After swallowing a wave of 3 consecutive defeats to end the road trip, the Rockets sat at home and ushered in the challenge of the Thunder, who won 2 in a row.
Currently, the Thunder are ranked second in the West, and the Rockets are ranked 10th in the West, and there is a gap in strength between the two teams.
In addition, the alignment of Holmgren on the inside of the Thunder and Shin Jing on the inside of the Rockets has become a highlight of the game.
Finally, after a fierce battle in the 4th quarter of the game, with Aaron Holiday's excellent play, the Rockets defeated the Thunder 110-101 at home, the Rockets completed a big upset to end a 3-game losing streak, and the Thunder's 2-game winning streak was ended!
In fact, the Rockets took the initiative at the beginning of the first quarter of the game, VanVleet incarnated as an assist to the little prince, Jalen Green and Shen Jing led the team to a perfect start of 13-5, and the Thunder relied on Giddey to hit two three-pointers from the outside to bite the score, and the Rockets led the Thunder 32-22 in the first quarter.
Entering the second quarter, the Thunder launched a counterattack, Alexander shot all 4 shots in a single quarter without missing shots, Jalen Williams and Holmgren scored consecutive points to add icing on the cake, the Thunder chased the difference to single digits, Bullock played 2+1 to help the Rockets stabilize the situation, and the Thunder trailed the Rockets 50-55 at halftime.
Yibian fought again, the Thunder continued to chase points, Isaiah Joe, Carson Wallace and Man hit three points, the Thunder once chased the difference to 1 point, and at the critical moment, Dillon Brooks scored 12 points to lead the Rockets to reopen the difference, and the Rockets led the Thunder 80-74 in the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the decisive battle, the Thunder counterattacked unabated, Alexander continued to challenge the Rockets' interior line, and Kenway's outside line ** retained the suspense of the game, but Aaron Holiday suddenly broke out and scored 14 points in a single quarter, and the Thunder was 9 points behind and completely hopeless, and finally the Rockets defeated the Thunder in an upset at home.
In this game, the Thunder was comprehensively suppressed by the Rockets at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and all four players on the team scored double-doubles, Aaron Wiggins on the bench scored 11 points, and Trae Mann contributed 10 points to perform brilliantly.
In terms of main players, Jalen Williams was 5 of 13, Giddey was 3 of 11, Dort was 0 of 5 and played poorly, and the performance of Alexander and Holmgren was one of the few bright spots in the Thunder game!
In this game, Alexander was both offensive and defensive, shooting 13 of 18 from the field, with a shooting rate of more than 70%, and scored a game-high 33 points, with 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 steals and 1 block, but he was reduced to an empty cut.
In this game against the Rockets, Holmgren started the game for 24 minutes, although he lost his crosshairs on 2 of 9 shots, he was still trustworthy on the defensive end, and got 4 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 6 blocks!
In contrast, on the Rockets' side, the team did not have an advantage in defense and interior scoring in this game, and the Rockets had as many as 19 turnovers as a team.
However, the Rockets defeated the Thunder in the fight for rebounds in this game, and the Rockets picked up 53 rebounds in the game, 23 more than the Thunder, which is the key to the Rockets' victory over the Thunder!
In addition, throughout the game, all members of the Rockets scored double-doubles for all five players, Jalen Green scored 15 points, VanVleet contributed 11 points and 9 assists, Jabari Smith Jr. scored 6 points and 18 rebounds, and Shen Jing, Dillon Brooks and Aaron Holiday scored 20+ at the same time.
In this game, Shen Jing was very efficient, shooting 8 of 13 from the field, with a shooting rate of more than 60%, and scored 21 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
What's more, Shen Jing's on-court plus/minus in the whole game was as high as +12, ranking the highest on the Rockets team, and he broke the Thunder's interior Holmgren!
Dillon Brooks ushered in a breakout in this game, starting the game for 38 minutes, shooting 9 of 17 from the field, scoring 23 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, and scoring 12 points in the third quarter.
Aaron Holiday was on fire in this game, shooting 8 of 13 (6 three-pointers), handing over 22 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 0 turnovers
It is reported that after defeating the Thunder in this upset and ending a three-game losing streak, the Rockets' current regular season record is 9-9, and the team's winning rate has returned to 50%.