Holiday air slash 31 4 4! The new cornerstone of the rocket rises, and Udoka finally admits his mistake
Today's NBA regular season, the Rockets lost to the Pelicans 110-99, the battle was full of twists and turns, the Rockets were still behind by 8 points in the first quarter, and only began to overtake in the second quarter to narrow the gap, the third quarter is still the Rockets have the upper hand, the final quarter is surging, the Rockets suffered a 6-minute scoring drought, the Pelicans attacked a wave of 15-0 climax, and then the Rockets woke up in time, but time waits for no one, and finally the Rockets fell short! In the end, the Rockets had to end in defeat. Statistically, Jalen Green had 31, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Whitmore 17, VanVleet 16, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks, Shen Jing 10, 10 rebounds, 5 2 blocks and 2 turnovers, and Deron 13 3 rebounds.
The Rockets suffered heavy losses, and after this game, they still sit in 11th place in the East, one game behind the Lakers and Utah. 0 wins, it doesn't seem to make much difference, but don't forget, it's been more than half a year now, they have been in the eleventh position in the East for a long time, although they haven't opened up too much of a point difference, but the top ten will never go up, under normal circumstances, the Rockets win, the Lakers, Jazz will win, then, the only way for the Rockets to improve their ranking is to maintain a winning record, not a win or a defeat, then neither the Lakers nor the Jazz will let them have such a chance. And in the long run, maybe the Rockets can catch up with Utah, and the Lakers won't fall behind because they have James, and they also want the Lakers to make the playoffs.
Jalen Green continued to maintain his previous excellent performance, shooting 11 from 20 and 5 of 3-pointers, Jalen Green showed strong aggression in the first quarter, with a great help in shooting and dunks, but in the next game, Green's three-point shooting helped the team stop the decline, and he scored 13 points in the first quarter. In the next three quarters, the Pelicans have been expanding the score, and the Rockets are relying on Green and White, struggling to support, otherwise, the Rockets will collapse in the third quarter. Technically, Green scored more than 25 points in four of his five appearances, so what's going on? Učević swapped the Rocket Van Vleet and Shin Kyung duo for a whole new setup.
On the contrary, Van Jordan made 12 shots, and almost all of them were organized in the first quarter, while Shen Jing had 11 shooting opportunities, in previous games, Van Jordan and Shen Jing had the most shots, Green was ranked third because the ball was not in his hands, especially when the Rockets were behind, Van Jordan often shot indiscriminately, and didn't care about his shots at all, and in the process of attacking, he didn't care about his teammates at all, he could still get the ball, and Shen Jing was the same, The ball in your hand can't be taken off at all. Over the past period, Green's ball-handling ability has improved, Van Jordan's shooting percentage has decreased, and Shin Kyung's singles ability has declined, and during this time, the Rockets have adopted a strategy similar to Silas's coaching, which is to pass the ball to Green.
In the past, Uccello built the team with Shen Jing as the core, but in the back, this strategy obviously didn't work, Uccello had to regain Green's position as captain, so Green would continue to break out, even if it was today's loss, Green's performance was no problem, and the Rockets' strategy was also correct. This is also Udoka's trust in Holiday , allowing him to get a lot of opportunities to play, and even played at the end of the quarter, but Holiday didn't score 0 or 1 points in 4, if Holiday split the game between the two people, the Rockets may be able to win, but if you want to blame him for being too stubborn, Holiday 's physical strength is just like that, if you don't have a bad team, there is really no reason to play. Otherwise, it wouldn't be here.
After the game, Udoka also talked about the Rocket's rotation in an interview. "Some of the players played hard tonight, they didn't play positively, and if your players don't play well, it's going to be a tough battle, maybe I shouldn't have put a small player in the fourth quarter," Udoka said. Udoka said that he can't play small forward in the final quarter, which is obviously saying that Holiday at 1.83 meters is not good at defense, not good at defense, and in comparison, Amen at 2.01 meters is definitely better than reliable Holiday Holiday. For the Rockets, Udoka finally admitted his mistake, which is a good thing for the Rockets. In the next game, Holiday had fewer opportunities to play and used Amen.
Jalen Green also mentioned the defeat in an interview: "We have to keep our energy up every night to play, we have a lot of energy against the Lakers, and that's exactly what we do every night, which is to shoot more on the court and play the kind of offense that I want." "What Green meant was to give Udokado some control of the ball. In fact, what Udoka has to do is very simple, one is to put Green on the court and let Green become the core of the team again, and the other is to reduce Holiday and replace Amon and Whitmore, so that the Rockets will have hope of entering the playoffs, that is, if Udoka can make some changes in time, the Rockets can win at least three or five games without falling outside the top ten.