The Houston Rockets won 132-126 against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2023-2024 NBA regular season at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on the 28th (Korea time).
The win gave Houston 10 straight wins. Ten straight wins is Houston's longest winning streak this season. The win kept Houston one game away from Golden State, ranking 10th in the Western Conference.
It was a very intense game. Although ace Shai Gilgers-Alexander was absent on the day, Oklahoma City proved its position in third place in the Western Conference.
Josh Giddy filled the gap between Gilgers-Alexander with an explosion, and various players, including Jaylen Williams, Gordon Hayward and Aijia Joe, participated in the scoring and showed explosive attack.
Houston faced off with Jaylen Green, Amen Thompson, and Dylan Brooks playing.
The match between the two teams, which had been in a back-and-forth throughout the game, went into extra time, and Houston, where Green played in extra time, was able to secure a valuable victory.
Green was the hero of the game. Green led the team's offense by scoring three-pointers in every critical moment of the day. Green recorded 37 points, seven assists, nine rebounds, and 14 of 24 field throws, and made seven of 11 three-pointers.
Recently, Houston has 12 wins and 1 loss in 13 games. It is the best team in the NBA during this period. Green contributed a lot to this performance.
Green recorded an average of 27.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, a field goal rate of 49.6 percent, and a success rate of 40.9 percent for three-point shooting in 13 games. He scored high per game and excelled in efficiency. He has truly become Houston's ace.
Even turnovers, which were pointed out as Green's biggest weakness, fell to an average of 1.9.
Finally, Green is living up to Houston's expectations.
Green, the second overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, was highly anticipated as the successor to James Harden.
When Green joined the team, Houston was in the process of rebuilding, and there were no veterans and coaches to help Green grow. In such a situation, Green played basketball alone, not winning basketball by focusing on individual play.
This season, Houston ended its rebuild by appointing coach Ime Udoka and recruiting great veteran players such as Fred Banblet, Brooks and Jeff Green as FA.
Udoka is well-known as a coach who values defense. Recruited players Benblet, Brooks, and Green are also good defense players. It seems that the plan was to transform Houston into a defense team by coexisting with existing promising players and new recruits.
However, Green did not suit Udoka's basketball style. Green, who put emphasis on individual play and offense after joining the NBA, was the polar opposite of Udoka's basketball, who values defense and wants to play altruistically.
Green was sluggish with his ups and downs in each game, and his playing time was reduced as he gradually lost the trust of Udoka.
As Green was at the center of the attack, Houston's basketball became much faster. In the keynote that once put the ball into Sengun, various players began to play altruistic basketball by touching the ball. In addition, Green is taking the lead in a situation where he needs to score.
The basketball and green skills that Udoka had envisioned were in full bloom at the same time. Of course, Sen is a great player and it is safe to say that Houston's future and present. Nevertheless, it is hard to deny that it is difficult to coexist with Green.
In the middle of the season, Houston, which was virtually likely to be eliminated from the playoffs, was rather a turnaround due to the bad news that it was a key player's departure.
Will Houston be able to continue its momentum and succeed in advancing to the playoffs.
BY: 토토사이트 순위