'The fight that our group is showing is great,” Stephen Silas said. “I wish we could...
Sacramento Kings guard Donte DiVincenzo watches as a three point shot by Houston Rockets guard Garrison Mathews heads towards the hoop during the first half of a NBA game between the Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings on Friday, April 1, 2022, at Toyota Center in Houston.There is value to playing close, competitive games. The Rockets would like to win a few. They have not won a game that came down to the final minutes since topping the Lakers in overtime March 9.
In those three games, however, Green has scored 30, 32 and 33 points, the longest streak of 30-point games for a Rockets rookie since Elvin Hayes had a pair of four-game runs scoring at least 30 points in the 1968-69 season with the San Diego Rockets. "The fight that our group is showing is great,” Silas said. “I wish we could come up with the result.”
“For these guys to be going through these moments is big for our group,” Silas said. “It does get a little frustrating at times, but I can’t be frustrated with this group. I can’t be frustrated with the effort that they’re giving. I can’t be frustrated with how they’re playing. Frustrating that we lost but these guys are playing.”Green had decided it was time to score in bunches as he never had before. The Rockets’ veterans were sitting out. He would step it up.