After ending their two-game losing streak, the Houston Rockets returned home to a challenge from their formidable rival, the Jazz, who were in a three-game winning streak.
In terms of the Rockets, head coach Silas followed the previous regular start, and whether the twin stars Kevin Porter Jr. + Jaylen Green can lead the team in this campaign and defend the home court to end the losing streak has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game.
On the other hand, on the Jazz side, Gay continues to be absent, and the core lineup led by Mitchell + Conley + Gobert is also ready to try to win on the road!
Finally, after 4 quarters of competition, with the excellent play of Mitchell + Clarkson + Ingles, the anti-away Jazz team, in the first half, the offensive and defensive ends of the rocket team, once won a nearly 24-point lead.
Coupled with the return of the second half, Mitchell + Bojan + O'Neal + Pascal hit consecutive three-pointers in the third quarter to help the Jazz widen the score gap on the court.
In the final quarter of the showdown, the Rockets were fully muted, and only scored 19 points in the entire fourth quarter, and the jazz team finally won 122-91 on the road to the Rockets, which was worth the trip to win 4 consecutive wins at the same time, but also gave the opponent Rockets 3 consecutive losses!
Rushing to the away game in this game, the Jazz did not show a tired side, but blossomed more, playing a team attack with 7 people scoring in double figures.
In the case of Mitchell + Bojan + Clarkson + Ingles + Whiteside + Pascal and other cores, combined to bomb 87 points, continuing the stable performance, the team's inside gate Rudy Gobert's play is particularly critical!
In this game, facing the Rockets' De + Thesis + Shenjing, Gobert continued his previous efficient state, starting 27 minutes, shooting 5 of 7 free throws, 8 of 6 of 7 free throws, and easily cut a double-double performance of 16 points + 14 rebounds + 1 assist + 1 block.
And he is sitting on the Jazz's inner line, for the Rockets to impact the basket deterrence, and the role of rebounding protection, can indeed be said to explode the Rockets a number of internal lines, becoming an opponent's overwhelming existence!
On the other hand, the Rockets' performance in this game, which returned to the familiar home field, and the team's final 31-point rout, obviously remains to be examined.
As the two young cores that the team focuses on cultivating, the sluggish performance of another young player, Jaylen Green, in the case of Kevin Porter Jr.'s early exit due to injury, is indeed to blame!
After all, in this game, Jaylen Green's performance is in our eyes, the first 29 minutes, the whole game only 16 shots only 3 of the shooting rate of less than 20%, not to mention, the outside three-point shot is 8 shots 0 completely lost the crosshairs.
Although in this game, Jaylen Green once again showed amazing physical talent and bounce, counterattacking dunks into a 2+1 detonation of the Rockets' home stadium.
In the face of this amazing talent, as the 2-time league block king, the tall tower Whiteside, who is 2 meters 13 tall, does not dare to jump easily, and can only reach out to foul and watch Green play 2+1 on the free throw line.
But rationally speaking, such a "short-lived" performance is tantamount to a drop in the bucket for the Rockets, who are lagging behind in the big score!
For Jaylen Green himself, talent alone is obviously not enough, how to improve his shooting and offensive skills through late efforts, is the key to whether he can really stand on the Rockets!
As for whether Jaylen Green, a potential young player at the age of 19, can live up to expectations, regain his form, prove his value and identity in the top spot, and help the Rockets through this difficult period, we obviously can only leave it to time and game to prove!