On February 26, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Rockets hosted the Thunder, before the game, the Rockets were 25-31 and ranked 12th in the West, while the Thunder was 39-17 and ranked 2nd in the West. Rockets starters: VanVleet + Jalen Green + Dillon + Smith + Shin Jing, Thunder starters: Alexander + Dort + Keady + Jalen Williams + Chet Holmgren.
In the first quarter of the game, Dort and Shen Jing exchanged three points at the beginning, Dillon scored three points again, Alexander shot and Keady responded with a layup, Dott also hit three consecutive points, fortunately, Shen Jing and Jabari also continued to score, the two sides played very fiercely, Dort made free throws to overtake after a pause, Jaylin hit a three-point shot, Van Jordan also responded with three points, Jabari continued to score three points, the Rockets once again had the upper hand, Jalenway jumped, Van Jordan three points were close again, but Alexander scored 7 points in a row, Jalen Green made a layup, and the White Devils also hit three points, The point difference couldn't be opened for a long time, the White Devil dunked a dragon, but unfortunately Amen hit the iron with three points, Alexander was still cutting points, Jabari responded with three points, the White Devils missed the three-point shot, Jalen Wei made a layup, and the Rockets led by 3 points at 34-31 in the single quarter.
Jabari scored 12 points in the first quarter, Holiday threw in the second quarter, Hayward interfered with the ball, Amen made a layup to make 2 + 1, at this time the Rockets led by 10 points, Jalenway three points and three points did not touch, Holiday jumped to open the difference, it was not over, Holiday scored three points again, the Thunder situation was not good, Kenway, Jalenway and Holmgren scored successively to stop the bleeding, the White Devils threw and Jalen Green three points in response, Amen and 2 + 1, the difference was 16 points, Alexander scored 4 points in a row to lead the team to counterattack, Dillon three points stabilized the situation, But then the Rockets' shooting rate dropped sharply, Jalenway, Alexander and Holmgren played a wave, and instantly chased only 6 points left, Van Jordan made a shot, Jalenway scored 4 points in a row, Amen pressed the whistle three points and three points, and the Rockets were 62-57 Thunder at halftime.
Halftime statistics, Dillon 7 points and 2 assists, Jabari 12 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, Shen Jing 6 points and 3 rebounds, Jalen Green 5 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, VanVleet 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Amen 6 points, 4 rebounds, 3 hats, 1 steal and 1 assist, Whitmore 11 points, 1 rebound and 1 block, Holiday 7 points. On the Thunder's side, Dort had 11 points and 2 rebounds, Jalenway had 14 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Holmgren had 7 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Keady had 2 points and 3 rebounds, and Alexander had 18 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists and 1 steal.
Yibian fought again, at the beginning of Holmgren outside **, Jabari scored two free throws, Dillon continued to fire three points, Van Jordan and Jalen Green made a layup, the Rockets led by 9 points, Alexander and Jalenway broke out, Joe also hit three points, Dort made a layup, the Thunder finally overtook him, Alexander hat Jalen Green, the Rockets are dangerous, they can't prevent Alexander, they are also scorers, Jalen Green and Alexander are really incomparable, and the Rockets make frequent mistakes, Alexander is still cutting points, Van Jordan three points stopped the bleeding in time, Jabari 2+1 overtook the score, As a result, Alexander threw and hit, Wallace also scored three points, Van Jordan hit a shot, Joe responded with a jumper, and Jabari did not have a three-point shot, and the Rockets ended the third quarter 83-87 Thunder.
At the beginning of the critical final quarter, Holmgren blocked Amen, Jeff Green jumped, Holmgren responded with three points, and it was not over, and then Holmgren continued to cut points with a violent dunk, Wallace also had three points, with a difference of 14 points, the Rockets suddenly collapsed, Van Jordan continued to live with three points, but Holmgren also responded with three points, Shen Jing hooked his hand, Jalen Green made a layup, the Thunder was not to be outdone, Holmgren dunked Shen Jing, he went down to earth in the last quarter, Jabari continued his life with three points, Jalenway and Alexander responded with three points in a row, the Rockets were out of line, no one could prevent it, Holmgren and Dort could still score three-pointers, and the Thunder rained three-pointers in the final quarter, and Udoka directly replaced the bench, and finally the Rockets defeated the Thunder 110-123.
Rocket stats: Jabari Smith was 6 of 15, 4 of 9 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws and got 20 points, 17 rebounds and 4 assists. VanVleet was 7 of 16, 4 of 10 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws and had 20 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 turnovers. Jalen Green was 5 of 13 and 1 of 5 three-pointers only got 11 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers. Dillon had 13 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Shin Jing had 19 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists and 6 turnovers.
There are no bright spots on the offensive end, there is almost no defense, Shen Jing belongs to killing 800 enemies and losing 1,000, Udoka can't be stubborn anymore, Shen Jing is really not suitable for the game in the last quarter, especially when the score is behind. Whitmore had 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 turnovers, Amen was 2 of 10, 0 of 2 three-pointers, and 2 of 4 free throws contributed 6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 blocks. Holiday had 7 points and Jeff Green had 2 points. After the loss to the Thunder, the Rockets remain in 12th place in the West, 4 behind the 10th-placed WarriorsWith 5 wins, it is basically impossible to catch up, and it turns out that Udoka's coaching ability is seriously overrated, and the possibility of being fired in the offseason cannot be ruled out.
Thunder stats: Alexander 13 of 23, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 8 of 9 free throws 36 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 4 turnovers, the Rockets have no way to take him all over the game, Chet Holmgren 29 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 blocks and 2 turnovers, 19 points in the final quarter, Jalen Williams 22 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, look at the new version of the Thunder, it's really enviable, when will the young people of the Rockets reach such heights? Dort had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and Keady had 2 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals. After beating the Rockets, the Thunder continued to rank No. 2 in the West with a five-game winning streak.