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The Rockets are at home against the Pistons, Smith is back from injury, Dillon continues to be absent, and the starting lineup: VanVleet, Jalen Green, Smith, Jeff Green, Shin Jing;Pistons starting lineup: Cunningham, Ivey, Duren, Knox, Bogda.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Smith hit a three-point shot, and the Pistons scored four consecutive points in response, but Shin Kyung and Jalen Green also combined to score and lead 8-4. Udoka quickly replaced Tate as a substitute, but he missed two free throws and missed the line after he came up, and the Pistons seized the opportunity to take a 5-0 lead. Jalen Green made a killing free throw to stop the bleeding, and then Tate hit a one-on-one strike to go into the first official timeout, 14-9. Back to the game, the two teams fell into a hard tug-of-war, the score rose alternately and was not pulled away, the Pistons hit two three-pointers in a row, chasing only 1 point, Shen Jing's dunk dunked again, everyone alternately led, Duren held high 24-23, and entered the second timeout. After the pause, Amen and Holiday all came up, Thompson hit a 2+1 hit by himself, Ethan continued to add a steal and dunk, and the Rockets blasted out a wave of 8-0 small climax to exceed 7 points. At the end of the first quarter, the Pistons trailed by two points at 29-31.
In the second quarter, a group of benches from the Rockets were on fire, a wave of 6-0 to open the difference, Wiseman sent a big hat on the defensive end, and dunked on the offensive end to stop the bleeding, but Eason and Tate scored 4 points in a row, directly leading 41-31 by 10 points to stop the Pistons. Back in the game, Amen's three-pointer also opened, but the Pistons scored five points in a row to chase single digits, Green Sr. was fouled by Wiseman and made free throws, and Cunningham, Smith, Shin Jing, and Jalen Green all returned. Xiaobao hit a three-point shot, but the Rockets made more mistakes, and it was Van Jordan who stabilized the situation with three points, and entered a timeout after 55-47. After the timeout, the Pistons began to fight back to chase the score, and Duren and Ivey combined to score six points, leaving only four points behind. The Rockets scored a dunk under the basket on the last attack, and when they came back, CC assisted Duren in the air, and the Pistons trailed by four points at 55-59 at halftime.
In the second half, the two teams continued to attack each other after the third quarter layup, Jalen Green finally hit three points again, Shen Jingzao fouled two free throws and hit two shots, and after Smith scored three points, Mr. Shen played 2+1 again, and the point difference came to double digits again. Green and Shen Jing collided with the wall, and the chic lever scored, and the piston called a stop. But after the timeout, the team's defense was still not good, and Van Jordan returned a three-pointer. The Rockets' offense was like a tide, especially Jalen Green and Shen Jing, who all broke out in this quarter, and after a wave of super climaxes, the point difference had come to 99-72, and the game was completely spent. Shen Jing made a foul under the basket, and the game went into a timeout. Holiday assisted Eason on to eat a basket, and the Rockets scored 47 points in the third quarter and led by 26 points at 106-80 at the end of the third quarter.
The final quarter was directly reduced to garbage time, the Rockets bench lineup + Smith, but the Pistons still kept the main force, but after playing 1 and a half minutes, the Rockets only scored 2 points, and after Bogda hit a three-point shot, the difference returned to 20 points, and Udoka immediately paused. After the timeout, the substitutes quickly stabilized the situation, and Udoka replaced the White Devils.
In the end, the Rockets defeated the Pistons 136-113 at home, ending a three-game losing streak
One of the highlights of this game is the showdown between the 21st champion Cunningham and the top eye Jalen Green. Unexpectedly, it was a one-sided game, and Jalen Green was completely out of CC both in terms of personal data and the results of the game.
In the first half, Jalen Green played 15 minutes and had an average hand, shooting 1-of-5 from the field, 1-of-3 from three-point range, and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, scoring 5 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal.
But in the third quarter, he finally woke up and exploded in a single quarter, shooting 5-of-7 from the field, 4-of-6 from three-point range, and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line, scoring 17 points. Three consecutive ultra-long shots ignited the whole game!
In the whole game, Jalen Green clocked in in the third quarter and played only 27 minutes, shooting 6 of 12, 5 of 9 three-pointers, 5 of 6 free throws, and contributing 22 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.
On the other hand, CC played crazy iron in 3 of 16 and 0 of 5 three-pointers, scoring 6 points, 1 rebound and 10 assists.
Van Jordan was unusually in the first half today, and he did it with the ball, which turned into a cancer. Played 16 and a half minutes, shot 5-of-9 from the field, and 2-of-5 from three-point range, scoring 12 points with no other stats on the books.
In the third quarter, he finally changed his style of play and began to pass the ball to his teammates, scoring 3-pointers and dishing out 7 assists in a single quarter, leading the players to take the game away in waves.
Van Jordan played only 26 minutes in the game, contributing 15 points, 1 rebound and 7 assists.
In the first half, Shin Jing scored only six points on his own offense, but dished out five assists.
In the third quarter, he, like Green, completely exploded, shooting 6-of-6 in the single quarter, 8-of-9 from the free-throw line, and scoring 20 points!
In the whole game, Shen Jing clocked out in the third quarter, played 27 and a half minutes, 9 of 13, and slashed 26 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals.