Rockets 4 forwards and 1 guard combination, or a decisive formation? Wu Shuai did not give up easily
Last season, the Rockets' No. 2 man, Jalen Green, and the Rockets' number one forward, Alperen Shenjing, were both the right-hand men of former Rockets head coach Silas last season. Although the Rockets also had a good offensive player, such as Porter, the Rockets only did a lot of training for Shin Jing and Jalen Green at the time.
Shen Jing is still the original Shen Jing, and Rockets head coach Udoka left more space for Shen Jing, so that he has more space to play, and Shen Jing has basically become an All-Star level forward, even in the face of Sabonis, Anthony Davis, Jokic These top forwards, Shen Jing is not inferior at all, and the Rockets can also rely on Shen Jing to beat each other.
However, Jalen Green's play was increasingly neglected, and in the last round of the game against the Grizzlies, in the fourth quarter, the Shin Kyung team was abandoned due to poor play and did not get a chance to play. And Jalen Green, which is the second time that he has not played in the fourth quarter, the Rockets sent a lineup of four front and one back back, Jabari Smith, Eason, Dillon Brooks, Jeff Green, these four people are all Rockets' scoring guards, only Van Vleet is alone!
The combination of these five people looks strange, the Rockets don't seem to have the No. 2 and No. 4 positions, which is very similar to the previous style of play of the Raptors, when the Raptors were a group of forwards + a point guard played together, but they reaped good results, and the Rockets used such a lineup in this game against the Grizzlies.
We don't know if the Rockets will continue to use this four-before-one-back tactic in future games? However, there is good reason to think that since they beat the Grizzlies in the fourth quarter, they are likely to continue this formation, especially in the fourth quarter, when the Rockets may trade Jalen Green or Shin Jing for a more practical and efficient one-sided four.
Perhaps, this was just an unintentional attempt by him, but his attempt was a great success. In the fourth quarter, the Rockets went on a 35-23 run to beat the Grizzlies. The only problem is Jalen Green and Shin Kyung, both of whom are the main players of the Rockets, but this formation has clashed with them, so Yudoga can only put Jalen Green and Shin Kyung on the bench, and the facts confirm their decision.
Although the Rockets fielded the usual No. 4 and No. 1 positions, the Rockets still had a crucial game, and the team that could win was the best team, even if they left Jalen Green, Shin Jing and other players on the bench, there was no problem with such an arrangement. He is confident that he will try to make this team better in this game.