On November 27, Beijing time, the NBA regular season ended a battle for focus. Yesterday, the Rockets, who were not afraid of the Hawks' double guard Trae Young and Murray's combined 83 points, still beat the opponent's Rockets, and today "back-to-back" faced Alexander at home to score 32 points, still unchanged. With at least 15 points on the starting five, the Rockets led by as many as 27 points in the entire game, eventually winning 118-105 and completing their first winning streak of the season.
Jaylen Green shot 11 of 19 from the field, including 6 three-pointers, and scored 28 points and 9 assists, a career-high assist; Shin Kyung-ho scored 21 points, 19 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, and the rebounds also set a personal high. Kevin Porter and Eric Gordon scored 16 and 15 points each.
In terms of the Thunder, the Thunder, who only yesterday relied on Alexander to score 30 points at home to defeat the Bulls in overtime, and then flew to Houston, and their fitness status was obviously affected. Alexander plus this game, has broken 30 points in four consecutive games, accumulating 14 times this season; Josh Giddy had 18 points and five rebounds.
Rookie Jabari Smith finished his third career double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds. According to statistics, Jabari Smith became the 12th under-19 player in league history to achieve a double-double in three of his first 18 career games.
"I want assists in double digits rather than 30 points. Because people underestimated my passing ability. Jaylen Green said in an interview after the game.
The winning Houston Rockets also ushered in good news, because recently saw that the Los Angeles Lakers intend to trade power forward Anthony Davis, and the Houston Rockets also want to take the opportunity to join the excitement and see if they can get an All-Star power forward player for the team to lead these young players, while managing the locker room and being a good locker room leader.
According to the famous reporter of the American media "Sports Illustrated" Rohan Nadkani reported, the management of the Houston Rockets has contacted Pelinka, the general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers, and issued an official offer. It is reported that the general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers was furious after receiving the offer from the Houston Rockets, thinking that the Houston Rockets were insulting his intelligence. The worst-case scenario is that the proposed deal will fall through.
According to Rohan Nadkarney, the specific trade plan offered by the Houston Rockets is as follows, the Rockets are willing to use Eric Gordon, Jayshawn Tate, Garrison Matthews, Boban Mayanovic, a 2023 first-round pick from the Brooklyn Nets and a 2024 first-round pick. In this trade plan, the Rockets not only sent former league best sixth man veteran Eric Gordon, potential rookies Jay Shaun Tate, Garrison Matthews and Boban Mayanovic and other four players, but also sent two first-round picks, which is enough to see the sincerity of the Rockets in wanting to trade Anthony Davis.
The reason why Los Angeles Lakers general manager Pelinka thinks the Houston Rockets' trade chips are an insult to him is because Simmons has played his peak numbers this season. So far, Anthony Davis has played 34.3 minutes per game for the Los Angeles Lakers, averaging 26.4 points, 12.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists while shooting 56.0% from the field and 21.1% from three-point range. The stats show that as long as Anthony Davis stays healthy, he will remain a top five star in the league.