Jaylen Green is getting braver and braver, but the Rockets are losing more and more, and have long occupied the bottom area of the Western Conference!
The Rockets lost 106-119 to New Orleans in the first 13 games of the 2022-23 season, ending a brutal 10 road games. The Pelicans finished seventh in the West with a 7-6 record, while the Rockets fell to last place in the West with a 2-11 record.
Jaylen Green performed well, shooting 11-of-20 from the field for 55.0 percent from the field, 5-of-10 from three-point range, and topping the Rockets with 33 points and six assists while shooting 50.0 percent, and at one point helped the Rockets to trail by 18 points in the third quarter before reversing the disadvantage in the fourth quarter with an eight-point advantage against the Pelicans.
However, people are not as good as heaven, and the Pelicans played a wave of climax, and finally finished the game with a 33-19 point advantage in a single quarter. The Rockets failed to seize the opportunity and failed.
The game. Zion Williamson shot 88.9 percent from the field on 88.9 percent shooting on 88.9 percent of 9-of-9 shooting and 10-of-12 from the free-throw line for 83.3 percent shooting for a total of 26 points and six assists. Alvarado made a significant contribution off the bench, scoring 12 points in 20 minutes (83.3 percent final shooting), five assists and three steals. His tough defense led to seven turnovers from the Rockets' Kevin Porter Jr.
The Rockets had 26 turnovers in the game, while the Pelicans had just 12, a difference that also contributed to the difference in performance between the two teams. As an unconventional point guard, Porter Jr. clearly didn't play enough.
Rookie forward Jabari Smith scored nine points and a career-high 15 rebounds for the Rockets, while Porter scored 23 points (56.3 percent) on 9-of-16 shooting to help offset some turnovers. For Houston's starting center, Alperon Shenkyung, he scored just six points in 19 minutes but went out with six.
Jaylen Green has averaged 26.2 points and four assists per game in the last five games, shooting 54.1 from the field and 41.3% from three-point range. The Houston Rockets will start five home games over the next six games, starting Tuesday at the Toyota Center against the Los Angeles Clippers.
