Rockets failed to continue their winning streak and lost to the Lone Ranger 100-113 at home, ending their 2 streak.
In this game, the Rockets only took a 2-0 lead at the beginning, and then they were completely passive and suppressed by the Lone Ranger. Wall, who was in a good state before, only broke out briefly in the second quarter and didn't get too many opportunities at other times. The Rockets still have many problems to deal with.
Harden made his comeback in this game. Unfortunately, he was not in good shape. He only made 5 of 17 shots, scored 21 points and 10 assists, but he was on the court plus-minus -24, the team's lowest. Harden, who returned from injury, was absent, and the offensive end was not fully invested as before, and the defense became a big hole.
Compared with Harden's downturn, Doncic has recovered his form in this game. I really want to thank the Rockets.
In this campaign, Doncic returned from injury, missed the last game, played 38 minutes, 12 of 25 shots, 3 of 10 three-pointers, 33 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists in a triple-double, plus/minus +28. The highest field. This is his first triple-double this season and his 26th career triple-double. In addition, his total career assists officially exceeded 1,000, which made him the second in NBA history to score 3,000 points + 1,000 rebounds + 1,000 assists before the age of 22. The other was James.
The culprit for the Rockets' loss in this game should be the substitute Cousins, who played only 3 minutes this time, and was expelled from the field after eating 2 technical fouls. Cousins, who came up in the second quarter of
, was a little angry. He made physical contact with his former younger brother Stan at the basket. Each pushed the other side. The referees each played 50 boards, and each made a technical foul. But in the next offense, Cousins was spotted by the referee and gave him an offensive foul; in the next counterattack, Cousins scored a layup against Brunson, and he complained to the referee. , Should be a 2+1 these words. The referee immediately gave another technical foul, and Cousins looked incredible and was expelled.
In fact, during that time, the Rockets were gaining momentum and launched a wave of 9-0 offensive, successfully closing the points gap, but Cousins did not hold back his anger. With Cousins' departure, the Rockets also fell into a passive position inside, and could only pass to Wood. After all, the latter was weak, and with the attention to the offensive end, it was good to have 23 points and 7 rebounds However, the team's rebounding is still suppressed by the opponent.
The Rockets' rebounds in the entire game were blown by their opponents, falling behind 35-51 and grabbing 16 rebounds.
Originally Cousins was in a good state in the second quarter. With him, Wood would not fall into a lonely battle, and the inside would not be so far behind. Cousins is recovering well, but his temper needs improvement.
