On February 3, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and in a game played today, the Rockets continued the momentum of the Dragons at home, defeating the visiting Raptors at home and refusing to lose in a row. In this game, Shin Jing and Whitmore both ushered in career milestones, one second only to James and the other comparable to Kobe.
The two teams still had a lot of contact at the beginning of the game, but in the second half of the first quarter, the Raptors couldn't shoot, and the Rockets took advantage of the situation to stretch the difference to 14 points, and in the second quarter, the Rockets played steadily and steadily, always controlling the situation on the court, and took a 19-point lead at halftime. In the third quarter, the Raptors' offense still did not improve, while the Rockets were full of firepower to stretch the difference to 30 points, and the fourth quarter was basically garbage time, and the Rockets finally beat the Raptors 135-106.
In terms of personal data, Shin Jing scored 24 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists in less than 29 minutes of playing time. After this game, Shin Kyung's total of rebounds in the regular season exceeded 1,500 to 1,505. Since then, Shen Jing's regular season statistics have come to 2820 points, 1505 rebounds and 715 assists, becoming the second youngest player in NBA history to score 2500 points, 1500 rebounds and 700 assists, at the age of 21 years and 190 days, and the youngest is James, who got this data at 21 years and 79 days.
However, the draft picks of the two are very different, James is the top pick in 2003, and Shin Kyung is the No. 16 pick in 2021, not even the top 14 pick.
Compared to Shin Kyung, who is second only to James, Whitmore may be more delightful to Rockets fans. In today's game against the Raptors, the White Devils once again showed his efficiency, scoring a team-high 25 points on 10-of-17 shooting and 3-of-7 three-pointers in less than 22 minutes, in addition to 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals, with a plus/minus of +22.
After this game, Whitmore became the second player to score 17+ points off the bench in five consecutive games as a teenager compared to Kobe. At this moment, the most unhappy should be the Lakers fans, the Lakers management perfectly missed Jaime Jr., Podemski, Whitmore, and selected Schifino with the 17th pick in the first round, perfectly avoiding all the correct answers.