No surprises! Rockets won 3 consecutive preseason games: Amen hugged and beat the foul, Durant scored 15 points

On October 15, the NBA preseason continued, with the Rockets challenging the Pelicans away from home. In this game, the Rockets took the lead and took a 12-3 lead at the beginning. However, the Pelicans caught up later and the two teams fell into a tug-of-war. The Rockets only led by 1 point at halftime. In the second half, the Rockets once again exerted their strength and a wave of offensive opened the point difference to double digits. However, the Pelicans later made a crazy counterattack. Fortunately, Holiday completed a quasi-win. In the end, the Rockets defeated the Pelicans 130-128 and won three consecutive games.

In this game, the Rockets sent Amen, Durant, Smith Jr., Shen Jing and Adams. They had a clear advantage inside and quickly took a 12-3 lead. But after that, the Pelicans slowly kept up with the rhythm, and even surpassed the score difference in the first quarter, leading the Rockets 28-26 in a single quarter. In the second quarter, the Rockets once again exerted their strength and regained the initiative with a 12-2 offensive. However, the Pelicans launched a counterattack and soon closed the gap. The Rockets relaxed again in the final stage. Matkovic hit a three-pointer to overtake the score. Fortunately, Durant hit a jumper. After halftime, the Rockets still maintained a 60-59 lead.

After changing sides and fighting again, the Rockets came up with strong momentum and directly launched a 15-0 offensive, widening the point difference to double digits. After that, the Pelicans came back briefly, but the Rockets' offensive momentum was still hot. Durant continued to score points, and Sheppard also scored a three-pointer. The Rockets were full of momentum throughout the third quarter, scoring 42 points in a single quarter and leading by 14 points after three quarters. In the final quarter of the game, the Rockets replaced their main players and always took the initiative, but the Pelicans kept suspense with a 14-2 offensive. In the end, Fells scored consecutive points to equalize the score, and Holiday completed a quasi-win, helping the Rockets defeat the Pelicans 130-128.

Although it is just a preseason game, the main players of both teams have gone all out in this game and want to prepare for the regular season. In the second quarter, a conflict broke out. Amen and Alvarado got entangled, and then they hugged and threw each other. Fortunately, other players separated the two early to avoid further conflicts. In the end, the referee gave Amen a first-level flagrant foul and Alvarado was whistled for a technical foul. Amen performed well in this game, scoring 21 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-8 shooting.

Smith played well for the Rockets, scoring 26 points and 5 rebounds; Durant scored 15 points on 6-of-13 shooting, Ethan on the bench scored 20 points on 9-of-15 shooting, Sheppard scored 13 points, and Shen Jing had a poor touch and only had 8 points.

The Pelicans had more success, with as many as 8 players scoring in double figures. Among them, No. 7 pick Fiers scored the highest 20 points, including 14 points in the final quarter, which almost led the team to complete a reversal.