Jalen Green was abandoned for 29 points, and Udoka trusted Van Jordan too much to make a big mistake
On January 25th, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today the Rockets sat at home to welcome the challenge of the Trail Blazers, before this game because the Lakers and Jazz have lost recently, so the Rockets also ushered in the opportunity to narrow the gap, as long as they can win, then the team's win difference will be the same as the Lakers Jazz, facing the back-to-back Trail Blazers, I thought they could win, but the gutter overturned.
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At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Shen Jing's inside kill opened the situation for the Rockets, Ayton and Simmons responded with 4 points, Jalen Green scored 4 points in a row, Shen Jing and Van Jordan combined to score 4 points The Rockets established a 6-point lead, but then relied on the play of Anfernee Simmons, the Trail Blazers chased down to only 1 point in the first quarter, and Dillon teamed up with Amen Thompson in the second quarter to establish a lead, and after the start, he also held the advantage, and the Rockets extended the lead to 6 points at halftime.
Yibian fought Grant and Anfernee Simmons to lead the team to catch up with the point difference, and then the game became a confrontation between Shen Jing and Simmons, Simmons was even better, he scored 16 points in a single quarter, Shen Jing scored 9 points, and the Trail Blazers also overtook 2 points in the third quarter, and the two sides played very close in the final quarter, relying on Grant's three-point Trail Blazers to score overtime at the end of the quarter, Brogdon was full of firepower in overtime, and he led the team to play a wave of 9-2 climax directly killed the suspense of the game, and finally the Trail Blazers defeated the Rockets 137-131.
Ayton proved himself, and Simmons was on fire
Recently, Ayton has been questioned a lot, because his performance is not good, in a previous interview reporter asked him if he has anything to prove? Ayton said: "I don't have anything to prove, I am the league's highest-paid player, and I will be in the future", at that time, fans also thought that Ayton was making a big fuss, but after getting the ball in this game, Ayton proved how good he was, scoring 18 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks on 8-of-13 shooting.
Recently, the Trail Blazers gave Brogdon more balls, they wanted Brogdon to play beautiful statistics, prove themselves and then trade away, and Brogdon played well in this game, he shot 8 of 19, 3 of 7 three-pointers and got 19 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists, although the overall efficiency was not good, but he dominated the game in overtime to help the team win. Grant finished with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, and his three-point game was invaluable.
Anfernee Simmons as the team's first core, he withstood Shen Jing's offensive with an excellent performance, he shot 13 of 20 in this game, 4 of 9 three-point shots and got 33 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Henderson did not play well in this game, 4 of 12 shots got 11 points, 3 assists and 2 blocks, in addition to Jabari Walker and Reese both scored 9 points, Thybulle got 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals.
Shin Kyung-Green tried his best, but Udoka misused the team
In this campaign, Shen Jing shot 11 of 17 and 1 of 2 three-pointers and got 30 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 steal, although many fans questioned that Shen Jing always likes to brush data at critical moments, but I have to admit that Shen Jing is indeed the most confident player in the Rockets' singles now, Jalen Green also rarely broke out, scoring 29 points, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block in 12 of 24 shots, he played so well that he was abandoned in the fourth quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Green led the team to play an offensive, and the team's momentum came up, and Green's self-confidence also came up, and after that, Udoka put him directly on the bench, and let Holiday Jr. and Van Jordan play in the backcourt, Green does not have enough experience on the defensive end, but his height is here, and as a result, the team's 1.85-meter backcourt was hit by Anfernee Simmons and Grant on various point lists, and Grant's whistle three-point shot was thrown in the face of Van Jordan.
It's sometimes a good thing that Udoka trusts veterans too much, after all, the veterans have enough experience and better execution, but they also have shortcomings, their talent and these young people who are not as good as the Rockets, and when Green is in excellent condition, he pressed Green on the bench, which is also thanks to Green's youth, if it is a player who has become famous for a long time, let him do this, it is estimated that he would have been forced to force the palace a long time ago.
Udoka, the famous coach, I think it's also a wasted name, giving Van Jordan too much offensive rights, but Van Jordan's offensive ability is also clear to everyone, very inefficient, he shot 8 of 17 in the game, 2 of 10 three-pointers got 18 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, gave his ball to Amen Thompson, I even think Thompson will score higher than him, the Rockets spent so much money to introduce Udoka, Van Jordan and Dillon, as far as Dillon is concerned, Dillon has reached the expected level.
Although the Rockets' record has improved this season, it is still a team outside the play-offs, and if it continues like this, the team is best to be a play-off team, spending so much money, to be honest, the improvement is not ideal. Speaking of which, what do you want to say about the current rocket? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.