The NBA regular season continues, and the Lakers vs. Rockets game officially begins. The Rockets played very well in the first three quarters, and they were able to comprehensively suppress the Lakers on both offensive and defensive ends. At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets led by 11 points. At the end of the second quarter, the Rockets led by 18 points. At the end of the third quarter, the Rockets led by 24 points. Entering the final quarter, the Lakers sounded the horn of a counterattack, and once chased the score behind to 10 points. Unfortunately, the Lakers trailed too much in the first three quarters to complete the comeback. At the end of the fourth quarter, the Rockets won 135-119 over the Lakers. 
Truth be told, there are only two reasons why the Rockets can win this game. First: The Rockets' rebounding advantage is very obvious. The Rockets grabbed 52 rebounds in the game, while the Lakers grabbed only 38 rebounds in the game. Second: Green and Shin Kyung's performances are too good. Green played 38 minutes and finished with 32 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists on 12-of-22 shooting. Shin Jing played 37 minutes, shooting 13-of-22 and scoring 29 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists. Obviously, these two factors are undoubtedly the key to the Rockets' victory. After talking about the winning Rockets, let's talk about the losing Lakers. As for the reason why the Lakers lost, I won't give you a lot of words here, here I still want to talk to you about the Lakers' big three players: James, Davis, and Russell. For the performance of these three players, I would like to use "Lakers Big Three 69+17!" Thick eyebrows are afraid of being young, James is a little old, and Russell is unbearable". 
Let's start with James. James played 36 minutes in this game, shooting 9 of 15, including 2 of 5 three-pointers and 3 of 8 free throws, and got 23 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, and 1 steal. To be honest, James's stats are still relatively decent, but fans who have watched the game will know that James is indeed a little old. To put it bluntly, James can still dominate the game for a certain period of time, but James can't continue to dominate the whole game, because James is 39 years old after all, and it is indeed a bit inappropriate to say that he is not old in the NBA at the age of 39. 
After talking about James, let's talk about Davis. Davis played 28 minutes in this game, shooting 10 of 20, including 3 of 3 three-pointers, and scored 23 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals. Davis on the offensive end is still very rich in offensive skills, can play with his back to the basket, can hold the ball and break through to the basket, and has a stable shooting ability on the outside, Davis on the offensive end is impeccable. However, Davis struggled to face the younger Shin Kyung on the defensive end, unable to keep up with lateral movement and footwork speed. To put it bluntly, on the defensive end, Davis struggled to face the young Shen Jing, which is what everyone calls "boxing is afraid of being less strong". 
Finally, there's Russell. Russell played 41 minutes in this game, shooting 8 of 19, including 3 of 12 three-pointers and 4 of 5 free throws, and scored 23 points, 1 rebound, and 5 assists. Russell has been very good in recent times, and his scoring has been relatively consistent, with all over 20 points. However, I want to say that Russell is really embarrassed to reuse, or it can also be said that Russell dropped the chain at a critical moment. Take this game as an example, Russell can only shoot three-pointers from the outside if he can't break through, and 12 of the 19 shots in the game are from three-point shots. 
After losing this game, the Lakers moved up to 10th place in the West. The most important thing for the Lakers right now is to strengthen their roster, or maybe it's time to trade. When it comes to trades, I have to say Russell and Reeves, and if I had to choose one of the two, I would still prefer to trade Russell. Because, Reeves has an advantage over Russell in terms of contract length and age.