After winning the hard-fought game, the Rockets won four more games in a row to start a terrifying 20-game winning streak, but their 20-game winning streak ended on December 11 when they took on the Boston Celtics on the road. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Celtics are the old NBA giants, the team that has won the most championships in NBA history, but in recent years they have declined, and their current number one star is the No. 6 pick in '96, nicknamed Antoine Fat. Walker, and later Celtics' iconic star Paul Anderson. Pierce is still a sophomore rookie and hasn't fully matured, so they're not very strong right now.

But the Rockets just lost in this game, because the Rockets have suffered a wave of injuries in recent games, Olajuwon will be out for nearly a month with a knee injury, and Mobley will be out for a month and a half with an elbow injury.

The away game against the Celtics is the fourth of the Rockets' five consecutive Eastern road trips, and in the NBA, the road trip is the hardest, these five away games, they have to fly thousands of miles on the plane, the players are already tired, plus there are main injuries, and the other players are even more tired.

In this game, the shooting rate of the whole Rockets team has dropped sharply, and even Ding Hongxing, whose shooting rate has been maintained at more than 50 percent, has dropped to below 50 percent in this game, no way, because other players can't shoot goals, the Celtics have implemented a double package for him almost the whole game, and he almost has a person hanging on his body when he goes to the basket, and the referee of this game is also very loose, and many balls that usually blow fouls are not blown today, which makes Ding Hongxing also very helpless.

The state of the whole team is sluggish, but Walker and Pierce are in good shape today, all kinds of difficult shots can be shot, by the fourth quarter, the Rockets have fallen behind by twenty-one points, Ding Hongxing added individual attacks in the fourth quarter, but just when the Rockets were chasing points, they were hit again, and Jackson, who started in place of Mobley, sprained his ankle again, which made the Rockets worse, and there was also a gap in their strongest defensive lineup, coupled with physical problems, which made their defensive intensity drop very much, Although Ding Hongxing's individual attack is still quite good, the Rockets can't defend their opponents, and in the last three minutes, the Rockets are still eighteen points behind, so Tomjanovic replaced all the main forces and admitted defeat in advance.

In the end, the Rockets lost to the Celtics 98-112, ending their 20-game winning streak and ending their streak of scoring more than 100 points and conceding less than 100 points in a row.

Of course, Ding Hongxing's personal performance was still impeccable, he scored 51 points, 18 rebounds, 9 assists, 7 steals and 3 blocks.

This game cost the Rockets a lot, they injured another Jackson, although he couldn't play in the NBA before, but his defensive ability and his hard work is an important addition to the Rockets, he is the Rockets' small forward and the first bench in the shooting guard position, after Mobley's injury, he is the Rockets' starting point guard, his injury, although not too serious, but also has to rest for two weeks, and now the Rockets can only let Brent. Barry played the starter, Barry's three-point shot is very accurate, and he is a microwave oven player, he can play as soon as he gets on the court, and he is an important member of the Rockets bench, but his defensive ability is relatively weak, and he plays the starter, and the Rockets' bench is really not watchable.

In short, the Rockets are in the biggest crisis since the start of the season.

However, the Rockets lost the first game of the season, which made other teams breathe a sigh of relief, which let them know that the Rockets can also lose, and Ding Hongxing is not a real alien after all.

For a while, the argument that the Rockets would fall into a wave of consecutive defeats was very loud, and the Rockets have now lost three big players, and they are in a continuous away game, and it is normal to be tired and continue to lose.

But who knew that the Rockets vented all their anger at ending the winning streak on the Nets in back-to-back games against the New Jersey Nets, beating the Nets by 58 points by 119-61, Ding Hongxing only played 30 minutes, and cut down the data of 31 points, 9 boards, 13 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, which is not a luxury for him, but it is already a data that many players can't play in their lifetime.

In this game, the Rockets' three-point shooting was still inaccurate, only Barry alone shot four three-pointers, and a large number of points were obtained through offensive and defensive conversions, and they did their defense to the extreme, so that the Nets were about to collapse.

After this game, the Rockets ended their road trip and returned to their home court, and after a comfortable victory over the New York Knicks, they went to the road to challenge the Spurs, this time, the defending champions faced the remnants of the Rockets, did not let the victory slip away again, they relied on the excellent play of the inside twin towers, defeated the Rockets, and also allowed the Rockets to suffer their second defeat of the season.

After playing the game against the Spurs, there is a three-day break between the next home game, which is a relatively long break in the NBA, and at this time, the European Ballon d'Or award selection announced that Ding Hongxing entered the final three-person shortlist for this year's European Ballon d'Or and invited Ding Hongxing to participate in the award ceremony.

The time chosen by the inviting party is very good, obviously studying the schedule of the Rockets, which also shows that they value Ding Hongxing, Ding Hongxing also accepted the invitation to participate in this award ceremony, anyway, the continuous away trips during this period of time are always flying in the sky, so let's regard this as a farther away game.

This year's finalists for the European Ballon d'Or are Ding Hongxing, Zinedine Zidane and Rivaldo, although Ding Hongxing has retired, but his achievements in the first half of the year alone are enough to make him the favorite to win the award.

In the first half of the year, he scored more than 70 goals in all competitions, which is more than many players have scored in two seasons, and he has also won multiple titles including the League Cup, FA Cup, Premier League and Champions League, sweeping the top scorer and best player in all competitions. In that case, the fans won't say yes.