In the middle of the multiple posters of the evening, we had a little “rebuildico” on the program with Rockets-Magic. Two of the three worst records of the League that clash, it is to be avoided not? Not necessarily.
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Two teams that decided to start from scratch last season, two teams that drew high in the last Draft and, if our instinct is correct, we may even see them again next June with the same objective. You will understand, Houston-Orlando was not the match to go steal the throne of the Conference or return to the Top 8 but rather the race to learn and if possible in defeat, just to not help a competitor. direct to recover a Paolo Banchero or a Chet Holmgren. Orlando got the plan perfectly with 5 wins for 18 losses but some encouraging performances, as in Philly, New York or Brooklyn in particular. Houston, for its part, finally decided to start playing basketball and it took seventeen games for that. As Jalen Green squats in the infirmary and John Wall continues to chop lemons, the Rockets have started a good streak, securing four straight wins with the Bulls and Hornets on the hunting roster. To do this, Stephen Silas’ charges were able to count on a Christian Wood back at his best but also the always precious Jae’Sean Tate, which had made the total at the Thunder a few days ago (OKC is not really a benchmark anymore). Enough to come back to the Pistons and the… Magic in the standings. We were therefore curious to see if the success story of the Texans would continue.
The verdict ? Well, we can officially say that Houston is the second hottest team in the league right now. It just goes to show that we can be back in the West and stay on five straight wins. The kind of sentence that would have stung our throats a fortnight ago. This victory, they went to seek it as a team, but it was hard. It took a vintage Eric Gordon (24 points, 10/14 in the shoot) and author of the shoot for the win at the end of the money time to get rid of a Magic team which was on the verge of air conditioning the Toyota Center. As is often the case this season, it was Cole Anthony who was the main threat, once again proving his status as a candidate for the MIP. His missed shot at the last second could have brought down all of Houston from its cloud but it is a new victory that has been added to the rocket bag. Ten days ago, we wrote about the dotted future of Stephen Silas at the head of the team and since then we have remained on a record of 5-0. We’re going to speak Mandarin when we see Houston grab a play-in tournament at the end of the season.
The Rockets are unstoppable and that’s a weird line to say after a cataclysmic start to the season. Fifth victory in a row for Houston which goes back to thirteenth place in the West. Gone are the days when we bet on the fact that they would end up with the worst all-time record.
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