Shen Jing 30+11+ absolutely tied! Durant dominated overtime with 35+6, Amen won, Sheppard should be in the starting lineup

On November 17, the NBA regular season continued. Today, the Rockets faced the challenge of the Magic at home. Before the start of the game, Banchero suffered a groin injury, and Suggs also reported an injury. The Magic were missing two core players. Under such circumstances, the Rockets seemed to be more promising to win, but they encountered a crazy counterattack by the Magic. Next, let's talk about the game process first, and then talk about the performance of the players.

Game review:

At the beginning of the first quarter, Shen Jing hit a back-up shot to help the Rockets take the lead. Carter Jr. and Wagner Jr. scored 5 points together for the Magic to open the game. Shen Jing and Jabari Smith scored 4 points together, and Wagner Jr. and Bane They jointly played a 10-0 climax to establish the lead. Seeing that his teammates were weak, Shen Jing once again made a strong kill under the basket. Carter Jr. responded with a three-pointer. Relying on better offensive firepower, the Magic always maintained a weak lead. At the end of the quarter, Shepard made an inside kill, helping the Rockets catch up to 7 points behind to end the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Shepard scored 5 points in a row to help the Rockets reduce their disadvantage by 2 points. Seeing that the Rockets were about to gain momentum, Bane and Isaac responded by scoring 5 points together. Holiday and Shepard responded by hitting three-pointers one after another, and Blake hit a mid-range shot. In the middle, Durant responded with two free throws, and the difference between the two sides once again came to only 2 points. At the end of the quarter, Silva made consecutive inside kills, and Bane and Black made free throws one after another. The Magic used a 13-6 climax to lead by 9 points at halftime.

After changing sides, Durant played again and scored 2+1 to help the Rockets narrow the point difference. Blake, Xiaova and Carter Jr. scored one after another. The Magic expanded the advantage to 12 points. Shen Jing responded with 4 points in a row, and Wagner Jr. dunked inside. , Amen and Okogie scored 4 points with consecutive attacks and free throws. The Rockets played steadily and narrowed the disadvantage to only 2 points. After that, although the Magic once again expanded the lead to 8 points, at the end of the quarter, Adams and Durant made free throws to help the Rockets catch up to 3 points behind.

In the final battle, the Magic once again expanded their advantage to double digits under the leadership of Bane, but under the leadership of Durant and Smith, they gradually caught up with the point difference. In the last 2 minutes, Durant hit a three-pointer to help the team. Go-ahead, Bain responded with 4 points in a row, Shen Jing made an inside kill, Carter Jr. made a kill inside, Durant tied with a three-pointer in the last 21 seconds, Shen Jing blocked Bayne, Durant made a mistake, Black hit in counterattack, Shen Jing made a tying hit, and the two sides entered overtime.

The two sides were still very close in the overtime. At the critical moment, Durant assisted Amen and then hit a mid-range hit to help the Rockets lead by three points in the last 9 seconds. After that, the Rockets started a penalty shootout and the Rockets defeated the Magic 117-113.

Xiao Wa is full of firepower

After talking about the game process, let's talk about the performance of the players. In this campaign, Xiao Wa became the star of the team. Facts have proved that without Banchero, Xiao Wa performed even better and he has good leadership skills. However, it was only because he assisted Banchero that it affected his performance. In this campaign, Xiaova made 8 of 20 shots and 3 of 8 three-pointers. He scored 29 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal. Last season, Xiaova also performed very well when he led the team with a single core. If it were not for injuries, he would have been selected as an All-Star.

I don’t know if many fans who often follow the Magic have noticed that the Magic seem to be stronger without Banchero. On the one hand, Xiaova has more opportunities, and secondly, other role players can also have more ball rights to prove themselves. In this campaign, Carter Jr. scored 14 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Silva scored 12 points, 6 rebounds, and Blake had 18 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists. The Magic team has a lot of talent, but many players do not have enough ball rights.

Bain scored 26 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in this game. The Magic have recently won 3 consecutive victories. They can get back on track. In addition to more reasonable distribution of ball rights, they have regained their defensive intensity. They caused a lot of mistakes for the Rockets in this game. In this game, facing a powerful team like the Rockets, the Magic's performance is definitely worthy of praise. The Rockets were suppressed by the Magic for most of the game, and the team's fundamental problem was still exposed. They lacked a qualified point guard to control the court.

Amen is locked

The Rockets are proud of their inside killing ability. This game was blocked by the Magic. Carter Jr. and Isaac's defense were great. Moreover, the Magic's overall system is large enough and their athletic ability is no worse than the Rockets. Therefore, Shen Jing and Amen failed to show their advantage in the inside. If Durant and Shepard hadn't played well in this game, they would have collapsed long ago. In this campaign, Shen Jing scored 30 points, 10 of 27, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 turnovers. The draw and overtime completed the redemption.

Amen scored 12 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists on 4-of-13 shooting, and was blocked 3 times in the game. Amen’s talent is indeed good, but facing some teams with top talents, Amen does not have such a big advantage. He also struggled against Wenban before. The Rockets hope that he will become a shooting Simmons. Looking at it now, his talent is much worse than Simmons. Durant shot 13 of 24 and scored 35 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 block.

Shepard still performed very well in this campaign. He made 6 of 11 shots from the field and 2 of 4 three-pointers. He scored 16 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. Shepard’s recent shooting has been so good. I think the Rockets should let him replace Okogie. Entering the starting lineup, although Okogie has excellent defense, he has no ability to handle the ball. Shepard's entry into the starting lineup can make up for the team's lack of point guard to a certain extent, and his defensive predictions are good enough to make up for his deficiencies on the defensive end.

Having said that, what do you want to say about the current Rockets and Magic? Welcome to leave a message for discussion.