After a very interesting start to the season, Jalen Green is in more difficulty. He has drops in tension with matches with less than ten points and clumsiness. The proof is in a sequence of four meetings in the month of January, where he averaged only 13 points at 36% shooting success and 13% at 3-points.
A new crisis of confidence? ” I have confidence in myself. I worked my whole life to get to the NBA so I have confidence. It’s about building on it”, he reacts after having regained color for two matches.
It must be said that the calendar helped him. Playing Portland and Charlotte, he was facing two of the worst defenses in the league. After 29 points against the Blazers, Jalen Green continues with 36 points in the victory against the Hornets, his season record. “My mindset is to be aggressive”he delivers, winning two games in a row with more than 20 units for the first time in a month.
Aggression, the key for Jalen Green
The Houston guard adds 10 rebounds (career record), 4 assists and 2 interceptions to his performance. Above all, he scored with his penetrations, his aggressiveness towards the basket, because his outside shot is still not resolved, with a sad 1/7 behind the arc, after his 2/7 against Portland.
“We made stops, we played transitions,” notes the player. “I find that in transition is where I am at my best. Once that happens, it opens up a lot of things. I was aggressive from start to finish. There are matches where I am not aggressive from the start, until the second half, if at all. I'm not going to do this anymore. »
Ime Udoka confirms. “He is aggressive, in rhythm, he attacks. As always, if we play fast, he benefits. The more stops we make, the more he can run.”, analyzes the Rockets coach. Defending harder, is this the only solution to revive Jalen Green when the latter is in trouble?
“We have discussions and we do individual sessions, but the coaches do this constantly,” replies Ime Udoka. “Our goal with him is to be aggressive, take the right shots, make the right choices and not just rely on the collective attack to dictate his game. We have to do the things that allow us to have success. impact, like taking rebounds, and the shots will end up falling in. He is versatile, so he must not let the attack impose things on him. He can score a lot and when he is in, everything becomes easier for him. »
| Jalen Green | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2021-22 | HOU | 67 | 32 | 42.6 | 34.3 | 79.7 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 17.3 |
| 2022-23 | HOU | 76 | 34 | 41.6 | 33.8 | 78.6 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 22.1 |
| 2023-24 | HOU | 43 | 31 | 40.1 | 31.9 | 79.5 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 17.4 |
| Total | 186 | 33 | 41.6 | 33.5 | 79.1 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 19.3 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
