Hit 23 three-pointers in 5 games! The Rockets' new shooter has quietly risen, and the three-point shooting percentage has risen
According to statistics, no player in the Rockets last season had a three-point shooting rate of more than 37%, but this season is completely different, the Rockets' defense has improved a lot this season, and their outside three-point shooting has become better, the Rockets introduced VanVleet, Aaron Holiday and Dillon Brooks this summer, they are all stable three-point shooters, and the Rockets' Jabari Smith Jr. and Tari Eason have also improved their three-point shooting rate a lot compared to last season.
Even Tate began to experiment with the three-point shot as the main offensive method. Alperen Shenjing, the star center of the Rockets, although the three-point shooting rate is still floating around 30% this season, his three-point shooting is much more than last season, so the Rockets have obtained or developed more three-point shooters on the basis of defense, and three-point shooting has also become one of the means for the Rockets to win.
In the last five games, the Rockets' record is relatively average, but one of their new shooters is quietly rising, and he is 21-year-old guard Jalen Green. In the last 5 games, Jalen Green has only scored under 20 points in one game, and the other 4 games have scored more than 20 points, and even against the Philadelphia 76ers, Jalen Green also scored 31 points. Jalen Green's three-point shooting in the last five games is even more like a miracle. Against the Suns, Jalen Green shot 6-of-12 from three-point range, and against the 76ers, Jalen Green shot 5-of-9 from three-point range. He made 5-of-9 three-pointers against the Pistons, 3-of-9 from three-point range against the Nets, and Jalen Green made 4-of-8 three-pointers against the Timberwolves.
In these 5 games, Jalen Green not only hit 23 three-pointers, before these 5 games, Jalen Green was not known for his good three-point shooting, and Jalen Green's three-point shooting rate was about 32% at that time. Even Jalen Green sometimes doesn't dare to shoot three-point shots, and the more he doesn't dare to shoot three-pointers, the more Jalen Green's three-point shooting rate can't go up.
However, in the last 5 games, although the Rockets lost more and won less, but Jalen Green's confidence in three-point shooting finally rose, after the game with the Timberwolves, Jalen Green's three-point shooting rate has reached 35.7%, although we can't say that Jalen Green has become the Rockets' super shooter, but the three-point shooting rate close to 36 is also a normal level in the entire league, or even a normal level.
If Jalen Green can maintain his current excellent touch, then an outside sharpshooter will rise to the top of the Rockets. Jalen Green's three-point shooting is rising, on the one hand, it is the result of his hard work to practice Xi, on the other hand, the teammates of the Rockets have also opened up more space and shooting space for Jalen Green, especially Shen Jing and Jabari Smith Jr. on the inside, they can immediately distribute the ball to Jalen Green after being trapped, so that he has the opportunity to shoot three-point shots in the open position, which is also the simple and efficient tactical embodiment of the Rockets.