At 9:10 a.m. on December 16, the NBA regular season continued, and the Grizzlies played against the Rockets at home, and the two teams met again, and the game attracted much attention. The Rockets are currently rebounding strongly from 4 consecutive wins, and the Grizzlies are not strong as a whole, making it difficult to fight.
In the first quarter, Jaren Jackson scored on a throw-in and Smith missed a three-pointer. Vince Williams hit an open three-pointer and Jalen Green missed an open three-pointer. Bane missed a three-pointer from the outside, and VanVleet scored on a high jumper. Biyombo received the ball and threw it to score, VanVleet passed the ball to Dillon, and the outside three-pointer was missed. VanVleet continued to fire on a three-pointer, 5-7, Jalen Jackson scored on a high jumper, Biyombo scored on a throw-up, and Rose hit a three-pointer to make it 14-5. VanVleet still didn't score a three-pointer from the outside, and Vince Williams scored on a buzzer-throwing thrower to bring the score to 18-5. Biyombo got up and completed 2+1. Unexpectedly, the Rockets were unable to deal with it, and the first quarter was a bit of a beaten.
With a 15-point disadvantage, the Rockets began to exert strength in the second quarter and completed the score in the third quarter. The focus of the final quarter was prominent, and the key moment was still Dillon's strong force to achieve victory in the game. The score was 103-96. Dillon exploded in this game, shooting 10-of-20 from the field and 3-of-9 from three-point range, scoring 26 points and 7 rebounds, scoring the highest score in the game. Ethan came off the bench to finish with 11 points and eight rebounds on 4-of-8 shooting. Jeff Green also scored 12 points off the bench, which was very hard and exciting.
Udoka admitted after the game that our starting main players did not play well at first, but then played well. Dillon scored 24 points in the second half, stepped up his individual offense, and hit a crucial shot in the final stages (with a margin of only 2 points, he hit a key 3-pointer to basically seal the victory). He needed to play aggressively in the second half and everyone else was active.