2024-03-24 07:40:43
When you hear “27 three-pointers” in Houston – the first thing that comes to mind is the streak of 27 three-pointers in Game 7 of the 2018 Western Conference Finals against Golden State, which cost James Harden and his team a particularly painful elimination.
Tonight (between Saturday and Sunday), for a change, Rockets fans got to smile when they heard “27 3-pointers”. Houston raced to its eighth win in a row (the team’s longest streak since 2019), 119:147 over Utah, where it hit 27 three-pointers at 55.1%. How crazy is this figure? Only three times in NBA history has a team made more 3-pointers in a game – including Houston itself with 28 against Oklahoma City in 2021. The record belongs to Milwaukee when she hit 29 3-pointers against Miami in 2020.
More than half of the three-pointers were signed by Fred Van Vliet (10 of 15) and Jaylen Green (7 of 11). Van Vliet finished with 34 points along with 7 assists and Ginn continued the best form of his life with 41. Green is the fourth player this month with 300+ points alongside Luka Doncic, Kevin Durant and Jayson Tatum and in the last five games he is at 34.4 points 56% from the field and 50% from three. “I coached some great scorers and Jaylen belongs to the top of the list,” said his coach Ima Odoka.
“Green is a star in the making,” responded enthusiastically in the United States. “In three consecutive games he scored a three-pointer and turned around before the ball went in, it’s absurd. He’s finally playing without thinking too much, his talent is just crazy. The Rockets are top 10 in the West and no team would want to meet them in the play-in.” As you may remember, the Reds from Texas gained momentum without their star Alfern Shangon who was injured two weeks ago.
Thanks to the overwhelming victory, Houston narrowed the gap from tenth place Golden State to only one and a half games, with 12 more games remaining in the regular season. On April 4, it will host the Warriors at the Toyota Center for a game that may change destinies, maybe even that of the golden dynasty.
Jalen Green and Fred VanVleet combined for 75 points in the Rockets’ 8th win in a row!
JG: 41 PTS | 7 3PM | 4 AST
FVV: 34 PTS | 10 3PM | 7 ASTHouston sits only 1.5 GB from the 10th seed in the West ???? pic.twitter.com/0fgKoMVOJF
— NBA (@NBA) March 24, 2024
Jalen Green has hit a lookaway three in THREE consecutive games.
He’s absurd. pic.twitter.com/4xammY7l75
— Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) March 24, 2024
#Green #star #making #Houston #deserves #top