The Houston Rockets (21-23) slaughtered the Charlotte Hornets (10-33) with a 44-25 super attack wave in the third quarter, 138-104, 34 points, and finally ushered in a long-awaited and hearty victory!
On the morning of January 27, Beijing time, the Rockets faced the Charlotte Hornets, who are third from the bottom in the East. In this game, Eason and Smith continued to be injured. Jalen Green and Whitmore shined brightly and became the biggest contributor to the Rockets' victory in this game! Jalen Green played 28 minutes, 12 of 20 shots, and scored a game-high 36 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. It is worth mentioning that Amen Thompson also had a good performance in this game, scoring 13 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals in 22 minutes of play, including 8 assists for the highest in the team, and I feel that he is more suitable to play the starting core point guard than Van Jordan!
For the Hornets: Ball Ball was defeated in the matchup with Jack Green, scoring 15 points and 8 assists on 6-of-16 shooting, while Bridges, who is rumored to be traded by the Rockets, performed well, scoring 21 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists on 7-of-11 shooting.
I have to say that the Rockets' big victory in this game temporarily stopped the recent decline and boosted the morale of the whole team! There are three highlights worth noting:
Finally waited for a game led by Jalen Green to win
In this game, Jalen Green's breakthrough and mid-range shooting played very well, and at the same time brought full motivation to the Rockets at both offensive and defensive ends. The Rockets need Green's consistent, consistent high firepower output, and 36 points in this game is a good performance. Whether he stays with the team or is traded in the future, Green himself needs to continue to play outstanding numbers and increase value. Hopefully, Green can continue to play like this, continue to strengthen his physical confrontation, and break through the stability and projection level, instead of 1 game and 10 games like before. However, there is one thing to say, the strength of the opponent Hornets in this game is indeed limited, and the moisture of his dazzling data still needs to be squeezed out reasonably and objectively.
Amen and the White Devil have finally joined forces
In this game, Rockets rookies Amen Thompson and Whitmore got 22 minutes and 20 minutes of playing time respectively, and their performances did not live up to the expectations of the head coach and fans, with 4-of-6 shooting and 9-of-18, 13 and 24 points also performed quite well. Both of them performed well in their playing time, with plus/minus of +25 and +26 respectively, Thompson actually made a three-pointer that he was not good at, which is worth encouraging, and the White Devils' three-point shooting was still sharp, shooting 4-of-9 and shooting 44% from three-point range to ensure the Rockets' victory in this game. In future games, hopefully Udoka can give these two rookies more training time, because we can see the hope of the Rockets from them!
Again, core point guard Van Jordan really should be traded
VanVleet played 29 minutes, shot 5 of 9, scored 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, 3 of 5 three-point shots, and shot 60 percent from the field. Is this the basic performance of the Rockets' leading point guard, VanVleet, who has a maximum salary of $40.8 million? There was only one assist in the half, and only a pitiful three assists in the whole game, which is not as good as the eight assists of Amen, who came off the bench, and occupies a lot of possession and will only play two games with Shen Jing! If the Rockets' rebuilding relies on six high-ranking rookies, the number of shots made by veterans such as Van Jordan must be controlled! VanVleet feels more and more watery!
I have to mention that Fan Jordan actually got 6 blocks in this game, no wonder he can't even get an essential work assist, is he going to change his function against the sky? [snicker] [snicker]
Write at the end
1. The Rockets' crazy victory over the Hornets in this game is worthy of recognition! However, don't be overjoyed, the Hornets are a bad team in the East, and Brother Qiu is not worthy of the name as a leader, the team's performance of 32 boards and 20 assists directly lost to the Rockets 21 rebounds and 14 assists, which shows the strength.
2. Bridges, the potential rumored trade partner of the Hornets, is not bad, but his function definitely coincides with that of Green or the White Devils, and the Rockets trade has little significance;
3. On the Rockets bench, there are really few players who can take the lead. In the fourth quarter garbage time, Bullock, who had a lump on his head, Hinton and Boban, who had been absent for a long time, all got a chance to play, but in terms of on-court performance, I really don't see how these people will be of much help to the Rockets. The Rockets are currently lacking these two: a strong and stable bench with a 1-interior defense and a 2-3-point shooter, who need to be strengthened as soon as possible.
Look at what will happen to the Rockets before the trade deadline!!