The Rockets suffered a 13-point reversal! Shen Jing slashed 30+10+8, Green scored 29 points, and Udoka made a mistake
On January 25, Beijing time, in the NBA regular season, the Rockets lost to the Trail Blazers 131-137 overtime at home, and the team suffered a 13-point reversal. In this game, Shen Jing got a quasi-triple-double of 30 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, Jalen Green scored 29 points, and VanVleet had 18 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists. On the Trail Blazers' side, Simmons contributed 33 points, Ayton had 18 points and 17 rebounds, Grant had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, and Brogdon had 19 points and 6 assists.
In the past period, the Rockets have performed very badly, the team has only won by 1 point at home, lost 4 of the last 5 games, the team has slipped to 11th place in the West, falling out of the play-off area, and the team has also been plagued by injuries, Smith, Eason and Tate are all injured and cannot play, and the roster is not complete, this stage is a difficult period for the Rockets, they need a win to reverse the current unfavorable situation.
In the first quarter of the game, the Rockets and the Trail Blazers played very lively, the Rockets, although the outside shooting was inaccurate, but they were very strong on the inside, Jalen Green and Shen Jing became the team's main attack points, Amen and VanVleet's finishing effect was also very good, and the Rockets scored 31 points in the first quarter. The Trail Blazers weren't bad either, with Simmons and Grant combining for 15 points, Henderson also scoring seven points in a single quarter, and the team scored 30 points in the first quarter, just one point behind the Rockets.
In the second quarter of the game, the Rockets shot outside, Dillon, Holiday , Jalen Green and VanVleet teamed up to shoot 5 three-pointers, of which Jalen Green also scored 10 points in a single quarter, and 19 points in the half, becoming the team's offensive thigh, and the Rockets scored 32 points in the entire second quarter, beating the Trail Blazers by 5 points. At halftime, the Rockets' lead came to six points.
In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers began to exert their strength, Simmons completely exploded, he completely entered his own rhythm, 6 of 8 in a single quarter with 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Grant scored 9 points to add icing on the cake, and the Trail Blazers exploded 41-33 in a single quarter, beating the Rockets by 8 points. It only took one quarter of the game for the Trail Blazers to overtake the Rockets by 2 points.
In the last quarter, the scores of the two teams rose alternately, with 3 minutes left, Jalen Green and Shen Jing scored 4 points in a row to help the team open up the difference, Brogdon responded with a mid-range shot, Shen Jing attacked Ayton to win, Simmons missed a half-volley, Jalen Green chased three points, and turned around, Brogdon hit a difficult bottom corner three-pointer, the Trail Blazers only trailed by 1 point, and then Holiday went to the free throw line, scored two free throws, the Trail Blazers last 1.6 seconds, Grant hit a three-point shot at the whistle, and the two sides entered overtime.
In overtime, Brogdon hit a three-pointer, Jalen Green cut and dunked, Grant, Simmons and Brogdon scored six points in a row, and the Trail Blazers held a seven-point lead. Shen Jing made a foul and made one of two free throws, VanVleet carried Brogden to score a layup, and the Rockets chased to 4 points, and then the Trail Blazers missed consecutive shots, but the Rockets lost rebounds in a row, and finally Ayton made a basket to kill the game, and the Trail Blazers defeated the Rockets through overtime reversal and won the game.
The Rockets had every chance to win this game, they led by 13 points at most, but the team's performance was inconsistent, Udoka made a mistake in the last minute of regular time, let VanVleet defend Grant, who was shot by the latter to tie the three-pointer, and lost rebounds in overtime in a row, and did not make adjustments, which also led to the Rockets finally losing, losing 5 of the last 6 games, and the Rockets are now in a very difficult situation.