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Today, the Rockets are at home against the Mavericks, and the Mavericks almost let a set of starters, and Lively, Doncic, and Irving will not play. Rockets starters: Jalen Green, Van Jordan, Shin Jing, Smith and Dillon.
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Rockets focused on the inside Shen Jing, the Mavericks made a crazy shot on the outside but crazy to hit 1 of 7 irons, Shen Jing turned his back and played 2+1, 9-3 into the first official timeout. After the timeout, the offensive shooting percentages of both teams continued to decline, and the Mavericks just went crazy for three points and couldn't score, playing 6 minutes and the two sides played a 9-9, 18-12 and then entered a timeout again. Back in the game, Jalen Green came back up, he first assisted the elder Green for a layup, and then he faced two people to step back and hit a difficult three-point shot, and the Rockets led by six points at 23-17 to end the first quarter.
In the second quarter, when the two sides rotated the lineup, the Rockets came up with a mistake, and then the defense was not active to watch the opponent make a layup, and Udoka was very angry and shouted a timeout. After the timeout, the Rockets exploded into a wave of 8-0 mini-climaxes, and Jalen Green countered with a big stride to stop the Mavericks. After this timeout, Kidd replaced Holmes, the Mavericks still couldn't shoot from the outside, and Smith chased down a mid-range shot to stop the opponent again. Back in the game, the Rockets made two more mistakes in a row, the Mavericks seized the opportunity to chase 27-37, Udoka took the initiative to call a stop, and then Shen Jing, Van Jordan and Van Vleet joined forces to stretch the difference to 15 points 48-33. Hardaway Jr. finally hit the team's second three-pointer, but the Rockets hit two three-pointers in a row to give the Mavericks a 17-point deficit at 39-56 before halftime.
In the second half, Jalen Green hit a three-point shot, Xiaobao made a basket, and the difference had been stretched to 22 points, Green hit the basket again, and then fought Hardy for three points, Van Jordan chased down the three-point lead to 27 points, and Kidd could only call a stop. However, this timeout did not play any role at all, the Rockets came back with another wave of 8-0 to continue to lead to 35 points, Green broke through and made 4 consecutive fouls and 4 free throws, Dillon hit a low back shot, completely knocked the game away, and Kidd simply called the timeout over. Then Udoka started to make changes, replacing all the main players, and letting the substitutes Amen, White Devils, Tate, and Holiday all come up. At the end of the third quarter, the Rockets led by 29 points, 89-60.
The final quarter continued garbage time, and the White Devils played very well in this quarter, full of impact on both offensive and defensive ends!The empty connection is even more directly flat basket!Talent is just too scary. Amen also finished back-to-back. In the end, the Rockets defeated the Mavericks 122-96 at home, ending a three-game losing streak. Let's take a look at the players' performances
During the past 3 consecutive defeats, Shen Jingdian's performance was very poor, and today in the face of the remnants of the Lone Ranger, Mr. Shen finally went to class again.
He started the first half for 16 minutes, shooting 7-of-9 (1-of-1 from three-point range) and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line to finish with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist, with a plus/minus of +12.
In the third quarter, Mr. Shen only scored 2 points, but grabbed 5 rebounds and handed out 2 assists, clocked out early, and hit a big double-double of 22 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists.
Smith had just played his career night last time, and he continued to be on a hot spot today.
In the first half, Xiaobao played 21 minutes, shooting 5-of-8 from the field and 4-of-5 from the free throw line, scoring 14 points and 5 rebounds. In the third quarter, Smith also made a three-pointer from the outside, and he was also actively fighting for the basket.
In the whole game, Xiaobao played 31 minutes in the third quarter, shooting 8 of 13, 1 of 3 three-pointers, 4 of 5 free throws, and scored 21 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist, with a plus/minus of +37.
Jalen Green is another slow-heating player, he didn't feel good in the first half, played 17 minutes, shot 2-of-9, 1-of-4 three-pointers, and got 5 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal.
But in the third quarter, Green finally woke up, scored 8 points in a row in 2 minutes, and then made consecutive foul free throws, scoring 12 points in the first quarter, and was very active on the defensive end, which was completely like two in the first half.
In the whole game, Jalen Green played only 27 minutes, shooting 5 of 14, 3 of 7 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and contributed 17 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.