Rockets walking through Brooklyn

Always a special trip to Brooklyn pour Kevin Durantformer winger Networkswho reunited with his ex and who didn’t hit (22 points, 11 assists, 5 rebounds) his Rocketswinners without major difficulties in New York, to welcome the new year (120-96).

To return after a two match absence, Alperen Sengun calmly controlled the paint (20 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists) and Amen Thompson (23 points at 10/12) also dominated without forcing. Opposite, and always off the bench, Cam Thomas (21 points) was the most prominent, while Michael Porter Jr. was missing. Hence the difficulty in attacking.

The author of two hot starts, in the first and third quarters, Houston he clearly didn’t have to push to win last night, against a Nets team that was attractive in December (especially defensively). But this time the locals exploded in front of Kevin Durant’s band, sharp in their fast playing and less intimate in terms of small details, only to unravel after 30 minutes and offer a long “garbage time” to the crowd at the Barclays Center.

WHAT TO REMEMBER

Four in a row for Houston. A one-sided match for the Rockets, even deprived of their Steven Adams – Clint Capela pair, but which found Alperen Sengun and did not stay in this match. With control from the inside, either on the rebound or near the circle, and more efficient in shooting, they signed two “runs” that kicked out. Nets at the start of each half: 16-5 in the first and 18-7 in the second. And the second one will be fatal for them, because they will not come back after about twenty points behind. With this streak of four consecutive victories, confidence is at an all-time high.

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How to read statistics? Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / 3 points in an attempt; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; O = offensive rebound; D=defensive jump; T = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; +/- = Difference of points when the player is on the field; Points = Points; Rating: player rating calculated based on positive actions – negative actions.