On January 4, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Rockets faced the Nets at home, before the game, the Rockets were 16-15 and ranked 9th in the West, while the Nets were 15-19 and ranked 9th in the East. Rockets starting lineup: VanVleet + Jalen Green + Tate + Jabari Smith + Shin Jing, Nets starters: Dinwiddie + Bridges + Johnson + Finneysmith + Claxton.
In the first quarter of the game, Jalen Green was blocked at the beginning, Claxton scored 4 points in a row, Van Jordan hit a three-point response, Johnson tossed, Jabari shot, Bridges and Jalen Green soared to each other for three points, and then Shen Jing scored 4 points in a row, Finney and Dinwiddie stood up on the Nets' side, the two sides played fiercely, Van Jordan and Finney scored three points at each other, the score was tied at 18, Claxton made a basket, Jalen Green had no feeling, crazy iron, the layup was cut off, Udoka couldn't stand it, replaced with Whitmore and Amen, Van Jordan jumped to stop the bleeding, and the White Devils also hit three pointsJabari blocked the foul, O'Neal threw and hit, and the Rockets won by four points in the first quarter 26-22.
Jalen Green was 1-of-6 in the first quarter, and Van Jordan scored 11 points. In the second quarter, Holiday scored three points, Sharpe hooked his hand, the White Devils steal a dragon layup and didn't score, O'Neal hit a three-point shot, Amen responded to the jumper, O'Neal dunked with both hands, the score alternately leads, O'Neal is still scoring, the Rockets have no defense inside, and mistakes are frequent, Tate hit a three-point shot, Thomas made a foul, Claxton blocked Jabari and Shen Jing in a row, Van Jordan chased three points to 40 draws, Shen Jing jumped to overtake, Dinwiddie caused a three-point foul in the face of Shen Jing, the point difference could not be pulled away, O'Neal scored three points again, and Shen Jing threw in response to 2+1, Claxton ate cake, it was still Shen Jing who responded with a layup, Bridges fired outside, Jalen Green missed out of bounds, and the Rockets 49-50 Nets at halftime.
Halftime stats, Shin Jing 14 points and 4 rebounds, VanVleet 14 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Jalen Green 3 points and 4 rebounds, Jabari Smith 2 points and 6 rebounds, Tate 3 points and 2 rebounds, Whitmore 3 points and only played 5 minutes, Jeff Green 5 points. On the Nets side, Claxton had 8 points and 10 rebounds, Bridges had 6 points, Dinwiddie had 4 points, 5 assists and 2 steals, O'Neal had 12 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, and Sharpe had 4 points and 4 rebounds.
Yibian fought again, Shen Jing scored a layup at the beginning, Bridges responded with a three-point shot, Jalen Green hit three points, Jabari made two free throws, Jalen Green made a layup and finally scored, Claxton ate cake and dunked, the point difference still couldn't be opened during this time, and then the Rockets began to exert force, Shen Jing made fouls, Jalen Green and Van Jordan scored three consecutive points, Shen Jing 2+1, Jalen Green scored three points again, the Nets were also scoring, but they were still pressed by the Rockets, Dinwiddie led the team to counterattack, Jalen Green was dragged down by Watford for a layup, the referee did not blow a malicious foul, the White Devil God went down to the three-point rush, Johnson and Thomas teamed up to stop the bleeding, and it was the White Devils who responded with three points, Thomas hit the iron with three points, Amen hit a three-point shot, and the Rockets 87-75 Nets at the end of the third quarter.
In the crucial final quarter of the game, can the Rockets withstand the offensive of the Nets? The White Devils broke through and hit a layup, Johnson responded with three points, and Amen made 2+1, Jeff Green scored three points, the Rockets were full of firepower, Amen seized the opportunity with two free throws, Jalen Green made a jumper, Tate also hit three points, the point difference continued to expand, the Nets collapsed, with Jabari and Van Jordan hitting three-pointers, the difference has come to 18 points, the Nets did not give up, and they can narrow the difference, Shen Jing responded with a basket, the difference was 17 points with two minutes left in the game, both sides began to change to the bench lineup, and finally the Rockets beat the Nets 112-101.
Rocket stats: VanVleet 21 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 blocks and 4 turnovers, played a little alone in the opening stage, but later reduced the number of shots and began to assist teammates to score. Shen Jing 30 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 turnovers, the offensive end is really tough, and he has stood up many times to stop the bleeding for the Rockets, but Shen Jing also has shortcomings, that is, the defense is poor, and the center who is basically opposite him will also play good statistics.
Jalen Green was 5-of-15 from the field, with only 14 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 turnovers, as a scorer, Green is too inconsistent and will have some low-level turnovers, Green is not suitable as a Rockets leader. Tate had 8 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Jabari had 7 points and 11 rebounds, and in the next three quarters of the game, Jabari completely became a blue-collar and had no ball, but he worked the defensive end.
The White Devils made a big surprise, contributing 11 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, and 3 of 5 three-point shots, the White Devils are full of enthusiasm, the offense is stable, and there is still room for improvement in defense. Jeff Green had 8 points, Amen had 10 points and 6 rebounds, and Holiday had 3 points and 3 assists.
After defeating the Nets, the Rockets got rid of the Lakers and Warriors behind them with 2 consecutive wins, the situation in the play-offs has changed dramatically, and neither the Lakers nor the Warriors dare to lose anymore, and in the long run, the Suns, Rockets, Lakers and Warriors are basically impossible to all enter the play-offs, and there will definitely be a team left behind.
Nets stats: Bridges had 15 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Johnson 15 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Dinwiddie 11 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists, Claxton 12 points and 13 rebounds, including 10 rebounds in the first quarter, a career high, and also became the first player in the history of the Nets to grab 10 rebounds in a single quarter, O'Neal 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. After losing to the Rockets, the Nets have suffered a five-game losing streak.