Beijing time on January 1, the NBA regular season continues, Rockets ushered in the first home game of the new season, will face the Kings. In this campaign, Wall , Cousins and Gordon returned in isolation, which also made the team more tidy. Before, there were only 9 players who played and also suffered 2 consecutive losses. This time the personnel were neatly organized and the Rockets and the Kings also launched a confrontation. With a wave of 11-3 before halftime, the Rockets led the kings 63-58.
In this game, Wall returned to the starting lineup, starting with Harden, House, Tucker and Wood. After the start of the
game, the Rockets showed a good state, and House ushered in a big explosion. The performance in the previous two games was very sluggish. One-handed dunks came up, followed by three-pointers to help the team take the lead. After the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, the Kings maintained a weak lead, and Wall also ushered in the first goal of the Rockets career, assists from Harden and ; then Cousins came on and hit a three-pointer. The two teams feel good in the first quarter, and the Kings lead the Rockets 33-32 after the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the two teams still felt good. They played very stalemate and took the lead alternately. The Kings performed very well. Someone always stood up to take points. Four of them scored in double figures after halftime. Fox , Holmes and Barnes. In this section Wall continued the excellent state of the first quarter, and Harden also found his hand in this section. At the last moment, the Rockets suddenly exerted their strength, a wave of 11-3 offensive, and successfully entered the second half with a lead. After the half game, the Rockets led the Kings 63-59.
This is the Rockets dual-core Wall and Harden's debut in the new season. In the first half, he contributed 24 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, and his performance was good.
Harden played 18 minutes, 4 of 11 shots, 1 of 5 three points, 10 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists;
Wall played 20 minutes, 6 of 14 shots, 2 of 6 three points, and 14 Points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
, who had a sluggish performance in the first two games, also ushered in a big explosion. He scored 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist on 4 of 5 shots. Z7z
Cousins also ushered in the Rockets career debut, hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up, the state is very good, finished 4 of 3 in halftime, got 8 points, 3 assists and 1 rebound. After a fast break dunk, Cousins roared towards the Kings bench to celebrate, still not letting go of his old club. Cousins played for the Kings for the first seven seasons of his career. In 2017, the Kings promised to renew his contract with Cousins, but he suddenly traded him to the Pelicans during the All-Star Weekend.
