On January 20, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Jazz played at home against the Rockets. Previously, the Jazz had a record of 29 wins and 15 losses, ranking fourth in the West, and the Rockets had a record of 13 wins and 32 losses, ranking first from the bottom in the West. The strength of the two teams seems to have a very large gap, and the game does not have much suspense, but the game process is unexpected! Both teams played a good kick in the first half, and from the third quarter onwards, the Rockets launched a ferocious counterattack, and the second half was always suppressing the Jazz. At the crucial moment of the fourth quarter, Tate attacked the basket to complete 2+1, Matthews's free throw did not give the opponent a chance, and in the last 21 seconds, Porter Jr.'s three-point shot killed the suspense of the game! In the end, the Rockets beat the Jazz 116-111, and the Rockets ushered in two consecutive wins.
On the Rockets side, Matthews had 23 points and 4 rebounds, Porter Jr. had 15 points and 8 assists, Green had 7 points and 5 rebounds, Tate had 18 points and 5 rebounds, Wood had 13 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists, and Gordon had 16 points and 3 rebounds. On the Jazz side, Gobert had 23 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, Bojan 29 points and 5 rebounds, Ingles 10 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, Conley 17 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, and Clarkson 19 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
Gobert made a basket at the beginning, but rocket tate felt hot, two three-pointers + a strong attack on the basket to cut 8 points, stopping the Jazz! Back from the timeout, the Jazz relied on Bojan and Conley to score consecutive points to stop the bleeding, and the Rockets' Porter and Green also frequently impacted the basket to create damage. In the middle, Ingles and Gordon soared against each other for three-pointers, and Porter Jr. blossomed inside and out to re-open the point gap. Matthews hit back-to-back three-pointers at the end of the quarter, and Bojan and Gobert responded in time, Gordon and Matthews scored five more points, and the rockets made it 36-27 to the Jazz at the end of the first quarter.
Back in the second quarter, Gobert continued to make damage on the inside, Sagu hit a three-pointer at a critical moment, and House was not soft in the face of his old club Rockets, and he scored a strong attack on the basket. Clarkson and House scored consecutive points in the middle, the Jazz trailed just two points, and Tate and Christopher scored four straight points to stop the bleeding at the crucial moment. In the second half, Bojan and O'Neal blossomed inside and out, a wave of flow completed the rebound, and at the end of the quarter, Ingles hit another three points, and only Gordon responded with 2 points on the Rockets side. At the end of the half, the Jazz led the Rockets 62-57.
Back in the second half, Gobert scored 4 points in a row, after which the Jazz hit the iron continuously, Porter Jr. bombed three points, and Conley led the team to a 9-2 climax, directly stopping the Rockets. In the second half, the Rockets were in full swing, Wood and Matthews hit consecutive three-pointers, Martin Jr. countered with a layup, Brooks hit three consecutive three-pointers, and the Rockets played a wave of 18-1 climax to complete the rebound! Clarkson broke through the layup at the end of the quarter to stop the bleeding, Wood and Conley continued to play against each other for three-pointers, and the third quarter was over, and the Rockets led the Jazz 83-81.
In the fourth quarter, Sagu hit two free throws, Matthews hit another three, Conley and Bogdan led the team to narrow the gap, and Tate also hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding. In the middle of the section, Gordon hit two consecutive three-pointers, the Rockets opened up a nine-point gap, Gobert and Bojan led the team to respond to a wave of 7-0 climax, after which Matthews and Bojan continued to compete for three points. In the decisive moment, the two teams did not gain for two minutes, Bojan hit a three-pointer, the Jazz chased only 2 points, and the key moment was Tate's strong attack on the layup to complete 2+1! After Conley hit a three-pointer, the two teams stood on the free throw line consecutively, and in the last 21 seconds, Porter Jr. slammed into a three-pointer against Conley, killing the suspense of the game, and finally the Rockets defeated the Jazz 116-111, and the Rockets ushered in two consecutive wins, and the Jazz suffered two consecutive defeats.
Victory or defeat aside, today's game reminds me of the time when Harden Paul led the team, and the Rockets played jazz! Things are not human, and that rocket is now only Gordon alone. Today's Rockets all team, except for jaylen Green, everyone else played too well! Brooks made three consecutive three-pointers in the third quarter, including Matthews' five three-pointers, and Gordon's two three-pointers in the middle of the fourth quarter, and the Rockets scored 22 three-pointers in the whole game. What is more embarrassing now is how the Rockets want to cultivate Jaylen Green, giving him room to grow, but the performance is not satisfactory, but role players like Matthews, Tate, Brooks are gradually getting better, and there is a feeling of blossoming inside the wall and outside the wall. In addition, according to Gordon's current performance, a first-round pick is not enough to change, at least two more second rounds.
Mitchell did not play today because of the trigger concussion protection agreement, in the words of the famous Wendhorst, the Jazz now have some internal contradictions, Gobert is not there, the team's defensive efficiency league 29th, which in turn intensified the tension between Mitchell and Gobert, especially after Gobert praised Booker. In the words of sources, now that the Jazz want to continue to improve the flanking defense, it seems to me that Mitchell's eagerness to perform and prove himself now is instead an unstable factor, and on the contrary, Gobert is irreplaceable. After the Jazz lost this game, they continued to rank fourth in the West, but the Lone Ranger behind them has slowly caught up.