The Rockets beat the Pelicans 106-104 on the road. It was a tough game, but fortunately, Shin Kyung and Smith scored in a row to help the team widen the gap. Coupled with the fact that no one scored on the Pelicans' side, the Rockets narrowly won.
After the game, Shin Kyung immediately hugged VanVleet's head. Because Van Vleet has been passing the ball to Shen Jing in the final quarter of this game, so in this case, Shen Jing must thank Van Vleet well, the relationship between the two of them is really good. It is worth mentioning that Shen Jing played Valan today, which is not a game of abuse, which also proves himself to a certain extent. It's just that VanVleet is a bit sluggish, and the offensive end has been playing iron, but fortunately he can stabilize the rhythm on the offensive end.
Zion was very uncomfortable. On the one hand, this is a home game, and on the other hand, this is my comeback game. Helplessly, Zion made a killing in the final quarter to help the team stabilize the situation, but the other players couldn't stand up. Zion scored a team-high 28 points on 11-of-16 shooting in the game, which was already very good. It's just that Zion made a key mistake in the final moments, plus his defense has no value, and the overall play is still almost meaningless. At this time, Dillon still went over to hug Zion and then comforted him, and his emotional intelligence was really good.
Ingram chose to leave the game. He was completely locked up in this game. Of course, he scored 14 points alone in the third quarter, but unfortunately he was not seen in the final quarter. Even if he got 19 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks in the whole game, when he couldn't go wild at the critical moment, this had a great impact on the situation. There are even fans who ridicule Ingram as a health basketball.
Of course, the competition between the Pelicans and the Rockets is fierce right now. One of them was seventh in the West and one was eighth in the West. But with the Rockets winning this game, they are also 0.5 wins away. And now that the Rockets are in such good shape, it cannot be ruled out that they will overtake the Pelicans and come to seventh in the West.