Leading by up to 25 points! The Rockets refused to collapse and won their first away game, upsetting the defending champion with three upsets
On December 9, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Rockets challenged the defending champion Nuggets away. In this game, the Rockets were in good shape, came up to take the initiative on the court, and gradually opened up the point difference, establishing a lead of up to 25 points, but in the final quarter, the Nuggets fought back frantically, once approaching the score, and almost completed a big reversal. In the end, the Rockets defeated the Nuggets 114-106 and won their first away win of the new season.
Prior to this game, the Rockets had not won a game on the road, with the Nuggets, the defending champions, unbeaten at home. I thought it would be a matchup without any suspense, but I didn't expect the Rocket's momentum this time to be very good, occupying the initiative, and then gradually widening the point difference, taking a lead of up to 25 points, thinking that the outcome had been decided, but the rocket suddenly lost accuracy in the last quarter, and the Nuggets blasted out a wave of 16-0 offensive to approach the score, but unfortunately the momentum failed to continue at the last moment, Murray was also expelled, and the game lost suspense.
It's really not easy, the Rockets finally won their first away win of the new season, ending an embarrassing 8-game losing streak on the road. The performance of the Rockets this season is still very good, but the away team just can't win, but I didn't expect to conquer the Devil's home court this time, which is still a bit surprising. However, the Rockets also need to pay attention, after all, they were also shocked into a cold sweat in the last quarter, and almost collapsed and were reversed.
In this game, the Rockets played well overall, and the physical confrontation was quite fierce, and they got a whopping 42 free throws in the game, including VanVleet scored a game-high 26 points on 10-of-13 free throws. In addition, Green scored 25 points, Shin Jing scored 17 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists against Jokic, Dillon Brooks scored 16 points, and Smith Jr. had 9 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.
The Nuggets are a bit bleak, having faced the Rockets 4 times this season and lost 3 of them, which is really a bit of a nemesis. The Nuggets were also affected by the blowing penalty this time, and the team received four technical fouls, including two ejections from Murray. Jokic was still not in great shape this time, scoring 23 points on 9-of-26 shooting, plus 16 rebounds and five assists, Murray scored 21 points, Porter Jr. had 20 points and eight rebounds, Pope had 14 points, and Watson had 13 points.