On November 5, Beijing time, the Rockets will have a match with the Minnesota Timberwolves tomorrow at 8:00 a.m., this game the Rockets are playing on the road, the previous game the Rockets lost at home to the Clippers, suffered a five-game losing streak, and after nine games, the Houston Rockets only won 1, with a record of 1-8, ranking 15th in the West. The Rockets are not only the bottom one in the West, but also the worst team in the league.
The Lakers and Magic both won Game 2, and only the Rockets had 1 win, and they have become the only team in the entire league that has not won 2 or more games. The bad news is that Houzhou may not be able to win the Rockets' game against the Timberwolves, and pre-game news showed that the Rockets' main power forward Jabari Smith would not play this game due to illness.
As a power forward of the Tanhua show, Smith's form has been up and down this season, and Smith has been terrible in recent games, scoring only 2 points on 1-of-10 shooting in the previous game, and compared to the champion Banchero, Smith has no high-draft demeanor at all. I don't know if the Rockets' interior line will change without Smith, after all, Smith prefers outside shooting, and the ability to play low on the inside is limited. Against the Timberwolves, who sit in the twin towers, it is definitely not possible to rely on the main center of the interior line, Shin Kyung.
But anyway, the Rockets will be safe, even if they lose, it doesn't matter, as long as they play with momentum. Today the Rockets also arrived in Minnesota, where the Timberwolves are located, and we saw photos of the Rockets players getting off the plane after arriving. Porter Jr. and Jaylen Green are naturally the core of this group of Rockets players, and Jaylen Green has not been affected by the Rockets' record at the bottom of the league, and it seems that he is in good shape and in a better mood.
When he got off the plane, Jaylen Green kept laughing, which is very much in line with his cheerful and generous personality. However, there are several Rockets players who are more serious, including rookie forward Tari Eason who got off the plane with a serious face, as did Christopher and Matthews. After all, the Rockets really can't afford to lose this game anymore, even if it is to be rotten, even if the Rockets management has already set their sights on supernova center Vemban Yama, then the Rockets' embarrassing performance is really unpleasant.
The victory over the Timberwolves is a good opportunity for the Rockets to prove themselves, especially against All-Star centers Gobert and Towns, and if the Rockets can use speed advantage and outside shooting to defeat opponents, it will be extremely good for the Rockets' future self-confidence. It's just that without forward shooter Jabari Smith, can Shin Kyung's partnership with Martin Jr., Garruba or Ethan really take down the Timberwolves with two super interior lines?
However, it seems that Jaylen Green is quite confident, he and Porter Jr. both cut 20+ in the previous game, and the warm-up of the hand also made the 20-year-old Rockets core feel very good, and whether the Rockets can beat the Timberwolves away is inseparable from Jaylen Green's personal performance.