On November 26, the NBA regular season, the Rockets host the Hawks. Rockets center Shin Kyung missed the game due to a sore groin, Fernando returned from injury after a month of absence, this game played as the starting center, Gordon did not play this game, Martin replaced the starting small forward. The Hawks' starting center Capela is absent.
The Rockets were in excellent form in the first quarter, shooting 13-of-22 from the field and 9-of-11 from the free throw line, giving the team a 38-33 lead. Martin scored 10 points and 3 boards, Smith changed his usual slow hot form, and scored 8 points, 3 boards, 1 steal and 1 block in the first quarter, and Green had 7 points and 4 assists. Hawks bench Griffin went 3-of-3 from three-point range in the first quarter, Trae Young had 12 points and three assists and Murray had four points.
In the second quarter, the Hawks' backcourt double-shot began to be powerful, Murray cut 19 points in a single quarter, Trae Young scored another 12 points in a single quarter, the two combined 31 points accounted for nearly eighty percent of the team's 39 points, the Rockets Green scored 10 points in a single quarter, and the Rockets trailed 69-72 at halftime. It is worth mentioning that at halftime, the Rockets rebounded 28-12 and led by 16 points!
At the start of the second half, the Rockets fell into a scoring drought and missed repeatedly, and the Hawks took the opportunity to extend the gap to double digits, and after the third quarter, Trae Young and Murray scored 35 and 32 points, respectively, and the Rockets trailed 94-104, at this time, the Rockets led 45-20 with rebounds...
In the fourth quarter, the Rockets narrowed the gap to 2 points 8-0, and by 4 minutes and 16 seconds before the game was over, the Rockets trailed 114-115, and after the Hawks hit a goal, the Rockets played a 10-2 mini-climax again, and finally the Rockets reversed 128-122 to win over the Hawks.
Statistics:
Green 30 points, 5 boards and 5 assists, Porter 12 points, 7 boards and 10 assists, Smith 21 points and 9 boards, Martin 21 points and 15 boards, Garuba 9 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 1 block and 2 blocks, Fernando 7 points and 3 boards, Matthews 18 points and 4 boards, Ethan 6 points and 7 boards
Trae Young had 44 points and five assists, Murray 39 points, three boards, three assists and two steals, and Griffin had 11 points and two blocks