On November 12th, Beijing time, news of the Rockets’ internal conflicts has become a thoroughly hot topic in the American media. The well-known journalist Shams-Charania’s article revealed that five of the Rockets’ seven main players are very dissatisfied with the team. Up.
can be said that their dissatisfaction is not only for the team but also for Harden, because so far the main Rockets that have not made a public statement are Harden and Covington. It has only been half a year since Covington was traded to this team. He has no reason to complain to anyone, and there is no need to take a trip to the muddy waters. So in fact, only Harden is the only teammate who seems to be unhappy with Harden. Now, many teammates look down on him very much.
In fact, there is only one reason for Harden's controversy. There is also a revelation in Shams-Charania's column. That is a dispute between Harden and Westbrook. He has no sense of responsibility and does not accept criticism. Triple-double king Westbrook may have declined in strength, but his desire to win has absolutely no decline. He came to the Rockets to win the championship and also wants to change the team culture of this team.
Therefore, the article pointed out that after the Rockets lost to the Blazers at home on January 16, the whole team held a meeting with Westbrook presided over the meeting, and pointed out all the players’ problems one by one, including himself, of course. He took the lead to reflect on himself, but he still refused to accept criticism when it came to talking about Harden's mistakes.
So what happened in that game? Looking back at the game that directly detonated and ignited the Rockets infighting, especially Harden's refusal to accept Westbrook's criticism. They were against the Trail Blazers. The Rockets lost to the Trail Blazers at 107:117. The Trail Blazers scored a good team with five players. Anthony scored 18+12 against this old club. Shao and Lillard have long had grievances. At the same time, the Rockets’ two superstars performed very differently. Westbrook played in 42 minutes. He made 11 of 22 shots, 5 of 5 from three-point range, 2 of 12 free throws, 7 of 12 free throws, 31 points, 11 rebounds and 12 in the game. Assists.
He has done all his responsibilities as a point guard. In addition, McClemore played as a temporary starter and scored 17 points in 24 minutes. His performance was perfect. Capella scored 14 points and 18 rebounds. You can’t He is required to do more, and these Rockets role players played very well in this game. Although the veteran Tucker in the starting lineup of
scored only 3 points, his responsibility itself is not to score. And the bench Gordon played 31 minutes and scored 20 points on the bench. It was also his responsibility. House got it. With 7 points, it seems that the Rockets played well in this game, so why did they lose? Because the Rockets’ boss Harden played 36 minutes in the game, only 3 of 12 shots and 1 of 6 shots from beyond the three-point line. He only scored 13 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 fouls. He was completely defeated. It's over.
as the team’s second head Westbrook completely exploded CJ McCollum’s data. Harden’s 13+8+7 data was crushed by Lillard’s 25+7+7 data, and the Rockets lost. Harden. So after this game, Westbrook scored 30+ triple-doubles and Harden scored 13 points. Of course, he had to meet to summarize the problem and point his finger at the beard. This was the battle that led to the Rockets' civil unrest.
, but Harden did not accept criticism, so the whole team came to the edge of collapse. Looking back on this game, we can feel how dissatisfied and anxious Westbrook is with him. Their purpose of teaming up is to win the championship. But looking at Harden's spirit, he still doesn't accept criticism. No wonder the Rockets are here. Infighting will happen under his leadership, and it is about to disintegrate now.
