Speaking of the name Brooks, Guangdong fans will not be unfamiliar, old fire fans will not be unfamiliar, just today, another young player named Brooks killed out, but also wearing a rocket suit.
When I hear the familiar name again and see the classic jersey again, I feel like I wake up and go back to more than a decade ago.
The plot is probably like this, since the Rockets selected Jaylen Green, the outside world is full of expectations for their performance in the summer league, but green did not play a few games to officially announce the summer league reimbursement, plus the same talented rookie Shen Jing selected this year returned to Turkey.
From all kinds of expectations to new people, the heat of the rocket naturally took a sharp turn.
But no one expected that it was these humble role players, surprise after surprise.
Against the Blazers today, the 23rd rookie Garruba played a representative work with 8 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals, Christopher contributed 20 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals on 8 of 14, and the Above-mentioned Armony Brooks ushered in a super explosion.
Played 30 minutes, 9 of 17 three-pointers, 1 of 1 free throw, and blasted a game-high 30 points, plus 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.
All three are crazy, and there are the highest scores in the whole game, if you don't watch the game, the first thought of many fans may be that this must be a big win.
However, the fact is that in the face of the Blazers' gang of old fritters, the Rockets newcomers fell behind by double digits at the beginning, and even when there was 1 minute and 11 seconds left in the game, they still fell behind by 83-90 by 7 points.
But just as basketball is round, nothing is impossible, the Rockets used the frontcourt to force the Blazers to make mistakes, and all of them were efficiently converted into points, and then the Blazers called the timeout to eat technical fouls without a timeout to continue to send people heads.
Since then, Brooks, who has staged a Maddy-style chase in the fourth quarter, once again pulled out three points and sealed his throat with a sword.
In this way, after a wave of riot operations, the Rockets not only filled the pit in just a few tens of seconds, but also overtook the score, and as Garruba sent a key block, Christopher made two free throws, and the final score between the two sides was fixed at 95:92.
That's right, during this period, the Rockets blasted a wave of 12-0, and the Blazers only relied on Mudiay to score 2 points.
With the unbridled three points and a definitive three points, today's Brooks can't help but remind people of that Brooks.
Also facing the Blazers, in the second game of the first round of the playoffs in 2009, yao Mai's Rockets and opponents played inextricably until the rocket suddenly muted in the last minute, and the Blazers were able to stretch the score to 8 points (95:103) before the last 27.9 seconds.
There was very little time left, so many point differences, but the little black bean Brooks did not give up, he first hit a two-pointer, then hit three consecutive three-pointers, in just 27 seconds to take 11 points alone, at one point helped the Rockets chase the point difference to only 2 points.
If it weren't for the Trail Blazers taking away the game with solid free throws, that night would have been the pinnacle of the "Brooks hour."
Not just by coincidence or providence, a few years later in the Summer League, the Rockets and Blazers swapped roles, the Blazers became a side of the mute, and the Rockets took the game with Brooks' strong play.
It just happens to be called Brooks, and the plot is a bit similar, but the last time I lost, this time I won, perhaps, this is the so-called inheritance.
(Brooks 30 minutes of highlights)
Of course, this metaphor is limited to feelings, and the two can't compare too much in reality, after all, now brooks still has to fight for his new contract.
As a development league player signed by the Rockets in the second half of last season, Brooks's strengths and weaknesses are extremely obvious, with sufficient offensive firepower, limited defensive ability, and a bit like Lou Wei.
In fact, Brooks missed the first three summer league games at one point due to triggering the league's health and safety agreement, and today is only his second comeback.
Perhaps because of the hesitant conditions on and off the court, the Rockets have so far not offered the 23-year-old guard a contract for the 2021-22 season, and the team issued him a qualification offer earlier this month, which makes Brooks a restricted free agent.
Brooks' future is uncertain if the contract is not finalized as soon as possible, and although he was the Rockets' best three-pointer last season, averaging 11 points per game, the team has picked two scorers this year, one of which is still the cornerstone.
It is foreseeable that even if he stays in the team, his position in the team is very limited, and if he leaves the team, everything will be even more difficult to say.
Of course, as long as the relevant contradictions are handled, Brooks will still be the most important part of the Rockets' rebuilding lineup, and he himself has repeatedly hinted that he wants to stay in Houston.
In fact, to be honest, called Brooks, played like Maddy, such a player is not born for the Rockets.
After Harden left, the Rockets lineup has been shuffled several times, and now it looks like all the fierce characters at a glance, and the road to reconstruction is still worth looking forward to.