Shen Jing 22 + 15, the Mavericks Five Tigers 51 + 19, the White Devil is amazing, and the new cornerstone of the rocket is born
On December 23, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Rockets hosted the Mavericks, the Rockets have been in a bad situation recently, and have suffered 3 consecutive defeats, they need to stop the decline as soon as possible, Doncic, Irving, Exum and Lively are all absent, so the Rockets have a chance. In terms of starters, the Rockets are Van Vleet + Jalen Green + Dillon + Smith + Shen Jing, and the Mavericks starters: Hardy + Jones + Hardaway + Big Morris + Gwee.
In the first quarter of the game, Shen Jing made a layup and scored first, Morris responded with three points, Jalen Green lost the dribble, Dillon scored three points, Smith made a basket, and Shen Jing singled to create 2+1, the Rockets gradually opened up the point difference, Hardaway and Jones scored in a row, Smith made a basket and Shen Jing responded with a dunk, and then Shen Jing dunked, the Rockets just played inside, the Mavericks shot three points wildly, Udoka shouted a timeout after the point difference narrowed, Jeff Green hat Curry Jr., Prosber made a foul, Aaron Holiday made a direct mistake on the dribble, Lawson made a steal and made a layup, the difference was only 1 point, Jeff Green made a layup to stop the bleeding, Jalen Green finally hit a three-point shot, Hardy pressed the whistle and hit the iron with three points, and the Rockets won by 6 points in a single quarter 23-17.
Jalen Green was 1-of-5 in the first quarter and scored just three points. At the beginning of the second quarter, Prosper made a layup, Udoka hurriedly called a timeout, and after coming back, Smith made 2+1, the Mavericks did not score three points in a row, Tate hooked his hand, Smith made a foul, Jalen Green steals and dunks, Smith picks up a basket, Shen Jing is also making efforts, the Rockets have a 15-point lead, the Mavericks rely too much on three-point shots, and it is okay to shoot accurately, and if you can't shoot accurately, you will fall into passivity, Holmes and Prosper exert their strength, and the difference is 10 points, Smith hooks and responds, Van Jordan 2+1, Shen Jing had two free throws, Holmes dunked, Hardaway and Holiday exchanged three points, Shen Jing continued to fire from the outside, and then hit both free throws, and the Rockets were 56-39 Mavericks at halftime.
Half-time statistics, Smith 14 points and 5 rebounds, Dillon 3 points and 2 rebounds, Shin Jing 20 points and 10 rebounds, VanVleet 7 points, Jalen Green 5 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. On the Mavericks' side, Morris had 4 points and 2 rebounds, Gwee had 2 rebounds, Hardaway had 13 points and 3 rebounds, Derrick Jones had 3 points and 2 rebounds, Hardy had 3 points and 4 assists, Holmes had 7 points and 3 rebounds, and Prosper had 7 points and 5 rebounds.
Yibian fought again, Jalen Green suddenly broke out, he first hit a three-point shot, and then scored consecutive layups with Smith, Hardy scored three points, Jalen Green also responded with three points, Hardy picked a basket, Dillon made a layup, Van Jordan and Smith took turns to hit three-point shots, at this time the difference had come to 30 points, the full Rocket was really brutal, Dillon hit three points again, Shen Jing jumped, the difference was 35 points, Jalen Green continued to cut free throws, the Mavericks completely collapsed, Jalen Green roared and vented, with Dillon layup, the difference came to 38 points, Dennis hit a three-point shot, Smith responded with a board, Dennis 2+1, the Rockets replaced Whitmore, Whitmore made one of two free throws, Holmes made a layup, Lawson dunked, and the Rockets ended the third quarter 89-60 Mavericks.
The game has lost suspense, both sides are bench lineups in the final quarter, Lawson steals and dunks, Amen makes one of two free throws, Whitmore dunks, Hinton hits three-pointers, the difference is 34 points, the Mavericks are also tenacious, Dennis and Brown have scored, Whitmore responded with an empty back dunk, stunning the whole court, Amen scored 4 points in a row, Whitmore made a layup, Samuels throws, the difference has been maintained at about 30 points for a long time, Amen and Whitmore played well in garbage time, and the rest of the game is not to be watched, and finally the Rockets defeated the Mavericks 122-96 and won the game。
The Rockets ended a three-game losing streak, and throughout the game, the Rockets have been pressing the Mavericks, especially in the second and third quarters, which won by a total of 23 points, and the Mavericks are the league's bottom level without Doncic. In terms of statistics, Shen Jing performed very well with 22 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists, and Dillon had 10 points and 3 rebounds. Jalen Green made 5 of 14, 3 of 7 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws and scored 17 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 4 turnovers. VanVleet had 10 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, and Smith made a big surprise, scoring 21 points and 8 rebounds on 8-of-13 shooting.
Maybe Udoka is already looking for a new cornerstone of the Rockets, Smith is actually very good, can score, can defend, but he didn't have the ball before, Green belongs to the type of god who has ten games at a time, and he is not reliable at all, Smith is more trustworthy, Udoka should continue to let him shoot more. Holiday had 3 points and 3 rebounds, Tate had 2 points and 8 rebounds, Amen had 9 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and the White Devil Whitmore had an amazing performance, contributing 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals. After beating the Mavericks, the Rockets improved their record to 14-12 and remained in eighth place in the West.
Mavericks data, Hardaway 16 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Hardy 8 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Morris 4 points and 2 rebounds, Prosber 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Jones 3 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, the Mavericks are 7 of 40 outside the team, so iron that they can't watch, after losing to the Rockets, the Mavericks have lost 3 in a row, falling from 6th to 7th in the West, and were overtaken by the Pelicans.