Yang Yiming continues to be suspended. The Rockets, who ushered in Chris Paul's comeback after three straight losses, are still sinking.

At home in Houston, facing the Portland Trail Blazers, who lost many times last season, the Rockets actually delivered another nearly 20-point defeat without resistance.

104 to 85. The Rockets lost by 19 points.

Harden is still on the injury watch list, and the Rockets have a five-man starting lineup of Paul, Tucker, Capela, Anthony and Gordon. Because of the overstretched personnel, even Zhou Qi did a lot of warm-up in advance, whether Coach D'Antoni used Zhou Qi in order to miss Yang Yiming's role is unknown, but Zhou Qi, who does not have many opportunities to perform on weekdays, was called up in advance today, which must indicate that there is really a problem with the rotation of the rockets!

But there is a strong opponent at home, and I still have to fight hard!

But the rocket is really out of shape. The first quarter is usually Harden's showtime, either when he breaks through to kill or scores to open up the situation, and if the game is up, it is even more common to cooperate with Clint Capela after a few screens. But Harden and Yang Yiming watched from the wall today, and the two sat next to each other on the bench in suits and leather shoes; Even though they didn't have the task of playing, the two seemed to be aware of the team's difficult situation: sure enough, without Harden, the entire Rockets team lost their crosshairs. Paul, Anthony, Tucker, and Gordon missed one after another, and Green and Ennis, who came off the bench, continued to play iron, and the Rockets only made 5 of 22 shots in a single quarter, scoring only 15 points in one quarter!

Is this the Rockets team that scored 40 points in a single quarter last season?

Three-point arrows rain down on the Rockets?

Fortunately, the Trail Blazers' shooting percentage was not too high, and they scored 19 points in the first quarter and did not open the score. In the second quarter, the Rockets continued to "change the horse" with a limited number of benches, with Derrick Rose replacing Paul. He looked good in the summer, and Rose, who was not injured but had a lot of age, cut his dreadlocks short, and he and PJ Tucker completed many pick-and-rolls, and his pace was no longer fast enough to pass everyone, but he still opened up the shooting space and scored points with mid-range and small throws.

28-25, as Rose assisted Tucker to hit a three-pointer after breaking through the point, the Rockets tied the score in the first three minutes of the second quarter!

James Harden, who was silent on the bench just now, and buttoned his suit shirt to the top, was also proud at this moment, pulled Yang Yiming to stand up together, twisted the round buttocks wrapped in trousers, and gestured to the home fans to make a noise, ready to overwhelm the uninvited guests who visited in one fell swoop.

But if someone could tell Harden that a 28-tie would be the closest point difference between the Rockets and the Trail Blazers in the game, he wouldn't be able to celebrate!

Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts was replaced by Coach Lillard after a timeout, and the latter's appearance was immediate. He took a step outside the three-point line to see that Ennis was not yet in position, and directly hit the shot. The second-in-command CJ McCollum is not to be outdone - last year, several of him and Lillard were limited by Yang Yiming's extraordinary play on the defensive end, but today that kid can only watch the game on the bench, so there is no reason not to want to shoot, just shoot!

CJ McCollum also hit a three-pointer first, and then feigned a breakthrough and gave a low-handed ball to Nurkic under the basket. The Rockets rotated the defense out of position, Capela was actually switched to the outside single defense McCollum, and only Tucker faced Nurkic, who was 20 centimeters taller than him, under the basket, and watched the latter abuse the basket!

By the last minute of the second quarter, the Rockets were already trailing by as much as 10 points. But the Trail Blazers' two-shot shot didn't mean to stop at all, and Lillard twisted his body to drill between the two defenses, and the master made a layup to make a two-and-one. The Rockets missed the last shot in offensive time, but McCollum grabbed a backcourt rebound and pushed forward, throwing a board before the halftime bell to add two more points.

The Rockets trailed by 15 points at halftime!

The Rockets, who tied the score and were pulled away, were defeated in the third quarter, and Paul and Gordon could barely rely on their individual ability to cut some points, but every time the Rockets struggled to increase their scores, the Trail Blazers on the other side had already relied on team cooperation to easily complete several finishes. The Trail Blazers played 34-26 in a single quarter, expanding their absolute advantage to as many as 23 points!

The fourth quarter is completely garbage time.

Coach Mike D'Antoni decisively withdrew after replacing Paul and Anthony for the final struggle, and threw a bunch of substitutes to announce his surrender. Derrick Rose came off the bench with four absolute substitutes: McCarvey, Zhou Qi, Hartenstein and Gary Clark. The last time at the home of the Toyota Center, there was such a star-studded lineup I don't know how far back it was - but the fans voted with action, the Rockets had no hope of winning, and both sides came up with nameless bench training, halfway through the fourth quarter, the broadcast camera swept over the stands at home, and half of the seats were already empty!

In this situation, Harden, who was still vigorously agitating in the second quarter, seemed to feel that he had been slapped in the face. He turned his head, not knowing who was behind the bench - but maybe he wasn't looking for anyone at all, not talking to anyone, just not wanting to see the awkwardness on the field!

Rose broke through to the penalty area, faced two tall inside lines to block the line, and threw the ball back to Zhou Qi, who followed up. Zhou Qi made his first appearance this season, and after receiving the ball, he took advantage of the situation and took the first point of the new season.

Only this slam dunk also aroused individual applause from local Chinese fans in Houston who came to the scene to cheer. But Zhou Qi's chance to catch the ball in the fourth quarter was only this time, and the entire Toyota Center lost its last hope and completely fell into the loneliness of "finishing this unsightly ball early". The bell rang and the red light went on, announcing their freedom as if the shackles had been lifted from the people who had been forced to stay in the arena.

104-85, the prick score doesn't know if it can prick the nerves of the numb Houstonians.

The Rockets hugged the victorious Trail Blazers players with a blank face and congratulated their opponents. The scene after last year's confrontation was still so completely different, but at this moment, let them hurry up and complete these hypocritical ceremonies, with one win and five losses, what face do they have left on the field!

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