On March 26, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the 11th Rockets in the West sat at home to face the 14th Trail Blazers. With nine straight wins, the Rockets are on a solid footing to 36-35, just 0.5 wins away from the 10th-placed Warriors, and the Western Conference playoff landscape is about to change.
In the game, the Rockets' outside feel was relatively sluggish, but the team played very experienced, frequently hitting the inside line to make fouls and stand on the free throw line, and Landale played particularly brightly, scoring 15 points on 100 shots in the first quarter. The Trail Blazers also focused on attacking the basket, and the offense of the two teams was back and forth to keep it stalemate, 25-28 with only a 3-point difference.
In the second quarter, Banton became a substitute for the Trail Blazers, scoring consecutive points in the restricted area, and the team gradually overtook him. The Rockets continued to try to shoot, but they were extremely inefficient and not very resolute in making shots inside, which led to their limitations on both offensive and defensive ends, scoring only 19 points in a single quarter and trailing by four points at halftime 47-51.
The Rockets, who came back from halftime, regained their touch, Jalen Green took the lead in leading the team to fire inside and outside to set off a counterattack climax, and a variety of offensive methods allowed them to slowly open up the gap, coupled with the defensive intensity, which caused the Trail Blazers' mistakes to turn into a conversion, and the situation became better and better, leading by 9 points at 80-71 in the third quarter.
In the final quarter, Green and Bullock hit three-pointers in quick succession, and the gap was already in double digits, and the Rockets were fully focused on getting ready to close the game. Henderson forced a breakthrough and did not give up the battle, but the Trail Blazers could not grasp the absolute opportunity, the suspense became smaller and smaller, and the Rockets beat the Trail Blazers 110-92 at the end of the game.
The Rockets ushered in a wave of nine straight wins, so the pressure was on the Warriors, and the two teams were only 0.5 wins away, and the competition for the play-offs became more and more fierce. The Warriors will next face the Heat and Magic, while the Rockets will be the Thunder, Mavericks and Thunder, and more importantly, the two teams will have a head-to-head meeting, which may be the key to the standings.
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