Liftoff Diary丨Rockets only 1 win in 6 consecutive away games: defense plummeted 15 Udoka bluntly said disappointed, and the two cores were in the same slump
My fire is another defeat, a fiasco of 15 points to end this wave of 6 consecutive visitors, the first half also played you back and forth, the third quarter was once stretched to 13 points, the final quarter was directly opened to 20 points, before my fire was fire, now advanced to the third quarter?
Shen Jing, the core of this defeat, was also scolded by Knicks fans, and was ravaged by Harden in regular time, after the Knicks replaced the main force, Shen Jing frantically brushed points, and only scored 18 points in the last 1 minute, 40 minutes in the game, 7 of 16, scored 18 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 4 blocks and 3 turnovers, with a shooting rate of 43.8% and a true shooting rate of 47.2%.
With the Rockets losing 3 in a row on the road, and the Lakers winning 2 in a row at home, the Lakers have opened 1 win with the Rockets, and the Rockets are 19-21 in the 11th place in the West and fall out of the play-off circle.
This wave of 6 consecutive visitors: 113-120 Heat, 119-124 Bulls, 112-110 Pistons, 113-145 Green Kai, 115-124 Philadelphia, 94-109 Knicks. Only won one game against the Pistons, the league's vice president, and was almost killed by Ivey's three-point kill, what is going on with the Rockets?
Udoka said in an interview: "The Rockets' 5-1 win in the six games on the East Coast is really disappointing, and we have seen significant regression in many areas. We were a little bit better in this game, but there were still a lot of things that were not as good as the opponents, and we were not at the level of competition.
The Rockets under Udoka are defensive teams, and the Rockets' defensive efficiency this season once broke into the top five, and is currently 8th in the league, but this wave of 6 consecutive away Rockets defensive efficiency is 120.6 and 23rd in the league, plummeting 15 places, offensive efficiency is 109.9, 24th in the league (originally 21st in the league), and the net efficiency value is -10.7, 28th in the league (0.4 and 17th in the league).
The third quarter of the 6 consecutive away games is what the Rockets are not good at, with a net efficiency value of -26.4 and the third-to-last level in the league, and the pressure to enter the final quarter with a lag is very high, and the Rockets are really not covered, and the 4-15 away games this season are only better than the Hornets, Wizards, Pistons, Spurs, and Trail Blazers.
The Rockets who make mistakes in defense need offense to make up for it, but the performance of the Rockets' dual core on the road is also showing a downward trend, especially Jalen Green's efficiency is ridiculously low.
Shen Jing averaged 34.3 minutes per game, 22 points, 9 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 3.3 turnovers, 2 steals and 1 block, with a shooting rate of 53.5% and a three-point shooting rate of 20%, and the turnover rate was too high;
Jalen Green averaged 31.1 minutes per game, 17 points, 5 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 2.3 turnovers, 0.7 steals and 0.2 blocks, shooting 37.2% from the field and 22% from three-point range. The Rockets' offense is difficult to guarantee when neither of them has a highlight-reel performance, and VanVleet can't always output consistently, and he only averages 18.2 points + 41.9% shooting per game.
The Rockets are about to return to their home court to complete a wave of three consecutive home, and if this wave of three-in-a-row home is not resisted, perhaps the Rockets will "finish the calf" in the play-offs this season.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream