Rockets challenge the Hornets away, Smith and Eason continue to be absent, Hornets starters: Ball, Miller, Martin, Bridges, Richards! Rockets starters: VanVleet, Jalen Green, Dillon, Jeff Green, Shin Jing!
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Hornets came up to take a 5-0 lead, Jalen Green broke the deadlock for the Rockets after hitting a shot, and then Dillon on the Rockets' side blossomed inside and out, and Jalen Green made foul free throws and responded with a wave of 8-0 small climax. After 14-11, the referee blew for a foul on Van Jordan, and Udoka directly challenged successfully. But three goals, one assist and one three-pointer helped the Hornets overtake, but Jalen Green broke through 2+1 again, and the Rockets began to make substitutions. After that, the two sides fell into a hard tug-of-war, and after Amen broke through Miller to score 2+1, let the opponent foul 3 times, and came back with three goals. Jalen Green hit a three-point shot, the Rockets led to five points, the Hornets immediately tied 5-0, and Shin Jing broke through to make a foul and entered a timeout. Before the end of the first quarter, Van Jordan hit a shot from the buzzer to give the Rockets a two-point lead at 30-28.
In the second quarter, the two sides rotated the lineup, and the White Devils were very resolute on the offensive end, dunking, breaking through layups and making foul free throws under the basket, and one person scored 6 points in a row to help the Rockets lead to 7 points. However, on the Hornets side, Smith also scored 4 points in a row and responded with a wave of 7-0 to tie again. However, Amen assisted the White Devils and Landale in succession to stabilize the situation, and then Udoka continued to transfer, and Holiday hit a three-pointer from the top of the arc, and the Hornets called a timeout. After the timeout, Jalen Green came back, and the Hornets quickly caught up with free throws and steals, and Shin Kyung also came back, Martin broke through to make a layup and took a one-point lead, and the Rockets took a timeout. But the outside three-pointer was still dumb, and Shin Jing scored a basket to stop the bleeding, but Dillon continued fouls to send the opponent to the free throw line. The Hornets always maintained a slight lead, Jalen Green tied it 2+1, and hit a quasi-whistle shot in the last attack, and one scored five points in a row to help the Rockets lead 55-53 into the second half.
In the second half, the Rockets strengthened their defense in the third quarter. On the offensive end, Jalen Green continued his touch, scoring consecutive goals and assisting Van Jordan to hit a three-pointer. After Dillon hit two free throws, he broke through 2+1 and scored again, and the Rockets led to double digits. Then Jalen Green went completely crazy, scoring three consecutive rounds alone, and led directly to 17 points in a wave, and the Hornets had no choice but to take a timeout. After the timeout, Bridges scored five straight points to stop the bleeding, but Tate, Dillon and Amen responded with a 6-0 run to stretch it to 18 points. PJ Washington scored 2+1 under the basket, but Jalen Green also made foul free throws, and then Amen assisted the White Devils to score a layup, and the difference officially came to 20 points. But the Rockets' offense was incomprehensible, and Green and Amen played two 2+1 in a row to lead to 25 points, and the game was completely spent. Before the end of the third quarter, a three-ball counterattack hit the buzzer to chase 78-99.
At the beginning of the last quarter, the rocket's outside arrows rained down, the White Devils scored 3 three-pointers in a row, Amen could score three points, and a wave of 12-2 small climax directly led to 31 points, completely reduced to garbage time. But the Rockets didn't seem to have any intention of stopping, and the outside three-pointers continued to shoot wildly, and the difference was 40 points. The White Devils shot again, and the Hornets called a timeout to replace the main force and announced their surrender.
In the end, the Rockets beat the Hornets 138-104 on the road. Let's take a look at the players' performances!
Jalen Green blasted 36+4+9+2 to beat Miller
Today, Rockets star Jalen Green beat Hornets star Miller. Jalen Green shot 3-of-5 from the field, 1-of-3 from three-point range and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line in the first quarter to finish with 12 points and four rebounds. Before halftime, he scored five points to help his team take the lead.
In the first half, Green scored 21 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. In the third quarter, he completely exploded, although he couldn't do three points, but the breakthrough was very sharp, scoring 15 points in a single quarter, and then clocking out in advance.
In the whole game, Jalen Green played only 28 minutes, shooting 12 of 20, 1 of 7 three-pointers, 11 of 12 free throws, and 36 points, plus 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.
The 36 points are also Jalen Green's new single-game scoring high this season.
Three goals were spewed in anger, and the White Devils scored a new high
Aside from Jalen Green, the Rockets' best game today was undoubtedly the White Devils off the bench.
He didn't have a good hand in the first half, finishing with just eight points and six rebounds on 3-of-11 shooting. But in the second half, the White Devils exploded, especially in the first few minutes of the fourth quarter, he hit three three-pointers from the outside, plus a mid-range shot, and one person scored 11 points in a row and took the game away.
The White Devils played 20 minutes off the bench, shooting 9-of-18 from the field, 4-of-9 from three-point range, and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, finishing with a double-double of 24 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.
The 24 points were a career high in a single game.