On March 3, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Rockets defeated the Suns 118-109 on the road, ending the team's three-game losing streak and ending the Suns' two-game winning streak. Before this game, the Rockets have played against the Suns twice recently, home and away with one win and one loss, but because the Rockets' record is very different from the Suns, and this time it is playing at the Suns' home court, plus the return of the Suns guard Beal, their famous Stoudemire ushered in the jersey retirement ceremony, no matter how you look at it, the Rockets are the underdogs, but they were full of firepower at the beginning, leading by up to 20 points, and persevered to the end and won the victory. So in the end, the Rockets will win this time, maybe the data can give us some answers.
Jalen Green, the biggest contributor to the Rockets' victory, overall, Green shot 12 of 23, 6 of 12 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, personally cut 34 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 3 turnovers, plus/minus +17 on the court, and his scoring data was evenly distributed, scoring 11 points, 6 points, 9 points, and 8 points in the fourth quarter, without power outages, continuous and efficient, the key was in the third quarter, Green and Beal had a push, and in the case of paying a technical foul as a price, Green let Beal eat two technical foulsThe latter was ejected, and it can be said that Green has contributed to the Rockets' victory in many ways.
Shen Jing, to be honest, Shen Jing's offensive efficiency today is not so high, he shot 9 of 21, 0 of 2 three-pointers, 3 of 4 free throws, and personally got 21 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and 3 turnovers, and 21 shots in exchange for 21 points, such an efficiency is definitely not high, but Shen Jing grabbed rebounds very well today, he had 5 offensive rebounds out of 10 rebounds, basically he couldn't score and grabbed it back and scored again, which can be regarded as a round of offense. With a plus/minus of +16 in the field, he was a mainstay.
VanVleet, who is not derogatory to call "Van Jordan" today, shot 8-of-15 from the field and 6-of-11 from three-point range, and personally recorded a double-double of 24 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers. In the first quarter of the Rockets' opening score, Van Jordan hit 3 three-pointers and scored 11 points in a single quarter, and when the Suns approached the difference to 1 point in the final quarter, it was Van Jordan who stood up and hit a key three-pointer, stretching the Rockets' lead to two rounds, at least in terms of mentality, helping the Rockets stabilize the situation.
Dillon, offensively, Dillon's efficiency today is still average, but he does have a hand in defense and mentality. Today, Dillon shot 4-of-10, 2-of-6 three-pointers, 1-of-2 free throws, and personally cut 11 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, with a plus/minus of +21, the highest in the game.
Jabari Smith Jr., 5-of-11 shooting, 2-of-7 three-pointers, 2-of-4 free throws, 14 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block, still all-round offensive and defensive, and basically did not make mistakes, no mistakes, conscientious on the defensive end, plus/minus +6 on the court.
Whitmore, to be honest, Whitmore is a little on top, after a period of fire, Whitmore began to be studied by other teams in the league, he basically doesn't pass the ball, only the basket in his eyes after getting the ball, as long as he is limited, Whitmore's efficiency will decline, today he shot 1 of 6, 0 of 2 three-pointers, 2 of 4 free throws, and only got 4 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 3 turnovers, and the plus/minus on the court was -9, the Rockets were almost reversed, Whitmore was to blame, and his playing time was also controlled to 10 minutes, if you want to become a star and rise to the top smoothly, Whitmore still needs to continue to precipitate and make more choices on the court.
Other bench role players, Amen Thompson shot 3 of 5, 3 of 3 free throws, got 9 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals, both offensive and defensive, except for no projection ability, there is nothing to find fault with in other aspects, and the rest of Jeff Green, Landale, and Aaron Holiday can only be said to be decent, but in this kind of game, as long as they don't make mistakes, there is no problem.