There are already a number of teams starting their preseason journeys, and although the Houston Rockets are a little slower, training camp is going on as normal, and the players are all actively prepared. Obviously, the Rockets are a very characteristic team, even if they haven't found a reliable cornerstone for the time being, but the depth of the Rockets' overall bench lineup is outstanding in the league.
Now the Rocket's internal training match, the rematch is also over. The game was intense, with the Rockets' starters coming up in a late wave to win 47-36 over the bench, with both sides playing to their full strength, with several of the Rockets coming off to the bench for their resilience to be commendable.
This training match was a little different from the first game, when the two sides adopted a mixed lineup, that is, both teams had their own starters and substitutes, so the strength on paper was relatively close. However, the Rockets' coaching staff adjusted the rules and chose to let the main team and the bench compete directly, which can also promote the competition among the players. You must know that in addition to the regular starters, the main team includes Reed Shepard and Amen Thompson are also listed, and the lineup is relatively luxurious, but the game process is slightly surprising, don't look at the main team won by more than ten points, but the advantage was established at the last moment, and the gap was even smaller than the last time they met.
Because it is an internal training match, there are not so many rules, and even if the coaching staff finds some details that need to be corrected during the game, they will immediately stop the game and give advice and guidance to the players. Veteran guard Fred VanVleet has been in private communication with Jabari Smith and other youngsters, pointing out some of their problems, which should be the effect that Amy Udoka and the Rockets' coaching staff hope to achieve by playing two intra-team practice games in three days.
The rematch Rockets bench lineup actually doesn't even have a regular rotation, and it is basically composed of marginal people and even water cooler players. Unexpectedly, most of the game, these pure substitutes met the starters or the main rotation, and it seemed that it was not false at all. In other words, the current Rockets, there are basically no idlers, but all the players who get the contract have some strength themselves, no matter who is put on the cold bench, or give up before the start of the regular season, it seems to be a difficult decision, which once again reflects the fierceness and cruelty of the NBA.