The 11th Rockets in the West played away to the Nets today, and this game is crucial, one is to beat the Nets to make the Rockets one step closer to the top 10 in the West, and the other can make the Nets' record worse, and next year's draft pick belonging to the Rockets will be better. However, in this game, Shen Jing and Van Jordan played an angry court performance, especially Shen Jing's final free throw, which directly made the Rockets lose the opportunity to tie. The Rockets' 104-106 defeat to the Nets, which made Amen Thompson and Whitmore's efforts in the final quarter come to naught, is simply speechless, and he must be the biggest culprit in the Rockets' loss in this game.
First, the culprits of this loss are Shen Jing and Van Jordan.
Shen Jing played 27 minutes in this game, shooting 6 of 13 shots, zero three-point shots, and three free throws, although he scored 15 points, 11 rebounds and two assists of the double-double data, but his performance on the court was simply speechless, playing very weak on the inside, Claxton on the opposite side got 10 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists, a block, a steal of comprehensive data, Shen Jing played very hard in the face of his defense, the offensive end could not be opened, and the defensive end could not effectively protect the inside of the rocket。 He has an unshirkable responsibility for making the rocket's frame very poor.
The most infuriating thing was the final offensive round. The referees gave the Rockets a chance to make a free throw, and the Rockets trailed by two points at the time, and if Shenkin could hit both free throws, then he could tie the score and drag the game into overtime. However, Shen Jing was too uncompetitive, and two free throws and one hit directly deprived the Rockets of the opportunity to tie the score. With the Nets not giving the Rockets a chance to shoot three-pointers at the last moment, the Rockets also lost the game completely, and the Bible was unable to blame for this game and became the sinner of the loss.
In addition, Van Jordan is also responsible for the loss in this game. Van Jordan played 38 minutes in this game, and the coach can be said to have given him plenty of playing time. But he shot 4-of-12 from the field and 1-of-9 from three-point range, with an outrageously low shooting percentage, and he scored 13 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists on 4-of-6 free throws. He also had four turnovers and five fouls.
In the final quarter of the scoring stage, Whitmore helped the Rockets play momentum, narrowed the difference, but for Jordan wanted to use the hero ball to prove himself, at the critical moment of chasing points, his brainless three-point failure made the Rockets completely lose a great opportunity to chase points, but I can't understand why not go to the basket at the critical moment to fight for foul scores, why shoot three-pointers?
Van Dandan lost the stability that a point guard should have, and did not play the role of 40 million master control today, which made the Rockets' offense quite ugly. The Rockets shot 37 of 94 from the field, only 39.4% of the shots, 18 of 37 three-point shots, and only 27% of the three-point shooting rate, which has a lot to do with the point guard's combing.
Second, the Rockets had two major losses in this game after losing to the Nets.
First, the Rockets' record has further declined, after this game, the Rockets' 21-23 record ranks 11th in the West, and the Jazz 23-23 in the West in the tenth place in the West has been further opened, and the Warriors in the back 12 have 19-23 losses to further shrink, the Rockets can be described as difficult, and it is simply difficult to rise to the top eight in the West.
The other point is that the Nets' record has changed for the better after today's victory, and the Nets' draft picks may be reduced next year, and the Rockets have suffered a heavy loss.
Three, the Rockets still have three people who did a perfect job in this game and need to be praised.
First of all, Jalen Green, Jalen Green played bloody in this game, he played 33 minutes in this game, shooting 5 of 15, 4 of 9 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, 19 points, 10 rebounds of the double-double data, he is now not only able to attack the frame, but also three-point shooting. Especially in grabbing rebounds and defending, Jalen Green was able to stay on the court at the last moment, which is also the coach's trust in him.
The second one to be commended is Whitmore. Played 28 minutes in this game, shooting 6 of 16, 3 of 7 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, 19 points, 9 rebounds and an assist, especially in the critical stage of the fourth quarter Whitmore used his strong impact and excellent shooting touch to help the Rockets chase points, he must become a tribute to the Rockets hero in this game.
The third thing we have to talk about is the head coach of the Rockets, he was not without highlights in this game, and his tactics of cutting Zhao Si in the fourth quarter once allowed the Rockets to narrow the difference. In addition, today he also changed his old stubborn thinking, and put Whitmore on the court at critical moments, and at the same time put Amen Thompson on the court, which is very helpful to the Rockets.
Amen Thomson's three-pointer after a steal at a critical moment directly gave the Rockets a chance to equalize. In this game, Amen Thomson played 15 minutes, shooting 2 of 3, 1 of 2 three-pointers, and one of the three-pointers he shot was valuable, contributing 5 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. If Utoka gives him more time, it is believed that he will contribute more to the Rockets.
Of course, Dillon Brooks also played well in this game, scoring 19 points on 7-of-17 shooting, five rebounds and two assists. The fly in the ointment is that he has a three-point shot of 1 in 7, and the shooting feel is worse.