On March 29, Beijing time, the hottest team in the NBA in recent times is not the Lakers or the Warriors, but the Houston Rockets, who have won 10 consecutive victories after yesterday's victory over the Thunder. In this wave of ten consecutive wins, the next eight consecutive wins were all won after Shen Jing was injured. So now there is a saying circulating on the Internet: Once the capital falls, all things are born. It means that after Shen Jing didn't fight, the whole Rocket team lived.
The data doesn't lie, after Shen Jing's injury, the six main players of the current Rocket lineup have higher scores than before Shen Jing's injury, but the magnitude of the change is different.
There were few changes, and there were 3 people within 1 point:
Smith Jr., Shen Jing averaged 13.3 points per game before his injury, and in the game after Shen Jing's injury, he averaged 13.6 points per game, 0.3 points more, and the change is not very big, that is to say, in the current Rockets, Shen Jing is not the most important person in the Rockets.
VanVleet, Shen Jing averaged 16.7 points and 8 assists per game before the injury, and Shen Jing averaged 17.4 points and 9 assists per game after the injury, scoring 0.7 points more and 1 assist.
Dillon, Shin Kyung averaged 12.9 points per game before the injury and 13.4 points per game after the injury. Dillon's role isn't about scoring, it's about defense, so it's not much to expect from scoring.
The change is relatively large, and it can even be said that there are 3 people.
The first one, of course, is Jalen Green. In the games before Shin Jing's injury, Green averaged only 18.4 points per game, but in the eight games since Shen Jing's injury, Green's scoring average soared to 31.5 points per game, an improvement of as many as 13.1 points. With this kind of improvement, it doesn't seem to be an exaggeration to say that Shen Jing delayed Green.
The second is Amen Thompson. He is also a beneficiary of Shen Jing's injury, Shen Jing's average points per game before the injury was only 7.9 points, but Shen Jing's average points per game after the injury was 15.6 points, a direct increase of 7.7 points. It has also risen to fourth place in the rookie list, behind Wembanyama, Chet, and Miller.
The third is Landale. After Shin Kyung's injury, Langdale became the Rockets' starting center, and his scoring average soared from 2.6 points before Shin Kyung's injury to 10.9 points, an increase of 8.3 points. With an annual salary of 8 million, it really doesn't take 1 penny more.