher still has more obvious shortcomings, such as his firepower on the offensive end is not stable enough, although in the past 6 games he has three games of 20 points, 20 points, 30 points of performance, but the other three games scored not even double-doubles, the middle will be spaced one or two games into a downturn, in addition to his defense, the organization of tandem teams also need to continue to improve. And the coaching staff also set up an offseason training plan for him, Silas said: "In terms of stability, I think catching shots will be the next direction of his efforts because he has been training his shots hard and he will stay here for most of the summer." We have a training plan and he will improve by leaps and bounds. "I'm also looking forward to a better performance of Toffer next season."