With four wins in seven games, including two against the Suns and Sixers, the Rockets have reason to celebrate. They are progressing, it is obvious, after a disastrous start to the season, punctuated by only one success in ten matches. Nevertheless, there is one downside: confirm.
Because chaining two successes in a row has only happened once this season, and the Texas franchise has a golden opportunity to do it again this Thursday evening by facing the Spurs, who remain on eleven defeats in a row.
“You have to stay focused. It’s about working hard, being consistent.”insists Eric Gordon for the Houston Chronicle. “That’s the main thing: it has to continue. When you learn to beat a team, you have to do it with consistency. We are starting to find solutions and I hope we will be able to continue. »
The Rockets, unlike the last four occurrences, were able to train after a success on Wednesday. An important element for the coach, in order to keep alive the good feelings of the victory in double overtime against the Sixers.
“We had a good training”, assures Stephen Silas. “Everyone was upbeat, happy and attentive. This dynamic is transferred from one game to another usually, we should not have a relapse. We have had ups and downs this season, we haven’t really had to manage any success. So that’s our next step and it’s a good step to take. »
The Houston coach says it, “If we do what we are supposed to do, play hard and together, follow instructions, the results will come”. Players just have to…
“It has to be on every player’s mind,” continues Eric Gordon. “We have to approach every game to win. The coaches can design any system, it’s up to us, the players, to do the job. We won matches, we made progress. It is now a question of continuing in this way. »
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Jalen Green | 24 | 34.7 | 41.5 | 31.8 | 79.6 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 21.6 |
| Kevin Porter, Jr. | 23 | 34.7 | 41.4 | 35.0 | 76.2 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 19.0 |
| Alperen Sengun | 21 | 26.8 | 55.6 | 19.0 | 79.1 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 8.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 14.9 |
| Eric Gordon | 20 | 30.1 | 43.6 | 35.2 | 86.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 12.3 |
| Jabari Smith, Jr. | 23 | 30.2 | 36.7 | 35.5 | 84.3 | 1.3 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 11.8 |
| Kj Martin | 24 | 24.5 | 54.3 | 32.4 | 69.0 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 11.0 |
| Tari Eason | 24 | 18.7 | 43.1 | 36.2 | 84.2 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 8.8 |
| Jae’sean Tate | 3 | 22.7 | 50.0 | 40.0 | 75.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 8.3 |
| Bruno Fernando | 8 | 13.6 | 69.0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 5.8 |
| Garrison Mathews | 21 | 13.6 | 37.3 | 37.5 | 92.3 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 5.1 |
| Usman Garuba | 22 | 15.4 | 57.1 | 63.6 | 58.3 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 3.9 |
| Daishen Nix | 22 | 15.0 | 34.3 | 34.8 | 69.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.3 |
| Trevor Hudgins | 1 | 3.8 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Josh Christopher | 17 | 7.2 | 43.8 | 21.4 | 83.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| Boban Marjanovic | 7 | 3.6 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| Tyty Washington, Jr. | 1 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
