On April 12, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Rockets challenged the Jazz away. In this game, the Rockets entered the state early and took the initiative on the court, but they failed to continue the momentum after that, and were chased by the Jazz in a row, and only trailed by 2 points after the third quarter. In the final quarter, the two teams were locked in a tug-of-war, but in the end, Dillon and VanVleet missed back-to-back equalizing three-pointers. In the end, the Rockets lost to the Jazz 121-124.
Jalen Green continued to play in this game, but his state was very sluggish, but fortunately, VanVleet was hot, scoring 20 points in a single quarter to help the team take the initiative, and established a 10-point lead after the first quarter. The second section of the rocket fell into passivity. Jalen Green was still unable to step up and score points, and the Jazz also successfully seized the opportunity and began to keep closing the score, but fortunately, Whitmore ushered in an explosion, scoring 14 points in a single quarter, helping the team still maintain the lead, and the Rockets led the Jazz 67-64 at halftime.
In the second half, both teams had a good offensive momentum, but the Jazz were better, and the Rockets relied more on VanVleet's individual play, and the team soon fell into passivity, falling behind by 2 points after the third quarter. In the final quarter, the Jazz still had an excellent momentum and kept the lead, VanVleet also lost his hand, and in the last moments, Lofton grabbed consecutive offensive rebounds, Landale hit a key three-pointer, Dillon missed a three-point shot, and the Jazz made consecutive errors, Lofton missed two free throws, but unfortunately there was not much time left. In the end, the Rockets lost to the Jazz 121-124.
In this game, Jalen Green once again lost himself and was not in shape at all, scoring a point in 5 of 0 in the first half, and his state was still sluggish in the second half. Green played 18 minutes in the game, scoring only 3 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist on 1-of-7 shooting, and also had 3 turnovers, with a plus/minus of -23 and the worst on the team. Such a performance is really not worth staying on the court, and after failing to make the playoffs, Green is once again in trouble.
VanVleet continued the hot feeling of the last game, scoring 20 points in the first quarter and 16 points in the third quarter to help the team bite the score, but in the final quarter, VanVleet had no feeling at all, and only relied on free throws to score 6 points in 0 of 9 in the single quarter, and also missed the equalizing three points. He shot 12-of-30 from the field, 9-of-13 from three-point range, and 9-of-10 from the free-throw line, scoring 42 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.
The Jazz side is more blossoming, the team has 7 players scoring double-doubles, and every player has plenty of opportunities to play, Samanic scored a team-high 22 points, George 20 points, Tucker on the bench 16 points, Sensabo 17 points, Lofton 14 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, really every player can contribute.