April 3, the NBA regular season continued, with the two Western Conference's strongest conversations, and the Rockets challenged the Mavericks away. After four hard battles, the Rockets defeated the Mavericks 108-101, and returned to the second place in the Western Conference while achieving two consecutive victories. Howard performed poorly throughout the game, contributing only 8 points and 7 rebounds, and was humiliated by the Mavericks Aminu twice in the game. Howard has been unable to find his form for a long time, casting a shadow on the Rockets' playoffs.
Howard suffered from injuries, and the Rockets team hoped that he could regain his dominance as soon as possible, but judging from his current state, Howard's performance is still too poor. The Rockets chose a strategic rest in the previous two games, with the goal of exploding their strength in the battle with the Mavericks. It's strange that Howard will be injured when he touches a strong team. On the offensive end, the Warcraft scored the Rockets' first goal in this game, but then, he no longer has any eye-catching shots.
offense performance is poor, and there is no sign of Warcraft when the defense is not visible. Howard's rebounding and blocking skills that he relies on for his life are completely unavailable. He only played more than 5 minutes in the first quarter and was finally replaced by McHale. The shameful scene happened at 8 minutes and 25 seconds in the second quarter. The Warcraft received the ball from the inside and wanted to turn around and attack the basket, but unexpectedly, Aminu, who was defending him, gave him a big hat. Then, except for committing a foul and making two free throws, the Warcraft disappeared from the field again.
In the second half, Howard's knee injury relapsed, his movement speed decreased on the field. After running two reversals, he limped back to the bench. After the Rockets waited for a season, Howard not only did not return from injury, but was attacked by injuries. The injured Howard insisted on returning to the court in the final quarter, but was humiliated by Aminu at the basket.
This season, the Rockets performed well and returned to second in the Western Conference after defeating the Mavericks. The outside world said that the Rockets' strength is the strongest in 15 years and is very likely to hit the championship. But the problem is that the Rockets' lineup has always been the point guard, and now it has injured Howard, casting a shadow on the team's playoff prospects. Howard's dominance in the inside is one of the top in the NBA, but the injured Warcraft can exert some success and become the X factor in the team's prospects.
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