On January 2, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Rockets faced the Pistons at home, before the game, the Rockets ranked 10th in the West with 15 wins and 15 losses, and suffered 3 consecutive defeats, obviously they need to stop the decline as soon as possible, the Pistons are the league's bottom-1 team, and the strength must be the Rockets who have the upper hand, and Dillon continues to be absent in this campaign. Rockets starters: VanVleet + Jalen Green + Tate + Smith + Shin Jing, Pistons starters: Cunningham + Ivey + Duren + Knox + Bogdanovic.
In the first quarter of the game, Knox threw the first to score, Smith hit a three-point response, Bogda made a rebound, Shen Jing jumped, Jalen Green scored three points, Tate made two free throws, Ivey made a three-point shot, the Pistons overtook him, and then Jalen Green made a foul, Tate scored 4 points in a row, Van Jordan jumped, and the Rockets came back in waves, but the Rockets' offensive failed to continue, Bogda, Ivey and Livers scored successively, and the two sides began to tug of war, Van Jordan jumped, Duren made a layup, and Amen responded with 2+1, Eason also hit three points, Ethan steals and dunks, the Rockets gradually gain the upper hand, Wiseman hooks hands to make 2+1, Ethan three points and three don't stick, Hayes three-point soaring, Amen breaks through and falls, Holiday hits three points, and the Rockets win by 2 points in a single quarter 31-29.
Van Jordan and Eason both scored eight points in the first quarter. At the beginning of the second quarter, Jeff Green dunked, Tate hooked, Wiseman dunked, Ethan and Tate responded together, at this time the Rockets led by 10 points, and after a pause, Tate threw and continued to cut points, Amen also scored three points, and the Pistons were also tenacious, Burks and Hayes scored continuously, and the difference narrowed again, Smith first hated Duren, and then fired from the outside, helping the Rockets stabilize the situation, Burks and Van Jordan exchanged three-point shots, Shen Jing and Van Jordan took turns scoring, Ivey made a basket, Shen Jing three points and three did not stick, Duren dunked, the Pistons chased to only 4 points, Jalen Green retreated three points and missed, Tate did not have three points, Shen Jing dunked violently, Duren pressed the whistle and scored in the air, halftime Rockets 59-55 Pistons.
Halftime stats: Tate 12 points, Smith 6 points and 3 rebounds, Shin Jing 6 points and 5 assists, Green 5 points, VanVleet 12 points, Eason 9 points. On the Pistons' side, Bogda had 6 points, Duren had 10 points and 9 rebounds, Cunningham had 4 points and 6 assists, Ivey had 10 points and 4 rebounds, Burks had 12 points, and Wiseman had 4 points.
Yibian fought again, Jalen Green and Bogda soared each other for three points at the beginning, Shen Jing continued to make fouls, the Rockets began to exert force, Van Jordan assisted Smith to score three points, and then passed Shen Jing to cause 2 + 1, Van Jordan's organizational ability is indeed top, under his drive, the Rockets gradually expanded the point difference, Shen Jing, Jalen Green and Van Jordan continued to cut points, Tate continued to firepower on the outside, Jalen Green stepped on the line with three points, Shen Jing 2 + 1, and the point difference came to 20+, Jalen Green can still score three consecutive points, he and Shen Jing broke out in this quarter, the Pistons completely collapsed, Hayes threw to stop the bleeding, Burks jumped, Jalen Green responded again with free throws, Shen Jing singled Wiseman to cause 2+1, Osar Thompson made a layup, and the third quarter ended with the Rockets 106-80 Pistons.
In the third quarter, Jalen Green scored 17 points, Shen Jing scored 20 points, the double core went crazy, the key final quarter of the game, the Pistons did not give up, and wanted to fight back, Burks and Bogdan hit three-pointers in a row, Udoka called a timeout, and after coming back, Ethan responded with 4 points in a row, Amen dunked, Whitmore finally appeared, and the White Devils made a layup +The dunk scored 4 points in a row, Bullock scored three points, at this time the Rockets led by 33 points, and the Pistons also began to change the bench lineup, and the White Devils hit a three-point surge, and also scored a one-arm dunk, playing very actively, and finally the Rockets defeated the Pistons 136-113.
Rocket data: Shen Jing 26 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals and 2 turnovers, especially in the third quarter, Shen Jing scored 20 points in a single quarter, beating Wiseman to the point of despair, Shen Jing has no problem offensively, his shortcoming is that his frame protection ability is poor. Jalen Green had 22 points and 5 rebounds, 1 of 5 in the first half, recovered in the second half, and scored 17 points in the third quarter. Van Jordan had 15 points and 7 assists, scoring and organizing a one-shouldered pick, Shen Jing was able to break out, and Van Jordan contributed a lot. Tate had 16 points and 3 rebounds, and Smith had 9 points and 6 rebounds.
Eason had 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals, Amen made a big surprise, contributing 12 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, and his younger brother Osar Thompson had the upper hand, Jeff Green had 3 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Whitmore had 9 points and 4 rebounds. Overall, the Rockets showed strong strength in this game, and the only thing that needs to be complained about is Udoka's change of formation, Dillon does not play, Ethan's starting effect may be better, and Tate goes to play as a substitute.
After defeating the Pistons, the Rockets ended a three-game losing streak and overtook the Lakers to rise to 9th in the West, the Lakers' current situation is quite bad, and they dare not lose again, but the 11th Warriors have also had a bad momentum recently, the Lakers and the Warriors have really become difficult brothers, in the long run, the Rockets, the Lakers and the Warriors, including the Suns, these four teams are probably destined to miss one of the play-offs.
Pistons stats: Cunningham 6 points, 1 rebound and 10 assists, 16 of 3 irons are too hard to watch, and was beaten by Jalen Green, the star of the same year, Ivey 19 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Duren 12 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist, Bogdanovic 14 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Burks 21 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. After losing to the Rockets, the Pistons remain in the bottom 1 of the league, after their 28-game losing streak was ended, and now it looks like they are about to start a new losing streak.