The NBA regular season continues, and the Clippers vs. Rockets game has officially begun. Before the game, most fans would ** that the Clippers would easily win the game. After all, the difference in strength between the Clippers and the Rockets is still very obvious. However, what fans didn't expect was that the Rockets played very well in this game. At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets led by 8 points. At the end of the second quarter, the Rockets led by 13 points. However, in the second half, the Clippers adapted to the rhythm of the game and sounded the horn of counterattack, and finally after four quarters of the game, the Clippers reversed the Rockets 122-116. 
To tell the truth, the player who should be thanked the most for the Rockets to play so well in this game is undoubtedly Shen Jing. In the last game of the Rockets against the Spurs, Shen Jing scored 45 points and 16 rebounds against Wembanyama, and 45 points was the highest single-game score in Shen Jing's career. In this game, Shen Jing once again propped up the team. Shen Jing played 42 minutes in the game, shooting 10 of 19 and 3 of 7 free throws, and got a triple-double of 23 points, 19 rebounds, 14 assists, and 2 steals. Among them, 14 assists also set a new career high for Shen Jing, and the previous record was 12 in a single game. Although the Rockets lost this game, Shen Jing was still honored. 
After talking about the Rockets, let's talk about the Clippers, as for the trend of the Clippers in this game, I won't give you a lot of verbose here, but here I want to focus on talking about Harden, Xiaoka, and George. For the performance of these three players, I would like to describe it with the sentence "The combination of Pepper has a clear division of labor, and Harden's style of play affects the trend of the game". 
First of all, the division of labor is clear. In this game, Xiaoka played 39 minutes, 11 of 18 shots, including 1 of 4 three-pointers and 5 of 5 free throws, and got 28 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. George played 38 minutes and finished with 21 points, seven rebounds and two assists on 7-of-15 shooting, including 4-of-9 three-pointers. 
Xiaoka and George had a very tacit understanding in the game, and George was in a state of rest in the first half, and Xiaoka led the team to a stalemate with the Rockets. Entering the third quarter, the small card entered the rest stage, and George turned on the offensive mode, scoring 10 points in a single quarter to help the Clippers catch up with the game. In the final quarter, Xiaoka was full of energy, and a wave helped the Clippers win the game. In fact, not only this game, the division of labor between Xiaoka and Xiaoka is clear, but so far this season, George and Xiaoka's style of play is very tacit, the offensive end of the two can contain each other, and the defensive end of George and Xiaoka is one of the best defensive combinations in the league. To put it mildly, as long as George and Jr. are healthy, then the Clippers are one of the most capable teams to win the championship. 
Next, let's talk about Harden. Harden played 38 minutes in this game, shooting 6 of 13, including 1 of 5 three-pointers and 8 of 8 free throws, and got 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Harden's stats don't shine, but Harden's role is irreplaceable. In the first three quarters when both Ka Jr. and George played, Harden was just an obscure point guard. In the early part of the final quarter, Xiaoka and George were not present, and Harden became the leader of the court, fouling early on three-pointers, scoring a breakthrough layup, assisting Plumlee to catch a dunk, etc., under the leadership of Harden, the Clippers quickly completed the score overtake. To borrow a phrase from fans, it is not that Harden's strength is not good, but that Harden is now more important than data.