After a successful away trip with a big win, the Lone Rangers, who had taken a break, returned home and were challenged by the Western Youth Rockets.
For the Lone Rangers, head coach Kidley could not move, choosing to continue to believe in the regular starting lineup, led by Doncic + Boshin, trying to defend the home stadium and win 2 consecutive wins in the new season.
On the other hand, on the Rockets side, whether Gemini Kevin Porter Jr. + Jaylen Green can continue the previous magical state and help the Rockets win on the road has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game!
However, after 4 quarters of fierce competition, the away Rockets, although in the first half, with the excellent performance of Wood + Thesis, once overwhelmed the Lone Rangers, occupying the advantage and initiative on the field.
But after returning from the second half, the Rockets side of Gordon's 15 points in a single quarter was difficult to support, and in the third quarter, Doncic + Hardaway Jr. ushered in an outbreak at the same time, leading the Lone Rangers to reverse the situation on the court in one fell swoop.
Coupled with the rocket team's full dud in the last quarter, the bench of Boban + Brunson + Bullock has successively exerted its strength, and the lone rangers who finally played at home also won 116-106 against the Rockets, and won 2 consecutive wins without any danger!
This game faced the Rockets, a young and inexperienced team, the Lone Rangers were all soldiers, playing a team performance of 5 people scoring in double figures and multi-point blossoming.
In the case of only 2 of the 10 shots in the whole game of Bo Shen, the three major substitutes Boban + Brunson + Bullock, who jointly cut 38 points, are particularly critical!
Of course, as the absolute core of the team, Doncic's performance in this game is also remarkable.
Facing the Rockets' strict defense, Doncic lived up to expectations, starting 32 minutes, shooting 5 of 5 of 25 free throws, scoring a game-high 26 points, plus 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.
Not only did it once become an insurmountable existence for opponents, but also with excellent experience and skills, it gave Kevin Potter + Jaylen Green, two young people, a good lesson!
For the lone rangers at this stage, as well as head coach Kidd, considering the changes in the team's lineup configuration and strength in the offseason, the overall performance of the team has fluctuated after the start of the new season, although it is a relatively normal situation.
But if the Lone Rangers want to gain a foothold in the West in the new season, or even gain a foothold, they obviously need more players to take the initiative to stand up and take responsibility in addition to the two cores of Doncic + Bo shen!
On the other hand, the Rockets, this game rushed to the away game, although the team once achieved a good lead, but ultimately failed to withstand the pressure, the process of being reversed by the Lone Rangers, obviously still needs to be examined.
In the case of the three veterans of Wood + Gordon + Thesis, who have achieved success at both ends of the attack and defense, the dud performance of the double star Kevin Porter + Jaylen Green, who has high hopes from the team management, is indeed to blame!
After all, in this game, Jaylen Green shot only 4 of 16 shots, Kevin Porter Jr. only 4 of 10 shots, we have seen for all to see, the offensive end not only failed to provide timely firepower and vitality for the team, the two also accumulated 8 mistakes in the whole game, it can be said that the status is completely out of line.
And such an ups and downs performance, it is really difficult for the Management of the Rockets to completely hand over the power of the team to Kevin Potter Jr. + Jaylen Green!
Of course, for the Rockets, who are in the early stages of reconstruction and have a relatively young overall lineup, how far the team can go in the new season and what kind of achievements they can achieve in the chaotic West, obviously cannot rely entirely on these young people!