The Rockets' second opponent in the summer league is the Oklahoma City Thunder with Chet Holmgren. The Rockets lost to the Magic by a big score in the previous game. Banchero had a huge advantage against Jabari Smith. However, the Rockets' Smith only scored 10 points and 7 reboun

The Rockets' second opponent in the summer league is the Oklahoma City Thunder with Chet Holmgren. In the previous game, the Rockets lost to the Magic by a big score. Banchero had a huge advantage against Jabari Smith. However, the Rockets' Smith only scored 10 points and 7 rebounds, which was not Banchero at all. Luo's opponent. This matchup between Smith of the Rockets and Holmgren, who is as famous as Banchero, is also one of the important games in this summer league.

Obviously, the Rockets' Jabari Smith's performance in this game was no better than in the previous game. After three quarters, Smith made only 3 of 16 shots, 1 of 8 three-pointers, and only scored 7 points and 8 rebounds. However, Chet scored 10 points and 7 rebounds on 3 of 8 shots. It can only be said that Smith, the third overall pick of the Rockets, relies too much on shooting on the offensive end and has no independent offensive ability. He just relies on shooting to score points, but he still relies too much on his personal touch.

To put it bluntly, the current Smith is a bit like a "weakened version" of Wood. Wood, the 26-year-old former starting center of the Rockets, has been sent to the Mavericks. Unexpectedly, the Rockets picked up another player with a style of play. Inside players similar to Wood are really speechless. But the defensive ability shown by Smith in the game is still much better than Wood.

Let’s look at the Rockets’ main lineup in this game. The starting five are exactly the same as when they lost to the Magic in the previous game. Point guard Dayshon Knicks , shooting guard Christopher, small forward Anthony Lamb, power forward Tali Eason, and the center position is Jabari Smith who replaced Garuba. One thing to note here is that the Rockets' original main center was Garuba, but the often-injured big man was injured again this time. Before the previous game against the Magic, Garuba sprained his ankle. According to the Rockets, Garuba was unable to play in the five summer league games.

With no other choice, coach Higgins had to put Jabari Smith at the 5th position as the center, and put Ethan, who was originally a small forward, into the power forward position, and Jabari Partner inside together, just like in the previous game. However, Eric Holman, the Rockets' "third center" in the summer league, performed well in this game. His excellent performance in dunking on Chet Holmgren after the breakthrough made him The possibility of staying on the team has increased by a few points.

Let’s look at the bench. In this game, except for the power forward/center Holman just mentioned, the Rockets’ bench is basically made up of defenders, such as Washington, Huggins, Joe, Players such as Mitchell have all received a lot of playing time. But the core five-man group of the Rockets is still the starting five led by Smith and Christopher.

After two games, Smith's performance was indeed a bit disappointing, but it doesn't matter. Don't forget that this is only the summer league. The cooperation between the players is still very unfamiliar, and the Rockets' real ace players, such as Jaylen Green , Little Porter, Gordon, , Shen Jing, etc. have not yet appeared. I believe these "big brothers" will give Smith more help in the regular season.