The Rockets played against the Celtics at home on January 22, Beijing time. At the end of the game, the Rockets lost to the Celtics 107-116. The Rockets have not been in good form recently, which is why they have dropped to the eleventh spot in the Western Conference. However, facing the Jazz, who have been in hot form recently, the Rockets, led by Shen Jing, won the game. Under such circumstances, the Rockets also It is expected to reach the tenth position in the Western Conference. However, in this game, the Rockets face the Celtics, who are first in the Eastern Conference, back to back. Although the Celtics are missing Horford and Holiday, the Rockets' VanVleet, Smith and Jeff Green are also absent from the game, so the Rockets will face huge difficulties if they want to win.
In the first half of the game, the Celtics were in a hot offensive state. At this time, the Celtics successfully opened up the score. Although the Rockets were in good offensive state in the second quarter, the Celtics continued to blast in the second quarter. Scored 35 points, so the Celtics led by 15 points at halftime. At the beginning of the second half, the Celtics tried to open up the score, but with the performance of Thompson, Dillon and others, the Rockets kept the score at around 10 points. Although later, with the performance of Holiday and others, the Rockets once caught up to 5 points, but Brown , White responded, and the Rockets trailed by 10 points at the end of the three quarters. In the fourth quarter, Dillon broke out to help the Rockets catch up to 3 points. At the critical moment, Porzingis and Pritchard hit a 5-0 wave. In the next game, the Rockets' offense was sluggish, and Tatum and Porzingis helped the ball. The team once again led by double digits, but in the end the Rockets failed to reverse and lost the game.
Although the Celtics won the game, there was a problem with the Celtics offense in the second half of the game, so the Rockets left the suspense of the game until the end, and Tatum's performance was sluggish in this game. In the previous game, the Celtics relied on Porzingis to open the score. In the second half, when the Rockets closed in on the score, Tatum also played sluggishly. Fortunately, Tatum found some form in the second half of the fourth quarter. , especially when Tatum hit a three-pointer, the Celtics also successfully opened up the score. It can be said that Tatum also completed redemption. At the end of the game, Tatum scored 18 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. data.
At the same time, Brown also stretched his hips a little in this game. Fortunately, White performed well in this game, and Porzingis also maintained an offensive state. In the end, the Celtics won the game without any danger. In victory, at the end of the game, Brown scored 13 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists on 6-of-14 shooting. White scored 21 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists. Porzingis scored 32 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist. As for Shen Jing, although he scored 24 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in this game, in fact, Shen Jing did not play very well in the fourth quarter. On the contrary, if it were not for Dillon's performance in the fourth quarter, Then the game may have lost its suspense long ago.
And Dillon did his best in this game. After all, in the fourth quarter, the game was chasing points. If Dillon hadn't stepped forward, the Rockets might not have seen the chance of reversal. Unfortunately, other Rockets players failed to stand up in the following games, so Dillon was also a difficult savior. In the end, Dillon scored 25 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist. Green scored 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in this game. Thompson scored 15 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists. The Rockets lost the game and the Lakers received a big gift. Originally, if the Rockets could win, they could overtake the Lakers, but the Rockets lost the game and the Lakers secured the tenth position in the Western Conference. Even if the Lakers cannot defeat the Trail Blazers in today's game, then the Lakers will also They won't be overtaken by the Rockets. It can be said that this situation is quite beneficial to the Lakers.