Changed formation and won the first victory! After the game, he admitted his mistake, Uduka woke up from a dream, and Durant also made new demands.

The Rockets defeated the Nets 137-109 at home, finally winning their first victory. Uduka finally changed his formation and put Okogie in the starting lineup. Instead of continuing to show the five majors of death, in fact the five majors and the five minors are the same. These are not lineups that are used regularly all the time, but are used only for harvesting at critical moments or in specific rounds. Just like staple food and side dishes, the five major and five small dishes are all side dishes, and the staple food is always the regular lineup. Going to Okogie was the wisest decision Uduka ever made.

With Adams, the Rockets have one less point to be singled out, and the defense can be expanded. It's true that Adams can protect rebounds on the court, but it will test the opponent's three-point shooting percentage too much. Once the opponent has a good three-point touch and aims at Adams for an open shot, the Rockets will lose more than they gain and may be missed. What are Okogie’s strengths? Shen Jing, Smith and Durant are all big men, but they are all a bit slower. When the Rockets were in the top five, they relied on Amen who was fast enough to defend, but he really couldn't make up for it, so he was so tired against the Thunder in the first game.

Okogie came up to help Amen reduce the pressure. When Dillon was there last season, Dillon was actually responsible for relieving Amen's burden. Dillon can shoot and defend well in one-on-one situations, and his assist defense is in place. To a certain extent, this can release Amen's workload on defense, allowing him to devote his energy to offense. Today is not about playing with the Nets and Amen, but it is about playing Okoji Amen and it is not that tiring to the naked eye. Okogie scored 10 points, 1 assist and 2 steals in 30 minutes, but the effect was quite good. He also made 3 of 5 shots and 2 of 2 three-pointers.

Originally we suggested starting Sheppard at shooting guard, Smith at small forward, Durant and Shen Jing at power forward. This is viewed from the perspective of the Rockets management. They feel that the starting lineup should be given to Shepard. After all, he is the third overall pick and deserves training resources. From a realistic perspective, Okogie is more suitable to start than Sheppard. This is the fact before us. It's better to let Shepard lead the bench. He will have less pressure to play with the opponent's second team. Now he can't get into the high-end game of the starting matchup.

After the game, Uduka also talked about the change of Okogie to the starting lineup. To be honest, he also admitted that it was a mistake to put the top five in the lineup before. It was too cumbersome.

Uduka said: "Letting Okogie start instead of Adams, I think this will allow us to defend better. Because our defense today is better than the past two games. We scored 137 points in the game, while our opponents only had 109 points. When the main force was on the court most of the time, they kept their scores below 100 points. Our system is defense. Defense drives everything, and if I feel that the defense is not good, I will change the formation. Today was not bad, our defense was strong, the offense was advancing quickly, and many people could participate in the offense."

In fact, the better news than the Rockets' victory is that Uduka woke up from a dream, and it only took 2 games to wake up from this dream. This price is something the Rockets can afford, as many celebrities said after the game. The Rockets played too tightly in the first two games. Since Durant joined, the team has high expectations and wants to play well. Durant also said after the game that he was under a lot of pressure. He had lost two games in a row at the beginning and he wanted to win his first victory since joining. It is these expectations that prevent the Rockets from performing freely.

Today may be a good start. It is true that the Nets are a weak team, but it is only the weak team Uduka who dares to try to change the formation. The main fault tolerance rate is high. A good experiment was indeed completed in this game. The Rockets did not have the 15 pick-and-roll starting style of Van Jordan, but now that they rely on Okogie to enter the starting lineup, they can slowly start a defensive counterattack again. The Rockets cannot slow down because of the addition of Durant. Young people have to be fast and run and play. It is obvious that they figured this out today. So Ethan, Shen Jing and Amen all exerted their strength. Just like Durant's request after the game, he said not to always stand up and play alone, everyone should be willing to pass the ball, so that it will be easier.