For the entire season of the Rockets, in fact, Udoka has been adjusting. Whether it's tactics or personnel changes. And in the game against the Trail Blazers, in fact, the Rockets are continuing to improve. Especially for the two points of Van Vleet and Shen Jing, they finally don't have to turn the two, which is also where everyone has been complaining.
And this game Van Vleet has obviously changed, reducing his shots, and also reducing the contact with Shen Jing, and now Van Vleet plays more without the ball, and the overall effect is obviously much smoother. It's true that when VanVleet has the ball, he goes up and it affects the tempo, and that change is crucial.
For Shin Kyung, he has been chasing high scoring before, but this is still hurting the team. In this case, Udoka made a decisive adjustment and made Shin Kyung the pivot point like last season. He has always been organization-oriented in this game, and in the end, the tactics could not be played, and Shin Jing stepped up to help the team. Of course, now Shen Jing still needs to practice three points, once the three points are available, pull out the opposite center to stand at the top of the arc, plus the demolition with his teammates, he will become a huge surprise.
And Green's point was a huge surprise in both games. In particular, Green and Shen Jing's perfect blocking and pick-and-roll, coupled with the speed on the offensive end, and his ability to break through to the inside to get free throws, made his aggressiveness on the offensive end fully revealed. That's the way Green likes to play, he really can't be a shooter, that's a very clear signal, and Udoka seems to have seen it at the moment.
At the same time, the use of Whitmore and Amen is getting better and better. These two people are actually a bit of a substitute hum two generals. Whitmore can be absolutely aggressive on the offensive end, he has counterpoints, he scores, and he can show attitude whenever he has the ball. And for Amen, he dares to make moves with the ball, and his vision is okay, his shooting is also being revealed, coupled with the aggressiveness of the defensive end, they are players who can stabilize the second line. In this configuration, the rocket is really getting better.