Jalen Green announced himself to the NBA playoff stage with the Houston Rockets Game 2 victory over the Golden State Warriors.
The Rockets lost Game 1 95-85, and many thought the rest of the series would follow suit, and the Warriors made a comfortable progression to the Western Conference semi-finals.
As Ime Udoka’s team led the 23-year-old shooting guard Jalen Green and responded heavily in Game 2, it wasn’t.
Green explained that he found his playoff debut very difficult. He fixed it in Game 2.
Green was the Rockets’ main goals scorer (21.0 points per game) in the regular season, winning 52 games in the regular season and finishing second in the Western Conference.
Scoring is the biggest weakness of Houston’s roster, so you’ll need to intervene in the playoffs to get a chance to go deep.
Unfortunately, the opposite happened in Game 1 as Midori summoned just 7 points in 31 minutes and the Warriors scored 10.
Greene said of his disappointing playoff debut:
“My legs were a little shaky, but that’s part of it, and I went through it.
Green can make excuses for his disastrous Game 1 display after bounced with an incredible 38 points in the Rockets’ Game 2 victory.
Green went 13-25 (52%) from the field and made eight three-pointers with Stephen Curry over at Toyota Center.
The Rockets are more than anything else to secure a playoff victory on the board, but they should not get carried away before Game 3.
Especially with Jimmy Butler’s latest injury, Houston has a great chance to win one of two games in San Francisco and regain his home court advantage.