On February 1, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Rockets hosted the Pelicans, before the game, the Rockets 22-24 ranked 11th in the West, while the Pelicans were 26-21 ranked 8th in the West. Rockets starters: VanVleet + Jalen Green + Dillon + Smith + Shin Jing, Pelicans starters: McCollum + Daniels + Ingram + Murphy + Valanciunas, Zion is absent.
In the first quarter of the game, Daniels hit a three-point shot at the beginning, Green hit a shot + dunk and scored 4 points in a row, Dillon scored two free throws, McCollum hit a three-point shot, Yingge 2+1, Murphy three points, Udoka hurriedly shouted a timeout, after coming back, Green stopped the bleeding with three points, Murphy dunked with both hands, Varan tossed, the Rockets' interior defense was useless, Van Jordan stopped the bleeding with three points, Green made a layup, Shen Jing tossed, the Rockets bit the point difference, Yingge cut 4 points in a row, the White Devils hit the iron with three points, Tate hat Hawkins, Green hit a layup, the difference was 5 points, McCollum and Hawkins responded with three consecutive points, Amen made three points, and then made up for it with a layup, the White Devils hit a three-point shot, Yingge hit a three-point shot, and Jeff didn't have a three-point whistle, and the Rockets trailed by eight points in the second quarter at 25-33.
Green scored 13 points in the first quarter, at the beginning of the second quarter, Varland hooked his hand, Amen dunked, Tate made a layup, the Rockets launched a counterattack, but the Pelicans didn't give a chance, Alvarado hit a three-point shot, Marshall made a foul, the difference came to double digits, Amen made a basket to stop the bleeding, the White Devils made two consecutive three-pointers to continue the firepower, the Rockets narrowed the gap again, as a result, Varan kept scoring on the inside, Shen Jing didn't defend at all, Murphy dunked, the difference returned to double digits, Green made a layup to stop the bleeding, Murphy responded with three points immediately, Van Jordan made free throws, Green scored against the defensive split, Dillon also ate cake inside, Green hit three points again, the Rockets chased to single digits, McCollum scored four points in a row, Van Jordan missed a three-point whistle, and the Rockets beat the Pelicans 54-61 at halftime.
Halftime statistics, Jalen Green 20 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, Dillon 4 points, Shen Jing 4 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, VanVleet 7 points and 4 assists, Whitmore 11 points, Amen 6 points. On the Pelicans' side, Murphy had 10 points and 3 rebounds, Ingram had 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Valanciunas had 12 points and 7 rebounds, McCollum had 13 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Daniels had 5 points and 3 assists, and Hawkins had 3 points and 4 rebounds.
Yibian fought again, at the beginning of the game, Wallan and Yingge scored in a row, Dillon chased three points in response, Yingge shot and scored, McCollum jumped, the difference was 14 points, Udoka shouted a timeout, after coming back, Shen Jing dunked with both hands, Van Jordan made a layup, Green made a foul, the Rockets played a wave, Green scored three points and then hit, the difference was 7 points, but unfortunately Dillon hit the iron with three points, and Holiday did not have three points, the Rockets felt very poor on the outside today, all relying on Green and the White Devils to stop the bleeding, Amen blocked the hand, Shen Jing dunked with both hands, and the Rockets saw the hope of overtaking, Yingge dunked to stop the bleeding for the Pelicans, Green and Marshall exchanged three points, the White Devils picked up the basket to make 2 + 1, and then dunked with both hands, Green missed three points, and the White Devils did not have a jump shot, and the Rockets ended the third quarter 79-84 Pelicans.
In the critical final quarter of the game, the Rockets suddenly encountered a scoring drought, Daniels throws, Alvarado hits a three-point shot, Varland scores in a row, Marshall throws and scores, Yingge jumpers, the Pelicans attack a wave of 15-0, during which the Rockets collapsed, Udoka shouted a timeout and it was useless, Van Jordan shot to stop the bleeding, Dillon scored three points, the difference was 16 points, Van Jordan jumped and continued to cut points, and then scored three points again, Ingram responded with a mid-range shot, time was running out, this wave of 15-0 was too hurtful, Udoka was also stubborn, and he had to use Holiday How good it is to go to the White Devils, Green and Dillon continued to live with three consecutive points, but Murphy hit a three-point shot on the Pelicans' side, and the Rockets were gone, and finally defeated the Pelicans 99-110 and had no chance to reverse.
Rocket stats: Jalen Green 20 of 11, 5 of 12 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws to get 31 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks and 3 turnovers, although he lost the game, but Green's performance was very good, the first three quarters of each quarter can stand up, but unfortunately the last quarter is dumb, in fact, since the halfway point of the season, Green's performance has been very good, the last 5 games have scored more than 25 points in 4 games, the reason is that the Rockets tactics have changed, Van Jordan and Shen Jing's ball possession is decreasing, and Green's shots have skyrocketed.
Udoka finally saw the reality and gave the ball to Green, Van Jordan focused on the organization, and although he lost the game, he let Green control the ball, and it was definitely right to play like this. Shen Jing had 10 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, and was blown up by Varan on the opposite side.
Van Vleet had 16 points, 5 assists, 2 steals, and only made 12 shots, Van Jordan played quite reasonably during this time, he gave the ball to Green, and he no longer shot three points randomly, but Van Jordan is too short and easy to target, and on the whole, it is certainly not worth $40 million. Smith didn't feel it, only got 1 rebound and 1 steal in 0 of 6, Dillon didn't play well with 13 points and 3 rebounds, and only Green played normally in the entire starting line of the Rockets, and it is not difficult to understand the loss.
The White Devils made a big surprise, contributing 17 points, hitting two three-pointers in a row in the middle of the second quarter, and were able to stand up to stop the bleeding in the third quarter. Amen's 10 points and 6 rebounds played well, but he also had a shortcoming, that is, his shooting was too poor. Holiday and Jeff Green didn't score, and Tate had 2 points and two assists. It's a pity that the Rockets lost, and they finally chased it back at the end of the third quarter, but they were attacked 15-0 in the final quarter, and the point difference was instantly opened, and after this battle, the Rockets were still ranked 11th in the West, losing a great opportunity to catch up with the Lakers and Jazz.
Pelicans stats: Ingram 24 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks and 6 turnovers, McCollum 19 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 3 turnovers, Valanciunas 25 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists, Murphy 13 points and 6 rebounds, Daniels 9 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Alvarado 7 points. After beating the Rockets, the Pelicans' record came to 27-21.