At 8:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 22, the NBA Rockets hosted the Celtics, Smith and VanVleet were absent, and their starting five Tigers were Jalen Green, Amen Thompson, Dillon, Whitmore, and Shen Jing;
At the beginning of the first quarter, Tatum scored 2 points under the basket, Jalen Green made two free throws and scored 1 point, and then scored 2 more points with his small pull rod, and Hauser scored 3 points with an arrow from the outside, and the Celtics led 5:3 at the beginning. It was Jalen Green who hit a mid-range shot and shot back for 2 points, and White unceremoniously went through Yang with a 3-point shot from a distance, and the two sides chased me to kill the wind and water, and the Celtics led the Rockets by 10 points at 35:25 at the end of the first quarter.
The fight continued in the second quarter, Dillon made foul free throws and scored 2 points, Tatum responded with 2 points on a fast break basket, Aaron Holiday scored 2 points on a breakaway layup, and Brissett hit 2 points on a basket, and the Celtics expanded to 10 points at 39:29. Dillon scored 3 points with a sword on the outside, White did not show weakness and responded with a 3-point shot from the plum blossom sword, and the two sides fell into offensive mode, and the Rockets trailed the Celtics by 15 points at 55:70.
Statistics of both sides in the first half -
Celtics: Porzingis 20 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks, White 16 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Tatum 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, Brown 4 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal, Hauser 9 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
Rockets: Jalen Green 12 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Shin Jing 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Dillon 13 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, Thompson 4 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Aaron Holiday 6 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.
In the second half, the two sides fought again, and the two sides were still in full swing. The Celtics' Porzingis and White rotated to bomb and score, Tatum and Brown were in a double-doubles state, but they could continue to add icing on the cake, and the Rockets' troika of Dillon, Shin Jing and Jalen Green worked hard to catch up. In the end, a fierce battle ended, and the Celtics defeated the Rockets 116-107!