What about the 90% who said yes?
Previously, the data media Basketball Reference predicted that the Rockets had a 90% chance of making the playoffs this season, and now the latest probability is only 49.5%, the three traffic teams Lakers 32.5%, the Suns 30.8%, and the Warriors 30%.
Many fans said that unless the Rockets can make it to the top six in the West, they will basically be out of action if they fall into the play-off area, because Xiao Hua has to protect the ratings of the team.
The referee blows the rockets at home as away and away as a graveyard, which is really miserable. Rockets fans shouted that 5 to 8 was too difficult, and they lost a lot of games this season because of referee problems.
Previously, Udoka openly said: We do want to be more aggressive defensively, but we also have to understand how the referee decides the game. When it comes to free throws, and even fouls, there are sometimes discrepancies.
Udoka also admitted recently that the Rockets won several fewer games, but he did not dare to publicly point out the referee problem, which would be fined.
According to court documents obtained by the American media The Blast, Udoka and his ex-fiancée Nia Lang have resolved the custody issue, and he has to pay $32,500 a month in child support.
Udoka previously signed a four-year, $28.5 million contract with the Rockets, and he has a monthly disposable income of $465804 million. Their son spends 95 percent of his time with his mom, so child support is set at $56,389. Udoka haggled successfully and ended up paying only $32,500. Udoka can save it, he can't send money to Xiao Hua anymore.
Udoka said after the loss to the Heat that he would not be surprised or happy about his current record, and that the Rockets players were fully engaged from day one and had a winning mentality. They had at least five or six games that could have been won. The Rockets didn't have much time to recuperate, and they flew from Miami to Chicago. In the end, the Rockets lost to the Bulls.
The Rockets have won six fewer games, and they currently have 18 wins, and if you add six games, they will have 24 wins, and they will go directly to the top six in the West.
NBA officials don't want to hide that the Rockets have been hacked. The Rockets vs. Bulls referee report was released, and there were three missed decisions in this game, two of which were not in favor of the Rockets. In the last 1 minute and 56 seconds of overtime, Jalen Green broke through with the ball and was missed by Vucevic hitter. In the last 1 minute and 11 seconds of overtime, LaVine moved the pivot foot when he stopped the ball, which was a step leak. These two leaks were fatal for the Rockets, directly causing the Bulls to play a wave and take away the game.
The Rockets lost to the Clippers this season, and in the final two minutes, the referee's report showed that with 49.2 seconds left in the game, Jalen Green started a breakthrough in the bottom corner and was hit on the wrist by Leonard, causing the latter to lose the ball, which is a missed judgment here.
Udoka has always insisted that Jalen Green play the starter in part to develop him, and on the other hand, he can throw three-pointers and create a threat. However, Xiao Hua didn't give Jalen Green a whistle, and Udoka was also very helpless.
Jalen Green was popular in the United States with millions of followers on social media before he entered the NBA, but he was a superstar touted by Adidas, and the NBA is the Nike league. Jalen Green's offensive efficiency is low and prone to mistakes, on the one hand, he has poor basic skills, poor ability to read the game, and on the other hand, he does suffer at the whistle.
Jalen Green has a good temper, and the referees won't complain if they don't blow him. Some Rockets fans pointed out the problem, saying that Jalen Green is too honest for crying kids to eat candy.
With the Rockets and Adidas being long-term partners, and Fertitta not paying the luxury tax, Shaw does have a reason to make Houston a casualty of the traffic team.