Congratulations to the Rockets!2 Data League 1 + League 2 No. 2, Udoka has made a meritorious service, 28 million is really not expensive
The next round opponent of the Rockets is the Grizzlies, and the Rockets are still playing at home in this game, it is worth noting that in the Rockets' home games this season, their record has reached 10 wins and 1 loss, and in the last two home games, the Rockets have successively defeated the Thunder and the Spurs, although the Spurs are the bottom team in the West, but the Thunder are the second team in the West. The Rockets' victory over the Thunder shows that the Rockets have full potential, although the 11-9 record makes the Rockets only ranked 7th in the West for the time being, but the gap between the Rockets and the top four in the West is not large.
In fact, the Rockets' offensive ability this season is relatively average, and there is no scoring player on the team who can average more than 22 points per game, let alone a scorer who averages 25 points per game, but the Rockets still have their own way to win, they have the league's top defense, and this performance makes the Rockets not have many wins, but they can still rank in the top eight in the West, and it doesn't look much of a problem to enter the playoffs.
The Rockets beat the Spurs 93-82 the day before, and they actually shot only 34% from the field, but the Rockets still relied on a strong defense to defeat the Spurs. Statistics after this game show that the Rockets have conceded an average of only 105.6 points per game since the beginning of the season, which is the least in the league, and the second place is the Timberwolves, the first in the West, the Timberwolves concede an average of 105.9 points per game, slightly inferior to the Rockets, the second data is the defensive efficiency of the Rockets, that is, the points conceded per 100 rounds, the Rockets' data is 108.2 ranked second in the league, and the first is the Timberwolves, the first in the West, and the Timberwolves' defensive efficiency has reached 106.8, slightly better than the Rockets.
That is to say, from these two key statistics, the Rockets have become the league's top defensive team, and even in the league, only the Western boss Timberwolves can be compared with the Rockets, the two teams have their own defenses, the Rockets concede the least points per game, the second defensive efficiency, the Timberwolves are just the opposite, the reason why these two teams can succeed this season is based on defense.
In fact, the Rockets were the second-to-last team in the West last season, and their defense was also the worst in the league. In just a few months, the Rockets have only brought in players such as VanVleet, Dillon Brooks, and Jeff Green, and their defense can go from the worst to the strongest, which has nothing to do with the Rockets' tactical system.
As a result, the Rockets have become a top powerhouse, because Udoka is known for his defense in the league, and when he led the Celtics to the Finals, Udoka relied on defense to gain a foothold. So again, although the Rockets spent a 4-year 28 million contract this summer to sign Udoka, this average annual salary of 7 million per year is too good value for the Rockets, and the most correct decision the Rockets made this summer was to sign Udoka.