The Rockets won by 29 points! Shen Jing had an efficient quasi-triple-double, the White Devils hit a new high of 25+6, and Amen also broke out
On February 3, Beijing time, in the NBA regular season, the Rockets defeated the Raptors 135-106 at home, and the team avoided consecutive defeats. In this game, the Rockets were all soldiers, Shen Jing played 29 minutes and efficiently got 24 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists of quasi-triple-double data, Green scored 14 points, and White Devil Whitmore ushered in a big explosion, he only played 21 minutes and got 25 points and 6 rebounds, scoring a career high, Amen Thompson scored 19 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in this game, and the score was also a career high.
The two teams performed similarly at the beginning of the game, and the Rockets were unable to open up the difference, but when the battle reached 10-8, the Rockets suddenly made a force, and the team even scored three points from the outside and outside lines, and easily completed the score with a breakthrough layup, and the team blasted out a wave of 27-13 offense. By the end of the first quarter, the Rockets had led the Raptors by 14 points and built a double-digit lead.
In the second quarter of the game, the Rockets continued to suppress the Raptors, Shin Jing and Green scored in a row on the Raptors' interior, rookie Thompson scored 8 points and 3 rebounds on 4 shots in a single quarter, Whitmore also scored 6 points, and the team beat the Raptors by 5 points again in a single quarter. At the end of the half, the Rockets had a 19-point lead over the Raptors, and the score gap was completely widened.
Shen Jing scored 13 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in 5 of 7 in a single quarter, Whitmore and Thompson teamed up to score 10 points, and the team once again blasted out a wave of 36-25 offense in a single quarter, with a net win of 11 points. After the first three quarters of the game, the Rockets built a 30-point lead, and the game completely lost suspense.
In the final quarter, the Rockets' main team did not continue to play, Whitmore scored 9 points again, and with 3 minutes left in the game, the Rockets replaced the second lineup, and the game completely entered the practice time. In the end, the Rockets won by 29 points at home, and after the loss in the previous game, the team responded strongly with a big win.
In this game, the two rookies of the Rockets played the best performance of their careers, including Whitmore with 25 points and 6 rebounds, and Thompson contributed 19 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. The Rockets' draft last year can be said to have a very good vision, Thompson has a comprehensive technique, can attack and defend, and Whitmore's offensive explosiveness is too strong, in 21 minutes, he was able to score 25 points, and the scoring skills are quite comprehensive. For the current Rockets, if Thompson and Whitmore can play on the bench, it will be a huge improvement for the team, and after the start, the team will be better with these two players on the bench.